Reward System!

Posted by Jen on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 @ 5:06 pm

Thanks to Karen. I’m totally stealing her idea.

I did zero writing yesterday, and I’m feeling pretty guilty about it. I didn’t feel particularly good because of some sinus pressure due to the whole fall weather thing. Happens to me every year. Still, I had time to write and I chose to watch DVDs instead.

And with the cold weather, it was very cozy to curl up on the couch and stare at the TV for awhile. But I want to finish this draft sometime in January. I’m really excited about this story, and I want to get it written down while it’s so fresh in my mind. This story has been doing the “Movie-in-my-mind” thing where I can vividly hear and see my characters and what happens next. I love it when that happens. It also sometimes gives me insomnia but that’s for another post.

So, I’m employing a reward system. For every 2k words I write, I can watch a Buffy episode. I thought about saying I’ll watch one every 1k words, but then I’ll just be watching Buffy all the time. And with the Buffy carrot dangling over my head, I’ll be a little more driven to get the words written.

So, here I go. I think “Hush” will be my reward if I make my goal for the day.

Comments

By Jen on November 18th, 2008 at 8:08 pm

The reward system sounds brilliant!

By Jen on November 20th, 2008 at 1:59 am

Thanks, but I didn’t come up with it.

By Chandler Craig on November 20th, 2008 at 7:22 pm

is Buffy good??

By Kristin on November 21st, 2008 at 8:32 am

Between Write or Die and your reward system, you’re really rocking the positive and negative reinforcement. It’s like you’re your own little psychology project! =)

By Jen on November 21st, 2008 at 9:53 am

@Chan: Buffy rocks.

@Kristin: Yes, yes. It works though so I guess I do well in weird psychology projects.