Gotta Write

I can’t tell you how many times I have sat down to write but for one reason or another I switched on the television and got so involved in watching something really stupid that I didn’t write anything at all, or at least did not write nearly as much as I should have.  You would think I’d have learned by now that switching on the TV is one of the worst things I can do when I’m trying to find inspiration, but sometimes I just want to relax and not think.  TV is perfect for that.

It’s not like I watch anything too intellectually stimulating either.  I’m watching stuff that is pretty much worthless, but it’s entertaining.  

My television stopped working one night, and I was actually pretty thrilled about the whole thing.  I have a TV upstairs, but the downstairs TV is the one I watch after the kids are in bed and that’s the one that broke.  I didn’t get it fixed for a couple of months, and believe me when I say those were the most productive writing months I have ever had. 

If I didn’t have a TV my book would probably be finished by now. 

Stinking TV. 

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