K Soash

Clear These 6 Obstacles and Have a Productive Writing Session



Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2009

by K Soash
Writing For You Now

Okay, so you're all set to start on your writing assignment, you feel you've got everything you need to sit down and write. Then it happens, a few minutes into your writing session you are seriously distracted and you become frustrated because you've lost your focus. Clear These Six Obstacles for Your Productive Writing Session:

1. Keep an organized work space: Keeping an organized space is very important in avoiding distractions. It allows you to focus on your main reason you sat in that work space in the first place. Organized means knowing what writing tools are available to you at the time.

2. Avoid pushing papers: This refers to that inclination to want to file papers while you're in the middle of your writing, or to want to label those folders you've been putting aside. You can file and label those folders before or after your writing session.

3. Wear earplugs while writing: If noise really bothers you and you are easily distracted by noise, wearing earplugs helps to keep the noise down. Noise coming from those garbage hauling trucks, construction work, or even those loud radios can be minimized.

4. Let your mail sit in your mailbox. You've just seen the mail carrier place your mail in your mailbox and the temptation may be to get up and go get the mail. Use self-control and wait until your break time or till your writing session is done.

5. Have substitute snacks for your family members: While working on your writing project, your family may interrupt and ask for things that can be handled after your writing is complete or during break time. Prepare sandwiches, drinks and snacks ahead of time.

6. Have your own snack within reach: Having a snack within reach will help to avoid the distraction of that newspaper on the coffee table you meant to read this morning. Or the temptation to pick up that phone to make that business call you meant to make yesterday.

Before sitting down for your next writing session, keep in mind that clearing these obstacles may eliminate that frustration due to distractions. Clearing these simple obstacles will also help your productivity time and help you write with ease.

Krystalina Soash is a freelance writer, trilingual interpreter and author of "Your Positive Potential: Action Steps for Self-Empowerment". You may visit Krystalina at: http://www.yourpositivepotential.com

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