#panster

I would say I'm a neutral panster with bits of chaotic planster

Getting Around Executive Function Malfunction - Make a to-do list - Number it - Random.org - set a timer for a number you like (I like primes so I do 17 or 31 or something) - do the task until A) the timer goes off or B) you are able to focus on it

Getting Around Not Wanting To Work - Have multiple projects going so you can procrastinate one by working on another - Reward yourself for progress... I like stickers so I have a sticker calendar. 1 sticker per X number of words written or 1 sticker per task

Getting Around Plotting Being Boring - Figure out your villains - Plan four plot twists - Make a list of scenes you really want to write so you can work towards them - Write the scenes you can think of first - Copy and Paste into a Frakendraft - Fill in bridge scenes where needed - You can also pants your way through, that works for some people, but I get frustrated rewriting and doing six drafts of edits because I meandered through the book so I'm a planster. - HERE is a beat sheet if you want one

Getting Around Time Blindness - Set a timer - Make a play list as long as the time you need to write/work/plot/ect and listen to it until it is done (this is good for setting your brain up to remember where it is because that playlist = that book and you can work until the last song). - Alarms on your phone to break your concentration when you get hyperfocused but need to do things like eat, sleep, parent, walk the dog, ect.

Everyone in Barrow Brook knew the Goldsteins were the richest family in town. Money aside, the Goldsteins were also the loudest, snobbiest, and most careless family in town. Natasha, the new maid, knew how quickly the Goldsteins went through their maids and how they liked to ‘test’ the new ones. Yet it still came as a shock to her when the wrung out butler opened the door to a garbage dump layered in several sheets of dust. The butler muttered, “The 3rd guest’s suite. To be dusted. Cleared. And prepared. For Mr. Derrick’s arrival.”

Natasha gawked at the unholy mess of the room. “You’re joking?” She clutched her small dust rag and sole bottle of polishing spray.

The butler turned slowly to her, “My sense of humor evaporated a long time ago, girl”, he rubbed his paper white temples. “Precisely when my hair turned white during my first day on the job.”

She stared in disbelief at him. He stared back at her with glassy, indifferent eyes.

He wheezed, “You have until this afternoon to complete this test. Usually they pose a more difficult challenge to new maids. You’re lucky the Goldsteins decided to take a day trip to the seaside instead of,” he took a pause, “encouraging you in this task.”

Natasha shook the cleaning spray in her hand. “Can I at least fetch more supplies from the broom closet?”

The butler gave a rehearsed reply, “The master of the house does not wish spend his hard earned money on unnecessary cleaning supplies when so many maids disappoint in their duties.”

The Fiction Writers Guide to Idea Creation

It doesn’t matter what your job is – whether you’re a corporate cubicle dweller, a nomadic laptop lifestyle entrepreneur or a school bus driver – you can learn a vital idea lesson from the fiction writer.

Fiction writers can be divided into two distinct camps: plotters and pantsers.

A What? Plotter or Panster?

Plotters love to create an outline of their ideas, and then search for affinities to…