Clean Out That In Progress Folder

[Elizabeth Ann West]

Hi all,
So I'm back from my self-imposed maternity leave.To get started, I cleaned out my In Progress folder. It's a place where I put unfinished articles, or articles I am not 100% happy about and want to revisit. Well, it's tough for me to find time to revisit those when I get busy writing for other projects. Since I just came back from hiatus, I figured I might as well take a peak.

So far, I have submitted 3, and have some ideas for new articles.

So if anyone else is in a mid-week writing slump, try cleaning out your In Progress folder, or work on any of those article widows you have laying around. It might just be their time to shine.

[cashwriter]

I have an "ideas" folder that contains empty, partially drawn up or needing-editing articles. Sometimes all they've got is a title, but it keeps me from forgetting that I want to write about it. Right now, I think I only have one thing left in there, but I'm not in a slump yet, so I'm sure it will build over time and give me fodder for my brain-hiatus times.

[Zabrina]

Totally guilty here... I have nearly 80 files in my in progress folder! I didn't think I had that many... I'm working on clearing them all out, writing/finishing/submitting a few at a time.

[Lysis]

I have a bunch too. I've had ideas that I've thought are so brilliant after a glass of wine. When I come back to them the next day, I ask myself what I was thinking.

[Zabrina]

Haha! I don't drink, but I act like it when I'm exhausted. I was going to post an example of the awful ideas I come up with at times, but I was too embarrassed. I'm down to 78 ideas... because I keep coming up with more! How annoying.

[Phil]

Please do not heap abuse on my poor lil head. But until I read this thread I never thought about an in progress folder. I did have a couple of drafts over on eHow that I finally polished off. I should try this. Oh wait, I am seriously hurting for ideas ... Time for more coffee.

[Celeste Stewart]

Don't worry, soon, you'll have more ideas than you'll be able to write

[Phil]

Don't worry, soon, you'll have more ideas than you'll be able to write

From your lips to Gods ears. Thanks.