When the sun shines...

...it's SO hard to keep a book flowing along. A writer friend says he hates the hot weather, but I don't, and right now the blazing sunshine is temping me away from the keyboard and out into the garden. Some strategies I'm currently toying with:
- Lowering my daily target word count so I feel less pressurised. Actually, this has nothing to do with the sunny weather. It's something I've decided to do due to stressing out over ridiculous self-imposed deadlines. After all, writing is supposed to be fun... isn't it? My thinking is that, if you achieve MORE that you'd planned, you feel happy and mighty chuffed with yourself - rather than cross, scratchy and a dismal failure. So: less is more... (am aiming for 1000 words a day at the mo).
- Writing in a notebook in the garden. I normally write straight onto the screen, but have found that some pen-and-paper scrawling can help to unravel plot problems.
- I had an idea about getting up and starting work at 6 am so I can knock off early and enjoy the sun. Needless to say this hasn't happened. I am enjoying writing this book though. And I'd rather have it finished, and be pleased with it, than be pottering in the sunshine. Honest.
F x