by Anne R. Allen New writers contact us every day, asking questions about everything from how to start their first short story (answer:
butt in chair; hands on keyboard) to how to deal with trolls and bullies (don't respond; walk away; report abuse.)
I use the BIC (
butt in chair) method to write two thousand words a day.
Having other people counting on you to turn in so many words by a certain date is a sure fire way to get
your butt in the chair and get to writing.
I put
my butt in the chair every day, pounding out words.
Right up there with «Read, Read, Read» and «
Butt in Chair.»
Okay, okay, that's the same thing that has me leery of doing this, but if you need a reason to get
your butt in the chair every day, the fact that people are waiting for the next story might just do the job.
Would you like to install a lifelong writing habit, one that gets
your butt in the chair every single day?
It's also the only area where I see authors without qualms about quality, or without any hesitation to produce as much material as possible, with the only limitation the amount of time you can keep
your butt in the chair writing.
But I would say, one of the fundamentals is
butt in chair consistently writing on a daily basis, or at least five times a week.
Stick with your goals, get
your butt in that chair, and write your book.
From the humbleness and approachability of a New York Times best - selling author, to the «
butt in the chair» mentality of the just - published, never - been published, and everyone in between, I learned something from everyone I came across.
I just plant
butt in chair and write.
But — I need to be alone to write, with
butt in chair and I couldn't have it any other way.
If you're the sort of author who sits behind the table,
butt in chair, watching people walk by and hoping they stop to ask you about your book, you might as well give up the business now.
The vast majority of our day is spent with
our butt in a chair.
I'm personally not a huge fan of logging your diet all the time but doing it for a week or doing it for a month, you can learn a bunch and so before Jessa heads off to that party, I'm gonna make sure she plants
her butt in a chair for at least an hour with me and so that's gonna be in the inner circle.
If you need some encouragement to get writing, or you need someone to shout at you to sit
your butt in the chair and start tapping out some words, this is a good book.
A lot of contractors with call them «
butts in chairs» (but I won't allow our employees to refer to people like that).
Keep
your butts in the chair and write!
Not exact matches
Instead of rewarding results, he rewarded
butt -
in -
chair time.
Keeping your
butt firmly planted
in a
chair all day can lead to a whole host of terrible health consequences, doctors warn, even if you dutifully hit the gym a few times a week.
The extra enjoyment I get from yesterday's match was how LVG was so motivated against the mighty Arsenal that he was unable to quietly sit
in his
chair, but to get off his
butt to remonstrate and demonstrate a remarkable ability
in diving without being touched.
and Fecebook, for crying out loud), insisting on «
butt -
in -
chair» mentality is just feeding»50 perspective of women's place is at home with kids.
These high
chair and baby shopping cart covers by Cuter Than a Duck's
Butt are durable and washable, but most of all they come
in the brightest colors!
As you bend your hips and knees and start slowly lowering the torso, push your
butt back like you would if you wanted to sit
in a
chair, while keeping the back straight and the head neutral.
Your
butt should be
in front of the
chair and your legs should be straight.
The back of the
chair was such a pain
in the
butt to paint, but it is really pretty
in the end at least
Every
chair had a
butt in it with at least 3 people behind them watching the gameplay.
An opening flash - forward sets up intriguing clues as to the dark happenings that will unfold
in that tiny flat - a broken
chair, cigarette
butts, a corpse - but barely even hints at how weird that unfolding will be.
Last Man Sitting is a hectic indie game where your goal is to make sure that you're
butt is the last one planted
in an office
chair.
If there is anything I'm slow to do as an author, it is to sit my
butt down
in the
chair and prep my books for print.
They made sure my
butt was
in the
chair, and I was doing my work.
Over the course of this four day event, IPAL will host get - togethers where you can put your
butt in a different
chair than usual, while you bounce your ideas off of fellow authors, and spur your creativity
in a fresh location surrounded by people who understand the struggle!
We'll have meet - ups on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, but there can be only one (daily), because we all need to keep
butt -
in -
chair.
Put your
butt down
in that
chair and write your heart out.
Bryan and Jim talked about getting
butt -
in -
chair time (or
in Jim's case,
butt -
in - the - air time with his standing desk).
However, book promotion also requires computer and telephone time — that's
butt -
in - the -
chair time — and, therefore, book promotion requires a good, comfortable
chair.
You've read enough blog posts or inspirational books or how - to - put -
butt -
in -
chair treatises to wallpaper the Guggenheim, and for the most part your strategies are working.
The
butt -
in -
chair (sometimes until it's numb), doing continuous rewrites, thinking through plot, structure, characterization, watching friends sign with agents and ink deals.
And Fitz will sit
in a
chair for nearly an hour before calling
Butts to tell him about it.
My
chair is actively participating
in the creation of this blog post by supporting my
butt while I write it.
Therapy
in the 21st century will have to move online as well as offering
butts -
in -
chairs services.
I say things like this: «Welcome, friend, right over here...» [i.e. you are
in the bigger
butt category so I have to usher you over to a big -
butt chair]... and «So glad you are here, have a seat» [pulling out a small -
butt chair].
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