Day 130: Rediscovered another bad habit trigger

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I almost called today a sick day, since I woke up with a slight headache and had some IBS issues this morning, but now that it's after dinner, I'm feeling a bit better and decided to try writing a bit. I'm not going to worry about writing speed, I'm just going to defeat a monster or two and see how things go.

I'm still working on my Reader Magnet novella. I did a little more blocking yesterday, but I'm still not certain if I like the way the scene is structured. I'll have to see.

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Uggghhhh I wasted a lot of time! When looking for pictures for research I got caught up again in a game I had to give up last year, Memoria Freese, because it was taking up too much of my time. And now it's done it again!!!

I am realizing my bad habit triggers, and one of them is certain types of games. In the case of 4thewords.com, my gaming addiction worked in my favor and helped with my productivity, but today that went down the toilet because of another of my favorite games.

Why am I so easily distracted by these things??? I swear, I'm like a dog. Squirrel!

I hope my work tomorrow can be better.

I did still manage to get some work done. I was writing a scene and I just wasn't happy with how it ended, so I went back to my blocking and eventually decided to cut the scene, then restructured the next one. I'm much happier with the way the story flows now.

Blocking: Time spent: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Writing: Time spent: 53 minutes
Writing: Total number of words: 754
Writing: Average speed: 822 words per hour
Time spent doing other writing-related business: 51 minutes

My takeaway for today: Games are my trigger! Dummy!

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