Recently in a writer’s group, someone asked “what do you with distractions while writing” My answer: switch off social media.
Oddly enough. It was not long after I saw this on Instagram.
Of course, I re-posted it on all my social media outlets! Β Pah!
In all seriousness, I’ve had to limit myself to morning and evening social media interaction as it can seriously harm any attempt at re-creating my story. Β At night I put my phones on the other side of the room and leave them there till morning. Β My sleep is better and its just more healthy not to have something constantly beeping at you, distracting, distracting, distracting…
Time is so precious for me, I have a full-time job on top of a child and husband on shifts. Then I write in my spare time, so that spare time has to be solely for me, or I will be forever answering WhatsApp, FB, Twitter and everything else.
So while I head into my next 20 pages with gusto and turn into Jack Torrance (minus the axe) – I can whole-heartedly recommend disconnecting, so you can re-connect with more to give.