#Declutter thesaurus windows

It's also good to be sure the house and windows are locked, and the alarm is on. my only concern is that Maserati may get lost in the clutter because there are so many luxury crossovers coming out at the same time.Ĭould they fall down the stairs? Sure, it can be very dangerous. No mantra on this one yet, then.With gas prices low, it's a good time to launch an SUV.

I’m trying the latter with my sales-tracking, so I think the reminders to scan will suffice for now…as long as I have good accountability buddies. I can either set up a regular time to scan all of these crevices, or establish a new system and try to stick to it. (Or stand up)įor me, it is the proliferation of documents, scattered across physical and digital platforms, that makes me feel disorganized and like I can’t get a handle on my ideas and where I should focus. Having so many things around you is a beguiling crutch, but perhaps it also contributes to that inertia you fight against whenever you sit down to write. Which ones did you use in the past week? Month? Year? Scrivener? Evernote? Google Drive? Dropbox? Spiral notebooks? Rhyming dictionary? Thesaurus? A drawerful of special pens? Declutter the other scraps into a file, for another time. When it feels like you’ve got a tug on the line, go with that one. And he’s somehow involved with the conductor, who just died… Suggestions of the stark family issues in Home drift in, and the woman now has a son. Maybe you pick up the scrap of paper about the investigation of a trainwreck, and then a woman in black leaps to the snow in the foreground.

#Declutter thesaurus full

Perhaps the mutant plant adventure seemed good when zombies were in full swing, but now there’s no more plot coming. Concentrate on each idea in turn, and simply feel which one is most ready to open up. So, here’s my mantra on this one: open all those tabs of half-begun stories, or assemble all those notebook pages on your bed. They don’t easily fall into sequence like a Mary Poppins musical number, and you may be paralyzed by too much choice, or uncertainty as to which are the ‘best’ ideas.

What do you mean, where do my ideas come from? Ideas and inspiration are everywhere, in the air we breathe!īut perhaps in your work schedule as a writer, you find it difficult to pursue all these ideas. Often asked where they get their ideas, from sci-fi to literary to suspense, I’d bet most writers are befuddled. It’s just about keeping that clear image and structure in mind, and letting go of whatever events, descriptions, words, and thoughts that don’t support that structure.Īnother big category for writers is their ideas. A writer is always called to be their first editor, and that requires the detachment to incise words that smother one’s voice or ideas.Īre you just starting an edit? Are you dragging your feet keeping up with your editing schedule? (Me! Me!) Here’s what I’m telling myself, which sometimes works: The obvious culprit to attack is extraneous words. Marie Kondo jokes aside, it also made me think about how I could declutter in my capacity as a Writer. It made me think about decluttering, always a popular subject in the new year, and also a subject near & dear to my heart. Recently I saw this meme on Face Book, & laughed: Being a writer has nothing to do with one’s personal style, and there have been plenty of hoarder-style, as well as many minimalist, writers over the centuries.