User blog comment:Puddinginthesky/Stephenie Meyer AND Aspiring Authors/@comment-3027764-20110629204541

I don't want to be a author, but I do write as a hobby. Here's some things I do to beat procrastination:


 * Listen to some music on your ipod/mp3player/whatever, pick a song that is in the same kinda feel to it, to the mood you want the chapter to be. Like, if I'm writing a sad chapter, I listen to Bring Me To Life by Evanescence, and so on.


 * Don't plan too much. Just have a basic idea to were you want the story to go.


 * Start small. Maybe write short stories, then build yourself up to multi-chapter stories.


 * Ignore negative people. If there's someone putting you down, just ignore them. Listening to them, will just bring you down.


 * Ask a friend to read through it, this seriously helps me.