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How the Pomodoro Technique Helped me Write 2000 Words
Hot of the back of yesterdays post on distraction and fear being the enemy of all art, I have put some of my previously mentioned techniques into practice today.
I woke up this morning the fuzz from last nights writing breakthrough cleared.
I had one item on my agenda today.
Write my book.
It has been over a month since I had looked at my poor dejected novel. Anyone who has written longer than a 3000 word short story will be familiar with loosing track of where your story is at, where your characters are in place and mind.
The general advice is not to reread but to bash on and hammer out as many words, no matter how shitty they are, and edit later. But, I had no idea where my characters were going. I had to reread my last chapter and review my notes.
I decided this morning to give the Pomodoro Technique a go. I had tried it previously at my work and it didn’t serve me well. There were far too many interruptions from others to utilise my set time, the buzzer was ringing before I knew it. Today however, I have been child free and a day off work. No distractions (apart from the glorious sunshine 35 bloody degrees in Scotland, WOW) and the whole 10.30am–3pm to write.
