Special for Playwrights: 8 Ways to Procrastinate Instead of Finishing that Latest Draft

1.Take a nap. You deserve it. You rewrote one whole sentence! Art take time.

2. Go get a croissant. Flakey pastries will unblock that pesky writer’s block. Snacks help you refocus.

3.Take another nap. Just a quick one though.

4. Read some literotica. To get the creative juices flowing. Unless you are “working” in that coffee shop, in which case, only read it if Barry the Barista isn’t staring at you (don’t be creepy, Barry).

5 Check Facebook. See if Hackstage has published a new article. I bet their writers never get writer’s block.

6. Get into a fight with your boyfriend. He’s never been supportive of your work as a playwright anyway.

7. Take one more nap. Seriously though, this has to be the last one. And only 20 minutes this time, or you can’t call it a power nap. Maybe an hour. That might be ok.

8. Write a helpful list article for your friends’ blog. You wrote something, right? Even if it wasn’t what you were supposed to get done. Now go get some Schmakery’s and make up with your boyfriend.

* This list also applies to BFA’s trying to write the only research paper they are required to write in all four years of undergrad. You don’t need English or proper MLA citations to sing and dance anyway, kids!