Summer is Here! · 1:42am Jun 13th, 2013
A little late to announce, but that's it! I'm done with my studies! Now, I have nine to ten-ish weeks of sporadically interrupted peace to do what I will with my time. So, what does this mean for my writing?
Absolutely nothing! I'll probably still be as lazy and inefficient as possible. I typed up a good third of Kinetics' Chapter Six in the night/morning after my last day of high school, thanks to a massive rush of good spirits and spirits. And yet, I know it will take me two weeks to finish up the last two thirds.
...Or, maybe not. I'm going to try to establish an ideal setting for writing. Part of the problem is my house is pretty small and it's more often than not incredibly noisy with a rogue six year old running about, and I cannot think, let alone write, when it is noisy. I'm just so friggin picky when it comes to being able to write efficiently... What works best is:
- Quiet
- Sitting up straight
- Comfortable, but not too much (like slumping against the couch as I am now)
- Nothing moving in my peripherals
- Adequate lighting, but too bright and it'll hurt my eyes
- Tea, tea, and more tea
- Tea must be Earl Gray
- Tea must be hot to warm
- Tea must be sweet, and contain zero milk/creamer.
- My cat cannot prance about my keyboard as he likes to do.
But, alas, this cannot be easily attained given the hectic home I live in. I'll admit I had my first Starbucks experience a few days back, where I took my HP crudtop with me and sat down at a table to write, and I was rather pleased. If only I could just have a Starbucks in my basement.
So, my question for any of you who dare glance at my blog:
Is there anything you find that helps you heighten your acuity/ability to write?
P.S. if anyone says to drink coffee, you're going down in my blacklist. That stuff is the suppurating leakage of Satan.
Drink coff.....Red Bull
Noise canceling head phones and music.
Minor background noise. For some reason having something extraneous for a bit of my brain to do makes the rest of it focus better on the task at hand. Maybe that's why Starbucks works. Admittedly I wouldn't write in a Starbucks - they don't serve cocktails of Vault and Coke Zero.
Now, get thee crackin' on chapter 6! I'm off vacation and back on duty, ya know.
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If I must, I prefer Amp.
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I tried. Noise cancellation cans are a lie, unless you're willing to shell out a few hundred for them.
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Ah, the admiral is back. I hope you enjoyed yourself on your little vacation?
The "minor background noise" I have found to be most effective is relaxing music. My favorite so far is "Intro" by XX. Does that count? Or is it more like a tele playing in the back room?