Time to Barricade and Write
Time to get a ton of writing done. I’m barricading myself in until Tuesday. Items gathered:
- Bananas
- Chocolate Chips
- Marshmallows
- Coffee
- Ovaltine
- Almond Milk
- Sweet Potato Chips
- Chocolate
The InternetFacebook- Good Books
I have other, healthy food. This is just my comfort food that gets me going while writing. I might pop down to Books & Company and barricade myself there, but… I think I might stay here with my cats. They cuddle.
So what are your supplies for a writing barricade? How do you get a ton of writing done?
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Natasha Fondren is a writer traveling the U.S. in a camper with her four cats. She is currently enjoying the lizards and desert heat in Arizona.
I was reading your list and thinking “no cheese?” I hope that’s with your healthy foods. I love my cheese.
I don’t barricade myself. I’m kind of a steady writer (if you could “starts and stops” steady). I set weekly goals and try to reach them instead of one mad marathon.
Have fun writing!
Oh, Edie!!! I LOVE cheese! Oh, you shouldn’t mention it. I seriously get tears in my eyes. (Not kidding.) But I’m allergic, remember? Instant asthma attack?
If I eat no dairy for about a week, and then I have a pizza, I can generally do it for one meal without getting an asthma attack. Usually. But I’ve used up my dairy allotment, and had to use my inhaler yesterday.
I’ve been trying to do the starts and stops thing. I prefer working that way, but it doesn’t seem to be giving me the results I want.
I just have to add that I think cheese is the best food in the world. Ice cream has to be the second best.
Lucky Charms. No lie. And a coffee pot. And photos. I go th rough magazines, see intriguing pictures and cut them out and tape them to the wall. And I talk to my cat about what I’m going to write and tell her to get out of my den and guard the door against non-writing intruders and reality in general. She holds out for catnip. I stand up for my rights and tell her its to early, the other pets will smell it on her breath. She jumps on my keyboard and lays down. I run to the kitchen, grab the catnip, go back and grab the cat, and leave her with the open back to sniff to the bar closes. Then I retire to the den, study the pictures I’ve selected through the bracing aroma of brewed coffee, and start typing.
And ice cream- did I mention ice cream?
Ice cream?! No! Don’t say it, Rick! I’ll start bawling for sure!
Guard-cats! I love it! LOLOL. I need to brew some coffee, too. I need to start. Right now. In a few seconds.
Good, I see you lost the Internet for a couple of days. That should help a lot!
*snicker* It would, if I could get unaddicted!
But seriously, the internet goes off for an hour, and I get ten minutes. Then off for another hour. 
It’s the best I can do!
Natasha, I forgot you were allergic. So sorry.
LOL, it’s okay, Edie! Somehow, when I talk about it, it may be torture, but I can taste and smell and enjoy it all over again. After I’m done with my self-pitying whine, I almost feel as if I’ve eaten it for real!
Gosh. Cheese. It’s gotta be the perfect food.
Oh, I’d so like to barricade until Tuesday! I’m jealous.
If I could barricade, I’d take apple cinnamon or honey nut Cheerios, to be nibbled dry (seriously, they feel like a treat, but they’re kinda/sorta good for you, plus, if you eat them one at a time it takes a really long time to empty a little bowl) Green tea and water (no coffee, makes me need to pee too often)
Definitely no Internet, Facebook or phone….
Lainey, it hasn’t been working out so well. Well, there’s always… in two hours….
Cheerios is a great idea! No Internet, even better.
Why am I not surprised that Edie mentioned cheese?
Hope all went well and your wrote as if a giant tornado pushed your pen.
I’m not giving up yet, Kath!
Water and peanuts.
Ooh, perfect. (Cashews instead of peanuts, though.
Green tea with a lollipop periodically dipped into it. Yum. Also, green tea and whole wheat Cheeze-Its. Although, Adam in his meanie mode pointed out that there are like a thousand calories in a giant bowl of Cheeze-Its. But they’re whole wheat! Shouldn’t that negate the calories?
Seriously?! Wow! That’s something I’ve never tried, Robin! LOL! I’ve totally gotten out the yummy tea you got me, though. Your two tea tins are two of three that I brought with me! (I had to narrow down from an ENTIRE CUPBOARD of four shelves of tea, LOL…)
My computer.
I play “Free Cell” while writing. Helps me get into that logical/stratergy mood that I require when I write.
And how do I get a ton a writing done? By being away from the family.
As much as I love my family, they ramp up the stress level by as much as 75% throughout the evening and on weekends. I can’t even remotely write a blog post if I’m in the same area as they are.
Maybe I should try that, G! I remember a good time with Spider Solitaire!
tea, muffins from Trader Joe’s, coffee, half-and-half, popcorn, apples. Gah! I’m boring!!
I’ve never had their muffins, Barrie! Popcorn sounds yummy.
I wish someone would tell me how to get a ton of writing done. I really need to. I do know the Internet is death to writing.
I need to know, too, Eric. Seems like I’ve forgotten.
Yum, that all sounds so good!!
Let’s see. Not sure what I need when I barricade myself but your list sounds pretty good!!
I’m so glad you mentioned healthy food because I’d be bouncing off the walls in a matter of minutes. I hope you’re getting a lot done!
By not blog-hopping.