tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post3965580650014416517..comments2024-03-24T17:06:47.135-04:00Comments on Story Bones: I'm a marathon runner, in my headSteve Buchheithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-48297962136717786322011-05-27T21:42:51.845-04:002011-05-27T21:42:51.845-04:00Thanks everybody. I did a lot of writing on my lun...Thanks everybody. I did a lot of writing on my lunch time at the old job. I haven't been able to get back into the swing with this new one.Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-4387044674157462022011-05-26T21:50:42.126-04:002011-05-26T21:50:42.126-04:00Also, I would not recommend soup for lunch if you&...Also, I would not recommend soup for lunch if you're trying to write at the same time.Elizabethhttp://elizabethshack.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-58856412627785015452011-05-26T20:09:48.531-04:002011-05-26T20:09:48.531-04:00I wrote five books on lunch hours (my first five)....I wrote five books on lunch hours (my first five). I did eat -- but in order to save those 5-15 minutes, I packed a lunch. This did take time at the end of the day. I was given an hour for lunch, and used all of it. I did write while eating. I'd take a bite of lunch when I was between sentences or when I was thinking something through. <br /><br />And for the first few months, progress was difficult, but after that, my brain would click into writing-focus mode.Michelle Sagarahttp://msagara.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-76107231474737349832011-05-26T17:08:50.853-04:002011-05-26T17:08:50.853-04:00I use eating time (which is usually no more than 1...I use eating time (which is usually no more than 15 minutes) as decompression time, and then write for the remaining 45. Never have managed to write while eating (not effectively), but I do keep trying on occasion. Ultimately, this never worked when I had less than an hour lunch break, and going out to eat, even at my favorite burrito cantina, doesn't leave me *quite* enough time to get into flow. But 45 minutes in the library stacks (a 30 second walk away from the break room) does wonders. I've also learned: I can't do it at my desk.Mernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-39589841432933581392011-05-26T16:48:08.494-04:002011-05-26T16:48:08.494-04:00I write and eat at the same time. Both take longer...I write and eat at the same time. Both take longer that way, but that's better for me than trying to eat too quickly. Also I don't walk on my lunch hour. I do take a full hour, but I use some of it for internet or reading breaks instead.Elizabethhttp://elizabethshack.comnoreply@blogger.com