“The Help” has been a major bestseller by first-time novelist Kathryn Stockett. In a recent interview, Ms. Stockett mentions that a mockingbird has been squawking outside her window for a year “and is the No. 1 reason I can’t finish my second book. I moved my office to the other side of the house to get away from it, and it followed me. Mockingbirds mock; right now it thinks it’s a cat. It’s mewing and driving me crazy. Ms. Lee, I disagree.”
What distracts you when you are trying to write, and what do you to overcome it? Remember to revert to your tried and true writing rituals. These will help you to focus.