I'm impressed, Barbara. If I had to drive to a fitness center, I'd probably never go. But you're definitely on to something - I work out a lot of stubborn scenes either on the treadmill or the bike.

Sprints are a great motivator, especially if you’re doing them with others.

I’ll confess though that I find myself, more often than not, focusing on the time passing rather than actually writing. 🙂

Sharla, I had the same glitch when I first started. But if you don't take yourself seriously as a writer, no one else will either. My husband told me that right after lecturing me that I need to block off a couple of hours every work day and not do anything but write. Go figure. And he was right. Sometimes vacuuming cats and scrubbing toilets is more appealing, but my "job" is to write. Your job - after putting up a photo - is to write! 😉

Sharla Rae - you HAVE to get a photo up - your avatar is frightening me!

True, Orly, but for me - who will never believe she's a 'real creative' (i.e. a fraud) the only way I can keep doing this is to prove to MYSELF that I can do it. And the only way I've found to do that, is to prove it, through good word count, every day.

I'm not suggesting everyone should - we all have our own dragons - that's how I face mine.

And I take a day off every now and again too.