tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845301801673049322.post3092918519869080742..comments2008-11-13T11:07:55.044-08:00Jeff Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05750124388445987629jeff@jverse.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845301801673049322.post-53665620495110921572008-11-13T11:07:00.000-08:002008-11-13T11:07:00.000-08:00Mr. Covey! How's things, dude? <BR/><BR/>I'm going to play the devil's advocate and suggest that the workshop leaders were probably correct about blogs being a waste of time and creative effort. <BR/><BR/>I am *completely* unconvinced that this blog is worthwhile. As you can see from the sporadic postings, I don't really have time for it. And how about a show of hands -- who's bored with me already? But I told myself I'd run through the end of the year at least, giving the experiment a little time, so I soldier on.<BR/><BR/>Sweet work hitting 14K in 5 days, btw.Jeff Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05750124388445987629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845301801673049322.post-83172872574429882752008-11-13T04:55:00.000-08:002008-11-13T04:55:00.000-08:00Off the grid can be valuable. Last year, I attended a week-long writers conference on productivity, and we only met briefly each day, spent the week without email or the web (no research!), just writing, writing, writing.<BR/><BR/>I produced 14,600 words in 5 days (well below the workshop's goal of 30,000, but then again mine looked pretty good compared to the more "productive" writers).<BR/><BR/>A friend and fellow writer only reads email twice a day (morning and evening) to help her own productivity.<BR/><BR/>The workshop also suggested that blogging is a time and creativity wasting endeavor. So, obviously they weren't right about everything!Stephen D. Coveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12946494775268235149noreply@blogger.com