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Wasting time.

"Do you know the meaning of procrastination ?" "Yeah...I'll tell you tomorrow." It's procrastination and not "writer's block" that has kept me from writing. It's also, I guess you could call it, organization or the lack thereof. When I do sit down to write I don't need to think of what to write because the stories are already in my head, I just can't get them out and onto a piece of paper. When I do accomplish that impossibility, bits and pieces get spread out all over the place, in multiple spiral-bound notebooks, and in no particular order. So to avoid that mayhem I just don't do it. When I decide to tackle that mayhem I just end up sorting through the notebooks attempting to consolidate my ideas, starring at my carpet overwhelmed by the task. A computer could help with that I can hear you saying, but it's just as bad. The folder my main work is in has several sub-folders. Each sub-folder is filled with dozens of files