Roadmap to Success

So, according to an article in the Nov. 2007 issue of The Writer, I'm an easily-distracted perfectionist who is afraid of commitment.

Which means that although I am never at a loss for great ideas, I tend to take a while to settle on which idea I want to work on first. Once I do finally decide, I continue to be distracted by my other ideas, losing interest in the actual writing of the one at hand much too quickly.

If I am able to, in fact, keep my butt in the chair long enough to dash down a few lines, I end up obsessing over each sentence, word and punctuation mark until I have rewritten, and rewritten, and rewritten them over and over again.

So, how do I overcome these dreaded afflictions, you ask?

It calls for a strict set of deadlines, within which I should charge myself to write that shitty first draft (just to get the words out onto the page already!), and deal with the atrociousness of it all only after I've heard the bell chime on my diligently-set egg timer, which signifies that I have, for once, finished what I started and am now allowed to treat myself by working on one of those other brilliant ideas I've been waxing nostalgic over.

Sounds doable…..right?!