Screenwriting : Just saying... by Ben Felix Spencer

I have procrastinated; you look at your computer's screen hoping that your story will just run through, like if it was already a movie but then nothing happens. Procrastination, in my case is sometimes fear.

Procrastination...hum..a convenient word to describe an excuse? Is is a trap! Don't go there!

Ha! But it's easier to be quippy here than writing dialog on page 63..

Periods of procrastination are part of the process for me, I think my brain likes being occupied with more meaningless business while I muse on the story.

One of my favorite distractions to improve my writer's focus (not to drift the theme too much, I hope) is driving for a distance. Something about looking out over a landscape tends to let my mind trip over the other details in my writing.

I do housework to get past my procrastination. Writing is infinitely better than cleaning toilets.

I have definitely found that as soon as I start to feel much stress at all while writing, it is much more efficient to stop and do something completely unrelated, like exercise, cleaning, talking to people, anything. At times I think your brain has to be distracted off of the logic of your writing in order to let the creativity flow.

Never underestimate the value of sitting quietly in a quiet room, taking deep breaths and (trying to have) deep thoughts.

Procrastination, writer's block... to me it just means you're not quite "there" with your story. You don't have it right yet and your subconscious knows it. And, "mulling it over" as Jacqueline said, really means you ARE working. Every thought, research you've done, or conversation you've had about your project is working on it, whether you are typing or not. :)