Gabrielle Moon: Procrastination and Deadlines

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Procrastination and Deadlines

For your writers out there, both of these words are all too familiar. We all procrastinate, and we know looming deadlines all too well.

Turns out though, I am a person who will do much better with a self imposed deadline. I wrote my book "Divine Intervention" in 30 days during the last National Novel Writing Month. Having to finish a novel in 30 days may seem daunting, but in all honesty, it is what made me sit down day after day, hour after hour, and type away. Some days I wrote until 1am, which is really pushing it for me. I need lots of sleep.

I proudly printed out my finisher's award November 30th and posted it on Facebook. I wanted all to see, just how awesome I was. ;-) Yeah, well, and then came December 1st. And then January 1st, followed by February... and so on. I honestly wanted to sit down and edit my novel, but what can I say? I had no deadline, and so procrastination became my friend. I'm not sure why I didn't get this any sooner. Just a few days ago I finally had my light bulb moment. I needed a deadline... badly. I am giving myself until June 15th to publish this new novel. And I'm editing every single day. Amazing, how that works, right?

I will post an excerpt of "Divine Intervention" here soon. In the meantime, enjoy "PLANNED"... and if you liked it, this little author would appreciate a positive review on Amazon.

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