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Why is it so hard to focus? It’s every writer’s complaint.
So there I was, sitting in my local coffee spot, sipping my Americano and mulling the question at hand:
What should my livestreamed talk be about this week?
—when my focus was upended by a conversation at a nearby table.
Reader, I eavesdropped. An intent young man was sharing his hopes and dreams with a patient young lady, who nodded in time to his drumbeat of earnestness.
He listed one ambition, then another, and then two more (you can find out what they were here).
Flushed with feeling and caffeine, he concluded, “That’s it! I’m just going to focus on these four things. Oh, and my music, too!”
That’s five things, but never mind. I knew at once that my topic would be focus. It’s every writer’s complaint.
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How hard it can be to maneuver ourselves into work mode to start with.
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How easily we get distracted.
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How frustrating it is to finally buckle ourselves into the writing chair, only to tinker aimlessly with our work-in-progress...
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Maryrose Wood
I’m the author of fourteen published novels, including ALICE’S FARM, A RABBIT’S TALE (Macmillan, 2020) and the six-book Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series (Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins). I founded Path of the Storyteller in 2020 to offer serious writing craft training for writers who’re ready to take their work up to pro level. Here’s where I blog about writing craft, publishing, and the writing life in general. Learn more at pathofthestoryteller.com.
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