Ever have trouble making yourself stop writing?

Yes. Housework? What's that?

It happens. I said in another post that I was a spurter-- well when the spurts come, they are like an unquenchable itch and I have to write until it all gets out. My life is "hurry up and wait."

Never. My rule is 60 minutes or 1000 words, whichever comes first. Today I was on a role and actually hit 1,667 before the timer rang, but that was an exception. I will be so happy to be done with this piece of crap!

All the time. It's like...All these ideas just coming out of no where. All kinds of stories swirling around in my head so I have to write them all down so that i can actually relax! I just have to keep doing it. But I force myself to stop, lest I burn myself out. I tell myself it's for the better.

But what's really sucks is not doing any writing at all. I wake up and have to go to work in two hours. The pain of not writing isn't as bad as the pain of getting to an awesome part, only to force yourself away, though. Now, that sucks!

I have to wait until 10 tomorrow evening to write. I have a sad face now...See? :-(

For a moment I thought that was a good thing.

You might want to try this.

http://lab.drwicked.com/writeordie

Set your time limit and when your time is up. STOP

I let my assistant, unconsciousness, decide when we should stop writing.

Err... no. The rest of my life is always a mess, so no change there!

Yes. I'm normally a plodder and a very sequential writer, working from a detailed outline (that sometimes leads me to where I want to go, other times not). I would normally write something around 2K words to get a start on the next day's quota, but there are days when the subject is too engrossing, my characters obey my whip and the words flow.

Today was once such day. We awoke at a RV resort on the last day of a 14-day trip (visiting friends) and needed to leave by 9:00 or so. I was engrossed in the second of two scenes and totally lost track of time. Result, we left at about 9:00 but I was not happy leaving the last scene unfinished.

I finished it as soon as we arrived home. Almost 5K words today, 45K total with another 15-20K to go. And NaNo is only half over.

When I start, I want to get going, but it's all very concentrated. Three to four hours at most, then I must switch to something else, even if it's browsing a forum like here.

If I'm on a roll I see no reason to stop. It's not like I have a family to look after or any other major responsibilities so my free time is my own.

I've often stayed up so late writing that I'm knackered the next day, though. I never learn. Still, if I'm in the zone, why ignore it? I can sleep another time.

How do I acquire this "problem"?

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All the time! Most people on here say they have a writing schedule where they sit down and write at a certain time for so long and quit. I, however, write in the moment. I never know when Im going to start, and I never know when Im going to stop. I just know that nearly every day I must write. And, if I get in THAT zone, I don't stop and don't want to.

Rather odd for a person who prefers an outline, wouldn't you say?