Product… Uh What?
By The Misfit | March 3, 2010
Productivity comes at the strangest times. The past 5 – 1/2 months I’ve had more than enough time on my hands to write. And yet did I do any?
Nope. Not one word. Well, I wrote in my journal, but I don’t count journaling as word count.
This past Monday, I started my new job. Which requires a badge. Which means I can’t actually get where I need to be working until that comes through. Which means I’ve spent the past three days essentially jumping through hoops, filling out paperwork, taking psych evals, and doing even more sitting around.
Today, that sitting around proved to be the most productive span of time I’ve had in a long while.
See, the whole key is to look like you’re doing something. Even when you’re not, you have to look like you are. Even though you’re waiting and sitting and waiting some more. Bringing a book is frowned upon for whatever reason. I don’t feel like dragging my laptop around because that would probably be frowned upon, too. So, I took the time to finally map out my next play.
Seriously, in about 3 hours I wrote the basic framework from start to finish. It’s not perfect, it still needs a ton of work, but having the general framework is a long way toward getting the actual script done. When I wrote Bethany and the Belfry Bat I just wrote it. I had an idea of characters and a general thought to the overall progression of the story line, but I had no clue how the script ended.
It took me 3 years to get it to the point it is now, and it could still use some tweaking. 3 years! I don’t want to spend another 3 years writing a single work. Having a clear idea as to start, middle, and finish will hopefully go a long way into cutting that time down significantly.
Anyway, I found it kind of funny that I spent so much of the past 5 – 1/2 months not writing a thing and then when I’m bored and waiting around trying to look busy I get a huge chunk out in one fail swoop.
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