If you're me, the answer is probably: "Badly." However, if you have the constraints of a deadline (which I currently do not, though I wish I did!), you have to tough through it somehow. How do I think I'll do when I have to push ahead despite feeling dreadful? Will I
- write anyway even though I'm afraid it's complete drivel and hope there's something I can salvage in editing?
- not write and feel guilty, knowing I'll have to work extra hard as the deadline approaches?
- call my agent or editor and explain and hope they can extend the deadline?
- ask for help?
Currently, when I am too sick to work on my main project, I am sometimes still able to work on plotting for an upcoming project. That's what I did today, when the pounding headache & nausea I'd been struggling to believe
wasn't the same virus that's been plaguing my mother finally convinced me that it was.
If you're a writer, with or without deadlines, what do you do? Please share your ideas and suggestions with me! Sorry there's no prize for the best post, but I will post a link to your reply on Facebook, so others can share your insight!
3 comments:
Hope -- that's a tough question. I usually just go to bed and forget about my deadline. Usually, the deadline isn't that day so I just have to work harder later.
Thanks, Janet! That's a truly helpful suggestion, and one I'd better consider. :)
Really depends on how bad I feel. If it's too awful, I would just go to bed in the hopes of getting well quicker.
Hope you and your mother feel better soon!
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