A good friend of mine from my writing for change class, Dane Wise, was recently at a UCA lecture given by a published author. A student asked the author if she had any sort of rituals to get started writing,and what the author said was so profound it was almost a duh moment. She said, "I put my butt in the chair." I laughed when Dana first told me but then after the research had been done I began to remember what had been said. I had done the research and have even written out the outline, but still the meat was unwritten.
So the last couple days I have done exactly what that author had said with some modifications. Not only do I put my butt in the chair but I also turn off all music and TV. I am just one of those people who must have complete silence if I plan to get any real wok done. Guess what after a day or two of this a miracle happened; the meat had begun to be written. Each day I found out that more and more of my grant project was actually written. I know that this sounds like I'm being sarcastic but I'm not. As much as I try, I am usually writing my projects the night before they are due. But with this project I have found myself prepared and all because my butt for once was where it belonged.