Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Fri, Mar 27 2020
I can't hear you yet and your cute dog is behind you on your cam and HR is asking too many questions and people keep calling to ask me how to get connected and why do we need yet another meeting when you and I talking right now and we are the only two people who can actually get connected?
Watching people suddenly work from home is fascinating. Most writers work from home when we write. Some have another full-time job outside home and then also write at home. We're used to dealing with certain issues, such as the timing of email responses. The newly seated person working from home also has new challenges being thrust at them all at once. They have to figure out how to digitally connect, hold meetings, collaborate with teams and make charts and visual communication actually work. Once they have that somewhat stable they have to concentrate on work and perhaps share space with family members and with pets.
I've learned that those of us who claim to be distracted by things while we write have actually had it fairly easy when we compare our days with those of a worker suddenly trying to live at home, socialize from home, and work at home. And making all that bandwidth work for the whole family at once can be tricky.
On a comical note, my main new distraction is coming from other people working from home who want someone to rant to about all the distractions they have now while working from home. Fortunately, it's all research for the next story's character development, fellow writers. Keep good notes.
posted at: 12:05 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
Watching people suddenly work from home is fascinating. Most writers work from home when we write. Some have another full-time job outside home and then also write at home. We're used to dealing with certain issues, such as the timing of email responses. The newly seated person working from home also has new challenges being thrust at them all at once. They have to figure out how to digitally connect, hold meetings, collaborate with teams and make charts and visual communication actually work. Once they have that somewhat stable they have to concentrate on work and perhaps share space with family members and with pets.
I've learned that those of us who claim to be distracted by things while we write have actually had it fairly easy when we compare our days with those of a worker suddenly trying to live at home, socialize from home, and work at home. And making all that bandwidth work for the whole family at once can be tricky.
On a comical note, my main new distraction is coming from other people working from home who want someone to rant to about all the distractions they have now while working from home. Fortunately, it's all research for the next story's character development, fellow writers. Keep good notes.
posted at: 12:05 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
