Many on hatrack have speculated on whether Freecell or Spider Solitaire are instruments of the devil designed purely to keep you from writing. In unanimity the response has been: Yes, they are! The question is: Which game is more evil, which distracts you more. Vote! Or dont'!
Posted by Grant John (Member # 5993) on :
I think Spider Solitaire is more evil.
Posted by KayTi (Member # 5137) on :
Don't you think that it's here, Hatrack itself, that is the manifestation of His Immortal Terribleness? (HIT)
I mean, honestly, these words could represent another 20 words in my MS. But they don't. They're just here in the ether, somewhere in the space between me and the rest of the known universe.
Posted by Pyraxis (Member # 7990) on :
Nah, there's not enough activity on the boards to keep me obsessing over them that long. It's other forums elsewhere that I have to worry about.
Posted by wrenbird (Member # 3245) on :
I agree, it's the combination. I have to "check" my seven or so blogs, then this forum, then my own blog, then my email.
I think the Internet itself is the Devil.
(just kidding Internet, I love you. You know I love you. Please don't be angry with me.)
Posted by JustInProse (Member # 7872) on :
I'm voting for the keyboard. I can type pretty darn fast, but I mess up one word and I swear I'm backspacing and blindly hitting buttons for twenty minutes, waiting to be back on track.
I want "thought to computer" word. Or telepathy. I'll take either.
Posted by Crank (Member # 7354) on :
Mine Sweeper. Pure distractional evil.
S! S!...C!
Posted by JeanneT (Member # 5709) on :
I have to check here and Baen's couple of dozen forums and the agent blogs and the blogs of some of the pubs I submit too. What? The day is over and I haven't written a word? How could that happen?
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
I have to agree with JeanneT and the others. My day used to start with an hour of writing, now its an hour of forums and such, writing related but not the same.
Now that I got Ywriter up and running, my novel is more organized, and I see the areas I need to work on. So hopefully I will gain at least part of my hour back.
Posted by annepin (Member # 5952) on :
Dude, there's a whole slew of free games on the internet... Sonny the Zombie has been occupying me lately.
Seriously, to write I used to pull out my wireless card. Now I use a Mac so it's a little harder, but I turn off my wireless connection. Or use another computer which isn't hooked up. I used to play FreeCell obsessively but I think I've just played it too much and lost interest.
Posted by Pyraxis (Member # 7990) on :
I've been doing most of my writing at work, where, conveniently, I can't get to the forums that are the worst offenders.
Haven't been obsessed with little games for quite a while, and I'm not sure I want to think about it. I'd rather keep it that way.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
According to Martin Short and Jon Lovitz, the instrument of the devil is the triangle.
I gave up on Free Cell after I got obsessed with keeping a winning streak alive. Found I was turning my computer off when I lost, which cleared the current game and left the streak as is. Moved over to Minesweeper and Spider Solitaire after that...usually play one hand of either to warm up before starting to write. (Come to think of it, I played a hand of Free Cell this afternoon.)
My computer came with a good game of Hearts, but that takes too long to finish up properly...
Posted by Crystal Stevens (Member # 8006) on :
Believe it or not, I turn to playing games when I need a break from either writing out a new plot or editing one of my first, second, or third drafts. I find the break helps me think more clearly and actually gives me time to think over what I've already written. Then, I can go back refreshed and put in more time on my writing.
