"Distraction. The rapacious megalomaniac out to devour productivity. Seems like as soon as I set out..."

“Distraction. The rapacious megalomaniac out to devour productivity. Seems like as soon as I set out to achieve some writing goal or another, a handful of other things look more appealing. Social networks. YouTube. Online window-shopping… each more absorbing than the one before, and all working to keep me grounded where I am and out of my story-world.

 

My solutions: “Focus”/”Composition” mode in my word processor. Putting my cell phone in airplane mode and out of reach. Turning off my laptop’s Wi-Fi.

 

In the words of Toni Morrison: ‘Wanna fly, you got to give up the sh*t that weighs you down.’”

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Nic Stone was born and raised in a suburb on the outskirts of Atlanta, GA. Growing up with people from a wide range of cultures, religions, and backgrounds fueled her love of stories and insatiable wanderlust. 

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