Comments on: How CCTV can help improve your productivity http://writeforyourlife.net/how-cctv-can-help-improve-your-productivity A weblog about writing, reading and all things digital. Made by Iain Broome. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:25:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Iain Broome http://writeforyourlife.net/how-cctv-can-help-improve-your-productivity#comment-342 Iain Broome Sun, 13 Mar 2011 23:43:00 +0000 http://writeforyourlife.net/?p=397#comment-342 Hi Richard - hope you're well. That's ace! I haven't done this for ages but the results were quite surprising. And I really did end up writing more that day! Hi Richard – hope you’re well. That’s ace! I haven’t done this for ages but the results were quite surprising. And I really did end up writing more that day!

]]> By: Iain Broome http://writeforyourlife.net/how-cctv-can-help-improve-your-productivity#comment-341 Iain Broome Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:27:00 +0000 http://writeforyourlife.net/?p=397#comment-341 This was quite near the end of the writing process actually, when I was completing my novel. So if I remember correctly, this was part writing, part editing, which perhaps explains the pauses. That said, I am quite a slow writer. Well, meticulous. That sounds better. And yes, I always edit on paper, and leave the screen simply for actually doing amends and writing fresh material, if that makes sense. Glad you're finding the blog helpful - that's great! This was quite near the end of the writing process actually, when I was completing my novel. So if I remember correctly, this was part writing, part editing, which perhaps explains the pauses. That said, I am quite a slow writer. Well, meticulous. That sounds better. And yes, I always edit on paper, and leave the screen simply for actually doing amends and writing fresh material, if that makes sense.

Glad you’re finding the blog helpful – that’s great!

]]> By: DustAndWater http://writeforyourlife.net/how-cctv-can-help-improve-your-productivity#comment-340 DustAndWater Sun, 13 Feb 2011 06:24:00 +0000 http://writeforyourlife.net/?p=397#comment-340 Strangely compelling viewing. I particularly liked the bit where your cat appeared on your lap for a second. You didn't appear to do much actual writing? I guess the stuff in your notebooks and on paper are notes and ideas you have jotted down, or character bios and whatnot. When you were reading on screen though, what was it? More of your own notes or outside influences/inspirations? Hope it's not too private a question; peering too deeply into your personal routine or whatever. Finding your blog very helpful in general. I actually write poems over at my blog but have for some time been battling in the back of my mind with a book idea. I occasionally write down a few paragraphs or a chapter here and there but since finding your blog, I have resolved to be more structured. We'll see how long that lasts! Much Love Strangely compelling viewing. I particularly liked the bit where your cat appeared on your lap for a second.

You didn’t appear to do much actual writing? I guess the stuff in your notebooks and on paper are notes and ideas you have jotted down, or character bios and whatnot.
When you were reading on screen though, what was it? More of your own notes or outside influences/inspirations?
Hope it’s not too private a question; peering too deeply into your personal routine or whatever.

Finding your blog very helpful in general. I actually write poems over at my blog but have for some time been battling in the back of my mind with a book idea. I occasionally write down a few paragraphs or a chapter here and there but since finding your blog, I have resolved to be more structured.

We’ll see how long that lasts!

Much Love

]]> By: Write for Your Life is one year old today! | Write for Your Life http://writeforyourlife.net/how-cctv-can-help-improve-your-productivity#comment-339 Write for Your Life is one year old today! | Write for Your Life Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:08:03 +0000 http://writeforyourlife.net/?p=397#comment-339 [...] How CCTV can help improve your productivity This post seemed a bit silly when I first came up with the idea. But actually, it turned out to be [...] [...] How CCTV can help improve your productivity This post seemed a bit silly when I first came up with the idea. But actually, it turned out to be [...]

]]> By: Jim http://writeforyourlife.net/how-cctv-can-help-improve-your-productivity#comment-338 Jim Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:41:23 +0000 http://writeforyourlife.net/?p=397#comment-338 haha - but it works!! The earful I get from "she who must be obeyed" just isn't worth slacking!! haha – but it works!! The earful I get from “she who must be obeyed” just isn’t worth slacking!!

]]> By: Iain Broome http://writeforyourlife.net/how-cctv-can-help-improve-your-productivity#comment-337 Iain Broome Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:00:00 +0000 http://writeforyourlife.net/?p=397#comment-337 <em>@Jim</em> Hello Jim and welcome. I think your solution sounds even more bonkers than mine! What happens if you get caught??! @Jim Hello Jim and welcome. I think your solution sounds even more bonkers than mine! What happens if you get caught??!

]]> By: Jim http://writeforyourlife.net/how-cctv-can-help-improve-your-productivity#comment-336 Jim Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:17:58 +0000 http://writeforyourlife.net/?p=397#comment-336 I do something similar myself! I have Y-cam IP camera setup (http://www.y-cam.com) in the corner of my den... Only the missus has access, kind of "big brother" style... If I even think she is watching, i don't DARE to mess around! haha :D I do something similar myself! I have Y-cam IP camera setup (http://www.y-cam.com) in the corner of my den… Only the missus has access, kind of “big brother” style… If I even think she is watching, i don’t DARE to mess around! haha :D

]]> By: 5 Lots of Possibly | Confident Writing http://writeforyourlife.net/how-cctv-can-help-improve-your-productivity#comment-335 5 Lots of Possibly | Confident Writing Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:32:23 +0000 http://writeforyourlife.net/?p=397#comment-335 [...] Iain Broome at Write for Your Life has a lot of productivity tips for writers, including those of you writing novels.  His most recent experiment is well worth a read watch: How CCTV can help improve your productivity [...] [...] Iain Broome at Write for Your Life has a lot of productivity tips for writers, including those of you writing novels.  His most recent experiment is well worth a read watch: How CCTV can help improve your productivity [...]

]]> By: Iain Broome http://writeforyourlife.net/how-cctv-can-help-improve-your-productivity#comment-334 Iain Broome Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:13:28 +0000 http://writeforyourlife.net/?p=397#comment-334 Thanks for all the great responses everyone, I'll respond to you all properly soon - I'm currently editing... privately! Thanks for all the great responses everyone, I’ll respond to you all properly soon – I’m currently editing… privately!

]]> By: Niels Bom http://writeforyourlife.net/how-cctv-can-help-improve-your-productivity#comment-333 Niels Bom Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:55:22 +0000 http://writeforyourlife.net/?p=397#comment-333 Leechblock can also help in avoiding distraction. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4476 And Writeroom, which all writers on Macs are probably familiar with. http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/writeroom Leechblock can also help in avoiding distraction.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4476

And Writeroom, which all writers on Macs are probably familiar with. http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/writeroom

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