I am currently at the library with my friend...we are doing the write in...i finished writing a few pages....and then face book took hold. then the forums. And now, the hum of the air blowing through the vents in the conference room. Now, the third person just left and it's only me and my friend...so...conversations about random things MIGHT happen...might not

This thread is for when you are writing...but you are getting distracted.

Maybe, posting about your distractions...will get someone in here to scold you sternly "GET BACK ON TRACK...OR ELSE!"

I was writing, but I just got a new companion in Fallout 4 yesterday and I'm really, really interested in hearing his story before he self-destructs...

Anobi wrote:I was writing, but I just got a new companion in Fallout 4 yesterday and I'm really, really interested in hearing his story before he self-destructs...

companions can wait!!!! You should give yourself a word count goal to hit before you EARN COMPANION TIME! GO WRITE!

That usually does work, and I've been trying to hit at least 1,664 words before I play Fallout, but it's really really hard today...

Anobi wrote:That usually does work, and I've been trying to hit at least 1,664 words before I play Fallout, but it's really really hard today...

go grab a snack. Brain fuel...then...write. every time you type 100 words, ,you earn a piece of candy/treat/snack...pretty soon..you will hit 1,664 and then YOU CAN GO VENTURE INTO THE COMMONWEALTH!

I was writing... but then a friend messaged me on Facebook, so I clicked over.

Then I saw a sale with leggings I really wanted and others I thought my son's therapist might want.

Then the therapist and I started talking about leggings, and I told her about a controversy over intellectual property/copyright infringement with one of the designs.

Then she asked about what I was writing, and I started telling her about it.

And now I'm sitting here, drinking a Dr. Pepper (that I don't even like) and wondering if I can make a volcano in Minecraft erupt if my son pulls the wrong lever in an adventure map.

writergirlmel wrote:I was writing... but then a friend messaged me on Facebook, so I clicked over. Then I saw a sale with leggings I really wanted and others I thought my son's therapist might want. Then the therapist and I started talking about leggings, and I told her about a controversy over intellectual property/copyright infringement with one of the designs. Then she asked about what I was writing, and I started telling her about it. And now I'm sitting here, drinking a Dr. Pepper (that I don't even like) and wondering if I can make a volcano in Minecraft erupt if my son pulls the wrong lever in an adventure map.

I just checked the graph...WTF! XD you got DISTRACTED WITH ALL THAT...and you STILL got to 55k!!!!! I got distracted and i only got like...600 words done today...

I truly applaud you! <3...every year. It's like having an inspirational person...so keep it up! i hope next year, when i am no longer pregnant and working 2 jobs...i can write 100x more <3

I should be writing...butthis guy in /r/legaladvice needs a legal way to get rid of a lion, and I am way too invested.

(I really think /r/legaladvice is great for character creation. I have learned so many more ways my characters could screw up their lives reading it...)

I should [have been] writing...but I spent all of Saturday exploring at Starved Rock.

I got up at 8am...(which is rare, i know!!!)...and after i did my morning constitutions and showered...why not write?

nah...i can't even get myself to get dressed so i can run an errand at the store before today's write in. Facebook and forums are way to distracting this morning and my coffee hasn't kicked in

I should be writing, but America's funniest Home Videos is on and it's been a tradition for my husband and i since the first day we started dating. They just had a segment with screaming goats....that has me in stitches. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO WRITE WHEN THESE GOATS ARE JUST TO FUNNY!

and NOW, i could be writing but Once Upon A Time is on....CAN'T MISS WHAT HAPPENS

i should have been writing, but Once Upon A Time came on....AND I JUST HAD TO WATCH IT AND HOLY !@#$%^!!!!!! there were certain plot points that just seemed too convenient...but...such ending. much tragic.

and now...i have 30 minutes before i have to go to bed....and aside from a quick shower...i could fit in about 500 words...but I am too fascinated by watching my ever pregnant belly move and undulate as the baby tries to find a comfortable position. This baby might be a top distraction as i get further along this month. If i am ever at a write in and you hear me go "OW"...assume the baby kicked me in some vital organ LOL!

Maybe you should try writing letters to your baby during times like this, and use those in your NaNo wordcount? It's all writing, so it's all legal.

I haven't written a thing yet. Shoot me.

We just had an enormous event last night for my daughter's school and I was busting butt all week for it. And my husband was out of town. Today was family day. So I didn't do a thing, and I probably won't until Tuesday when we get in the car for our trip.
Road tripping with a 6 year old and a 10 month old. Bad idea? Maybe. haha

PBJ63010 wrote:I haven't written a thing yet. Shoot me.

We just had an enormous event last night for my daughter's school and I was busting butt all week for it. And my husband was out of town. Today was family day. So I didn't do a thing, and I probably won't until Tuesday when we get in the car for our trip.
Road tripping with a 6 year old and a 10 month old. Bad idea? Maybe. haha

I just wonder how my next year nano will be when i have an 11 month old who is probably walking all over the place and testing out her lungs! "SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! MOMMY IS TRYING TO WRITE!"...That'll definitely be a distraction

Sitting in the one place this should never be a distraction, a brewery.... I am incredibly distracted by a toddler. Why are babies so cute? Help!

Squiddish wrote:Sitting in the one place this should never be a distraction, a brewery.... I am incredibly distracted by a toddler. Why are babies so cute? Help!

Just imagine changing that toddler's smelly, stinky, poop ridden diaper. Maybe the imagery will disgust you enough to lose interest in said toddler and YOU CAN WRITE! NOW GO WRITE!!!!

or...tell yourself "no toddler staring until i write 1 page"

I should have been writing but:

World Series- 'nuff said

Illini Football vs Michigan State - a house divided between be and the ball & chain... and copious... and I do mean COPIOUS amounts of Tailgating.... did I say copious. I meant it

Finding out you are moving to Madison by the end of Winter.... Two packrats = way.too.much.junk--- Goodwill knows me by name now... I'm totally not even kidding ... my house doesntlook any better.

I should have been writing but all of the above have prevented me from doing so. I'm alnost at 5k now. Im hoping to catch up tonight

I should be writing...but with me being pregnant...just 2 days shy of 31 weeks...7.5 months pregnant...the baby is moving around in ways that make me go "ouch"...the baby sits on my bladder in ways that make me go "do i have to pee again????? or is it just the baby???" and the biggest issue now:

she makes my back hurt...in a way where "which way or on what piece of furniture can i sit so my back is comfortable and i can concentrate on writing with out losing focus because the ache won't go away??"

which also means that write-ins could be difficult too depending on the chairs.

I want to do a WEE bit of writing now...but working an office job all day means my back already hurts..and only SOME TIMES does tylenol worl...and i can't get any will to WANT to write when "ow, my back. ow my back ow my back ohhh look CNN election night"

Any past or current pregnant mommies have any advice on how to power through your writing when the baby has other ideas?

I should be writing...but election results have me kind of down...and i can't find the joy to write...i am scared for my daughter's future and my brain just can't seem to focus

Anyone got any positive news/vibes/cute puppies to share? This might cheer up anyone else who might not be feeling too good about today and are finding it troublesome to get in some writing.

I don't want this to get too political at all. just share some uplifting things so people aren't so distracted by the news and maybe cute animals might do the trick to motivate some writing!

Goddess_Astra wrote:I just wonder how my next year nano will be when i have an 11 month old who is probably walking all over the place and testing out her lungs! "SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! MOMMY IS TRYING TO WRITE!"...That'll definitely be a distraction

You'll learn to write whensheis asleep...lol

For NaNo 2013, my husband was deployed. I had a 9 month old, a 4 year old, and a bottle of wine hidden in my bedroom closet so I could drink a glass and write sex scenes (romance novel that year) after they were in bed. Maybe I just brushed it off since I'd had practice. In 2009, I also had a deployed husband -- and an 8 month old. And in 2010 -- you guessed it -- a husband on TDY and a 1 year old.

I should be writing and here I am --- reading the Naperwrimo forum!!!!!

I should be writing... but I just can't focus. I'm watching video game lets-plays on YouTube, staring at the next blank line in my document. They're not even interesting gameplay half the time, just characters jumping/falling off cliffs and hiking back from the last checkpoint...

I should be writing. I sat down to write. But then...

My littlest curled up next to me and wanted me to play the "Wake Up" song from "It's a Big Big World" for the zillionth time today on YouTube.

Then I noticed he felt warm, so I got up to get the thermometer.

Then I took his temperature, and sure enough, he has a fever.

So I texted my best friend to ask if it made a terrible mother to consider going to the write-in anyway. She said it doesn't because I deserve a break, so...

I went upstairs to double check with my husband that he'd be finished with work and be available to the kids. He said he probably would, so...

I went downstairs to verify the times, but then my oldest's therapist arrived.

Then my husband asked I would heat him up some food.

Then my oldest wanted food.

Then my youngest wanted food and cuddles, so I obliged.

While cuddling, I pulled up the write-in thread, and saw something about blanket fort supplies.

And now we've just finished building a fort city. (It's a good thing I got a lot done before the kids woke up.)

I came to whole foods after my book signing to continue on with the write in. i had all good intentions...then everyone else left for dinner...and i decided to stay behind because i was in the zone...at that time....so...i go to the salad bar to grab some dinner.

now that everyone is gone and my belly is full of food....food coma. foooooooooooooooooooooooood coma. i am trying to write but i feel sluggish now

Indulging in good chocolate over here. Not helping...

I should be writing, but the premise for my novel may have changed. I had a worldview in mind for my novel, but the more I've pondered it, the less strictly I've been able to adhere to it. I'm not positive anymore of what my splinter faction's motivations are, and this is undermining my ability to write for them. I've tried to go the nebulous approach, where I just say that the Director explains things, without going through the motions of actually explaining them myself, but without that guiding compass for their actions, the things they do seem disjointed and without purpose. :\

Haha, as someone who was a nanny for five years, even diapers don't bother me. ;)

I should be writing...but...DOCTOR WHO MARATHON ON BBC AMERICA!

an entire marathon with daleks. You can't write when Daleks are on the line!

You can write, just remember to "Ex-tra-po-late!" :D You have no idea how long I've been waiting to use that pun.

i SHOULD be writing, but i got too wrapped up in prepping foods for thanksgiving and now that i am done for the night, i am too tired to write....damn pregnancy makes me exhaust easily

I should be writing, but I'm watching Jeff Dunham clips on YouTube instead.

IcicleFerret wrote:I should be writing, but I'm watching Jeff Dunham clips on YouTube instead.

SILENCE!!! GO WRITE...OR I KEEEEEEEL YOU....or just send Walter to chastise you over and over

Haha, yeah, Walter's motivational speech would go something like, "50 thousand words in 30 days? The Hell? Who signs up for that, you Dumbass!"

....but I'm watching MST3K on YouTube because of the Turkey Day Marathon.

Push the button, Frank.

Story of my life since Thanksgiving:

I should be writing, but I'm too busy worrying/driving to and from the hospital/updating family members/talking to doctors....

...but we adopted a puppy this week, and they can be very distracting. But adorable. His name is Kubo, and he's a Shiba Inu.

But still, I'll have to add 'Don't adopt a Puppy during November' to my 'Strategies for Nano Success' presentation.

I should be writing...but i am a pregnant lady who can't be medicated for her ADHD. the "not able to be medicated" thing should be cause enough...and anyone who has ADHD or knows someone WITH it...knows how difficult it can be to stay on task :(

I can't wait until after the baby is born when the doctor can OK me to go back on meds

Until then...caffeine is 25% as effective as any medication....so...better than nothing! BOTTOMS UP! *chugs coffee*

A new puppy is a totally legitimate reason for not winning NaNo. You are excused.