Distractions

Okay, okay, I will admit that Prince Lestat by Anne Rice has had me distracted for the past few days, so I'm now writing this post with advice about them (although I will probably ignore my own advice and carry on reading).

- DO NOT WATCH ANYTHING WHILE YOU'RE WRITING - Now we know Facebook and Youtube are covered in funny cat videos, but DO NOT WATCH THEM! Turn Facebook off. Make sure your television is off too (and if not, make sure you're at least turned away from it, but I would say turn it off).

- CLOSE ALL OTHER WINDOWS - There's no need to be on Facebook or YouTube or Twitter or Fanfiction.net or anything other than the book you're working on (unless you do what I do and use you tube for music)

- DO NOT ANSWER THE PHONE - With this being said, answer it if it's an emergency, but other than that, no. Put it away. Don't worry about the gossip, it'll still be there after you've written 1,000 words if not more.

Personally, I put on music without words, something that will set a mood. By all means, YouTube has "emotional" mixes that can go on for up to 10 hours (and if you have that much time to write, I am HIGHLY impressed and say YOU ROCK)!

Distractions happen everywhere, but don't let it stop you from finishing your book! Don't take me as a role model either because that's exactly what I do!!