So here is the deal. I do not do well without deadlines. Given that my writing group’s meeting schedule is suspect over the next few weeks and the company I’ve been writing on a contract basis for over the last two decades hasn’t paid me over the last two years, I am stuck on what to do. There is an offer out there to write something for said company. There is also the opportunity to produce something to deliver to the group once we get back int he swing of things. Now I have to decide which of these two options will make me a better writer.
I think I am going to go for the corporate option. I am actually past expecting money for the work any time soon, but the idea of a deadline is compelling to me. I know I work best when the printer is waiting. I also know that pleasing my editor is a big deal to me–no matter who that editor is. This all adds up to show me that the best option might actually be to go for the corporate option, engage with that group of writers and in the process have something to give to my group as well. Two birds kind of situation.
And it only took ten minutes to decide.