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| | The The CopyWriters Connection Network is not currently active and cannot accept new posts | | Deadlines? | Views: 399 | | Jan 16, 2006 11:27 pm | | Deadlines? | # | 
Steven Boaze | |
Does your business suffer worrying about deadlines?
Quite often when I know there's a writing
project, construction project, website or any
other task to deal with, I set the work aside,
close my eyes, and start thinking about the more
creative side of each task.
This can add hours of additional work to a day,
in which I’d otherwise given up and gone fishing.
Thinking about deadlines is the worst thing you
can do. I know my clients hate to hear this, but
to me, a deadline is just an indication of how
late the work is going to be -- or how much
earlier than they expect it’s going to be, but I
can’t allow it to drive me.
I can’t allow it to push me into decisions that
are going to hurt the copy and hurt the project
at hand.
Think about deadlines, and you’re going to find
that your project suffers!
I've learned this the hard way, and now I focus
on writing the best copy, developing contracts
etc., that I can now visualize deadlines with a
"hot new control," and have gained a lot more
winners.
Steven BoazePrivate Reply to Steven Boaze | | Jan 17, 2006 4:43 pm | | re: Deadlines? | # | 
Tom Gillispie writer/editor | | Hi, Steven. Copywriting and newspaper writing are obviously different. When writing a newspaper article, I usually have a clock ticking in the back of my head. I'm always aware of time, and when it's up, I end the paragraph, give the story a quick read and send it.
You're right that awareness of deadlines can sometimes hurt the work, but I've found that I actually write better under deadline.
Write on.
Tom
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Tom Gillispie
Writer/editor, http://www.tgwriter.com
Freelance Writers & Editors, http://free-network.ryze.comPrivate Reply to Tom Gillispie writer/editor | | Jan 18, 2006 10:48 am | | re: re: Deadlines? | # | 
TheKreativeCompany | | agree with u tom! plz do count the radio copy n the broadcast deadlines, along with ur newspaper deadlines... under the same ticking sword ;)
but yes, the best comes out under that watchful 'tick-tick-tok'.
rgrdsPrivate Reply to TheKreativeCompany | | Jan 18, 2006 3:45 pm | | re: re: re: Deadlines? | # |
Tom Gillispie writer/editor | | Hi, Alz. It's always gratifying to know that someone has similar experiences, especially when we are so far away.
As for deadlines, I have a hard time working too far ahead. I have a story coming up on former gymnasts Bart Conner and Nadia Comaneci, and I've frittered away a week in procrastination. The deadline's closer, and now I can work.
Write on.
TomPrivate Reply to Tom Gillispie writer/editor | | Jan 20, 2006 8:00 pm | | re: Deadlines? | # | 
Jennifer Woodard | | I actually enjoy the deadlines. I find that when I get down to the wire my adrenaline gets going and my creative juices flair. When I have alot of time, I put things off until the deadline nears unless I have to send progress reports.
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