Comments on: Mouse Treats for Writers http://writerunboxed.com/2006/05/03/mouse-treats-for-writers/ about the craft and business of fiction Mon, 21 May 2012 05:07:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: thea mcginnis http://writerunboxed.com/2006/05/03/mouse-treats-for-writers/#comment-680 thea mcginnis Sat, 06 May 2006 22:54:00 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/05/03/mouse-treats-for-writers/#comment-680 i decided to reward myself for putting my butt in the chair with champagne. two flutes per eve. (clarification: this is after-five writing, people). then i began thinking i was ernest hemingway or f. scott fitzgerald - writing by the seat of my alcohol stained pants. ok - the writing wasn't bad but i knew i was heading down a dark highway! i decided to reward myself for putting my butt in the chair with champagne. two flutes per eve. (clarification: this is after-five writing, people). then i began thinking i was ernest hemingway or f. scott fitzgerald – writing by the seat of my alcohol stained pants. ok – the writing wasn’t bad but i knew i was heading down a dark highway!

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]]> By: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2006/05/03/mouse-treats-for-writers/#comment-679 Therese Walsh Sat, 06 May 2006 20:38:00 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/05/03/mouse-treats-for-writers/#comment-679 LOL, Nienke. It's my personal bias entering into the equation, because I can't think of anything better than chocolate for a small treat. Elena and Kathleen like shoes. Jack likes a beer. Josie likes movies. To each his or her own. :) LOL, Nienke. It’s my personal bias entering into the equation, because I can’t think of anything better than chocolate for a small treat. Elena and Kathleen like shoes. Jack likes a beer. Josie likes movies. To each his or her own. :)

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]]> By: Nienke Hinton http://writerunboxed.com/2006/05/03/mouse-treats-for-writers/#comment-678 Nienke Hinton Sat, 06 May 2006 20:00:00 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/05/03/mouse-treats-for-writers/#comment-678 Aah, Therese, but then if I become successful at writing, I will also be successful at being FAT!! LOL Aah, Therese, but then if I become successful at writing, I will also be successful at being FAT!! LOL

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]]> By: Elena Greene http://writerunboxed.com/2006/05/03/mouse-treats-for-writers/#comment-677 Elena Greene Thu, 04 May 2006 20:52:00 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/05/03/mouse-treats-for-writers/#comment-677 Good idea. We tend not to reward ourselves for the daily grind, but we should. OTOH there are obvious pitfalls to food as reward system (not that I haven't done chocolate rewards on occasion). Sometimes I use lower stress creative activities as rewards for writing accomplishments. Things that make me feel like a kid with a new box of crayons and no one critized what I drew. Doodling, needlework, that sort of thing. DSW is also a good treat--and less fattening than chocolate! :) Good idea. We tend not to reward ourselves for the daily grind, but we should.

OTOH there are obvious pitfalls to food as reward system (not that I haven’t done chocolate rewards on occasion).

Sometimes I use lower stress creative activities as rewards for writing accomplishments. Things that make me feel like a kid with a new box of crayons and no one critized what I drew. Doodling, needlework, that sort of thing.

DSW is also a good treat–and less fattening than chocolate! :)

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]]> By: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2006/05/03/mouse-treats-for-writers/#comment-676 Therese Walsh Thu, 04 May 2006 18:13:00 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/05/03/mouse-treats-for-writers/#comment-676 Nienke, I wish I knew more about willpower; that's Kath's forte. You could try hitting the reset button. Maybe sign a contract w/ yourself and post it near your computer, then start small - a treat for a page...a little piece of chocolate you set just out of reach while you're working. Make the work-reward cycle a conscious choice and stay tough on yourself. The other thing is you won't want to reward yourself w/ things you'll get regularly anyway--a bowl of ice cream or a piece of chocolate, a new pair of shoes, whatever. Your rewards should be Extra Special Things that you wouldn't have gotten otherwise. Holding off on the blogging and other distractions is a smart choice, too! Jack, yes, I have mouse-on-the-brain, but your post started it! Josie, I love the movies, too. I stumbled across an uncut version of Dances with Wolves the other night. Fascinating! Kath, you'll have to intro me to the DSW at some point in the near future. Nienke, I wish I knew more about willpower; that’s Kath’s forte. You could try hitting the reset button. Maybe sign a contract w/ yourself and post it near your computer, then start small – a treat for a page…a little piece of chocolate you set just out of reach while you’re working. Make the work-reward cycle a conscious choice and stay tough on yourself. The other thing is you won’t want to reward yourself w/ things you’ll get regularly anyway–a bowl of ice cream or a piece of chocolate, a new pair of shoes, whatever. Your rewards should be Extra Special Things that you wouldn’t have gotten otherwise.

Holding off on the blogging and other distractions is a smart choice, too!

Jack, yes, I have mouse-on-the-brain, but your post started it!

Josie, I love the movies, too. I stumbled across an uncut version of Dances with Wolves the other night. Fascinating!

Kath, you’ll have to intro me to the DSW at some point in the near future.

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]]> By: Kathleen Bolton http://writerunboxed.com/2006/05/03/mouse-treats-for-writers/#comment-675 Kathleen Bolton Thu, 04 May 2006 17:02:00 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/05/03/mouse-treats-for-writers/#comment-675 My favorite treat is a well-deserved day without guilt. Bigger treat: an afternoon at Designer Shoe Warehouse. My favorite treat is a well-deserved day without guilt.

Bigger treat: an afternoon at Designer Shoe Warehouse.

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]]> By: Josie http://writerunboxed.com/2006/05/03/mouse-treats-for-writers/#comment-674 Josie Thu, 04 May 2006 15:37:00 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/05/03/mouse-treats-for-writers/#comment-674 Love the idea about treats. My rewards are always favorite movies! Love the idea about treats. My rewards are always favorite movies!

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]]> By: jackslyde http://writerunboxed.com/2006/05/03/mouse-treats-for-writers/#comment-673 jackslyde Thu, 04 May 2006 12:57:00 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/05/03/mouse-treats-for-writers/#comment-673 Hey Theresa, you and the mice again! A beer is usually enough of a treat for me, though I have to wait until I've completed my word count, or you can forget it! Hey Theresa, you and the mice again!

A beer is usually enough of a treat for me, though I have to wait until I’ve completed my word count, or you can forget it!

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]]> By: Nienke Hinton http://writerunboxed.com/2006/05/03/mouse-treats-for-writers/#comment-672 Nienke Hinton Wed, 03 May 2006 22:11:00 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/05/03/mouse-treats-for-writers/#comment-672 Oh, I just love it! However, I am prone to getting into the treats before I'm supposed to. Any suggestions on willpower? Maybe an extra treat for waiting for the treat? On another note, I make a rule to write first before I blog or surf the internet. Keeping the distractions as 'treats' can be helpful too. Oh, I just love it! However, I am prone to getting into the treats before I’m supposed to. Any suggestions on willpower? Maybe an extra treat for waiting for the treat?
On another note, I make a rule to write first before I blog or surf the internet. Keeping the distractions as ‘treats’ can be helpful too.

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