Well, I'm considering giving myself a deadline for my "Quest for the Silver Cleric" story to get me motivated to get moving on it. Anybody ever try this?
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Deadlines
Deadlines should be called lifelines.
Yes, and it unfortunately
Yes, and it unfortunately hasn't ever worked.
I'm very good at not doing things, fairly poor at doing them.
oh ya deadlines help
Deadlines and a work schedule help sooo much. Along with point form outlining of the whole plot, then a detailed outline for each chapter. seems to help a lot for me anyways
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"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
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I couldn't...
I couldn't help but laugh a little when I read your post! :D
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In order to make this work
In order to make this work however, you must promise yourself some form of self flagellation should you not achieve your goal...
Wholeman
Yes, the weird author with the boob fetish.
Yes, the weird author with the boob fetish.
Story competitions
Story competitions certainly force a deadline, and with just one exception (Up the Maypole - well worth a read!), I have always missed it. (Sometimes I manage to finish the story in time for the same event one year later!)
I think what can motivate is knowing exactly where you want to get with your story, and then working towards that point. So many of my stories start off with good intentions, but I lose the way forward because I don't really know where it's going.