Tom
Istar
What weird things do you do to get yourself writing productively? Do you have any special items you have to have or specific rituals you have to go through before you feel comfortable enough to write? Do you have to do something weird while you're writing to keep focused?
I, for instance, have a tendency to edit while I'm writing, which really kills my efficiency. So I always write with my eyes unfocused, so I can't read what I've written until I come to a stopping point. It works, but it makes me go noticeably cross-eyed, so it's led people who've watched me write to suggest I get my eyes evaluated. I always have to explain that it's not that I can't see what I'm writing, it's that I don't want to see what I'm writing.
I, for instance, have a tendency to edit while I'm writing, which really kills my efficiency. So I always write with my eyes unfocused, so I can't read what I've written until I come to a stopping point. It works, but it makes me go noticeably cross-eyed, so it's led people who've watched me write to suggest I get my eyes evaluated. I always have to explain that it's not that I can't see what I'm writing, it's that I don't want to see what I'm writing.