Not that any of you have this problem, but as a procrastinator in good standing (I'd show you my membership but I haven't gotten around to applying for it), I recognize below some reasons why I don't write more... there's always a reason for not starting. Just for fun: The Procrastinator Creed I believe that if anything is worth doing, it would have been done already. I shall never move quickly, except to avoid more work or find excuses. I will never rush into a job without a lifetime of consideration. I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them. I firmly believe that tomorrow holds the possibility for new technologies, astounding discoveries, and a reprieve from my obligations. I shall never forget that the probability of a miracle, though infinitesimally small, is not exactly zero. If at first I don't succeed, there is always next year. I shall always decide not to decide, unless of course I decide to change my mind. I shall always begin, start, initiate, take the first step, and/or write the first word, when I get around to it. I obey the law of inverse excuses which demands that the greater the task to be done, the more insignificant the work that must be done prior to beginning the greater task. I know that the work cycle is not plan/start/finish, but is wait/plan/plan. I will never put off until tomorrow, what I can forget about forever.

Uhmmm... to stop from writing? I think this will be my new life creed, soon as I get around to making a life creed,that is.

Hmmm, popped in to see what the thread was about but it's too long. I'll read it later.

How to stop yourself from writing: 1. Have a great idea. 2. Really really want to write it. 3. Cruel fate takes care of the rest - busiest month of the year at work, the builder finally turns up to remodel your bathroom, solid run of mandatory-attendance social events, etc. Well, that was my week. How was yours? :)

1. I'm not absolutely sure I have this minor detail right. I better cross-reference it with 5 more sources and make sure I have the correct name for Sir Isaac Newton's dog. Analysis paralysis is my worst enemy. I just need to think about it, research it, analyze it some more, and then I can commit it to paper. (And shred it seven ways to Sunday, rework it some more, and eventually give up because it just isn't perfect.) :-(

Oh, I could write it, but hey I gotta do those dishes that have been stacking up. Okay, I'm in front of the computer - got my coffee, the music's playing - wait, something's wrong, oh that bookcase is really messy, I'd better straighten that up right now, right this minute, I can't believe I let that go so long. After that I'll be ready to write. Okay, ready, oh, man I'm hungry, better eat first - more dishes for later......... ....Okay ready, I am gonna do this...focus ram focus. Wait, let's see what's going on at Renderosity first - I don't wanna miss out on the drama going on at Poser forum. Now where was I, oh yeah, page one, chapter one "it was a dark moonless night." Hmm, there's gotta be a better word for moon. Let's look thru the five thesauri and the synonym bible for a more apt word......... man it's getting late.....ah...I'll start in the morning....

I had put it off for years... :)

If you are really good, you can procrastinate about it for decades, like I do. It's so much easier to think about having written than actually sitting down and doing the writing. And yet, when I am in the process of writing (actually having started), I enjoy myself...I lose track of time...I completely disappear into the experience. Which makes me wonder, why do I make every excuse in the world not to do it???