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Date:         Fri, 11 Mar 1994 11:30:57 JST
Reply-To:     WRITERS <WRITERS@NDSUVM1.BITNET>
Sender:       WRITERS <WRITERS@NDSUVM1.BITNET>
From:         Mike Barker <barker@AEGIS.OR.JP>
Subject:      TECH: Filler Short Attention Span

Hi, Ipatia (patty@MRSUN2.MRI.CCF.ORG (Ipatia Karalis))

I'll keep this short.

1.  Outline.  Then fit bits into the outline.  Repeat.  Each attack on
the outline may be only a few words, but in a very short time you'll
have a long outline.  Then expand a little bit at a time again.  Just
like blowing up a balloon, you don't have to do it in one big whoosh,
you can do it with little puffs and when you finish, no one but you will
know the difference.

2.  Scribble sheet.  Write the extra thoughts and side issues on another
sheet of paper (I keep a clipboard by the computer).  Then make yourself
go back to the part you promised yourself you would work on.

3.  Reward yourself AFTER doing a bit.  Then set your goals a little
longer/higher and don't reward yourself until you hit them.  That snack
is a reward for not writing - which isn't what you want to do, right?

Try those three.
tink