Earned Time Off
One of my favorite times as a writer is when it’s my turn to hand out to my writing group. The week before I hand out is one of the most difficult, because I’m reading someone else’s pages to comment, plus working on my own pages. (Theoretically I am doing this on all weeks except my handout weeks. I’ll be honest; that’s not always the case. It has been the past several weeks, though, since I adopted my 2-page-a-day goal.) Once I hand out my pages, I have a week off. I don’t work further on my own pages, because I’ll use the group’s feedback before continuing. And I don’t have someone else’s to read either. I’m still reading and writing, of course, but during my week off, it’s all for fun.