Can You Write in Crazy Time?--Reb MacRath
This has been a crazy week--words I say while knowing that many of you have had weeks as crazy...or worse. In the home stretch of my WIP these were the time crunches life threw me this week:
--4-day siege on the phone and in person trying to renew my ADA van transport.
--5-hour trip to my hematologist for labs, a phlebotomy, and a consultation.
--Three trips to the YMCA to keep building my surgical leg strength and flexibility.
--2 days sorting through old resumes dating back years, and arranging the relevant experience for positions as a cashier, a bookstore clerk, and a customer service rep.
--1 day deciding which online resume builder to try and which template to use, then completing a cashiering resume.
--3 hours attempting to forward that resume to the UPS store that does all my printing and engaging in online chats.
--Trip this morning to pick up the results.
I don't complain. I bless my lucky stars that I'd completed a beta copy of my WIP's first 200 pages and am waiting for my editor to finish work on the 100-page finale. At the same time, since I couldn't write in concentrated stretches, I made good use of my Kindle for further background reading and took occasional notes toward a query letter.
None of the week's 'busy work', as I see it, was wasted. I've been left with a renewed sense of the need to master the business of life while I write. My two-year work sabbatical has ended. Time now to put everything I've got into a position that helps pay the rent and leaves me time to write.
What about you? Have you been through similar time crunches and how did you handle them?
This is my report.
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