Comments on: "Bookending" on Twitter Can Keep You Accountable

By: Bookending | deborahb

Bookending | deborahb — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:42:14 +0000

[...] keep yourself on track, knowing you’ll have to report back later. I followed a link from the Procrastinating Writers to the Relaxed Writer (a journey I’d like to take spiritually myself someday) to find out [...]

By: How To Use Twitter As A Motivational Tool « In the Hot Spot

How To Use Twitter As A Motivational Tool « In the Hot Spot — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:58:33 +0000

[...] of all three of them I was for doing this, but then I accidentally came across a post on the Procrastinating Writers website where they named this method of motivation. It’s called ‘bookmarking’. [...]

By: Marla Beck

Marla Beck — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:00:14 +0000

@Jennifer, Thanks for the post here on The Procrastinating Writer! I may not have mentioned it in my post, but wanted to do so here: I hope bookending helps your readers as much as it’s helped me & my clients.

@George, I loved learning about the Scrum methodology-I’m going to read more about it. I’ll bet thinking-through potential roadblocks before they happen (and in the company of other problem-solvers) is very useful.

-@MarlaBeck

By: Annabel Candy

Annabel Candy — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:52:55 +0000

I’ve been doing this but didn’t know there was a name for it! I follow a writer on twitter and he regularly tweets on how many words he’s written and I try to keep up. One day I challenged him to a race and he even let me win:)
Cheers, inthehotspot on twittter
My second rejection email here:
http://inthehotspot.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/writers-rite-of-passage-rejection-slips/

By: The Procrastinating Writer

The Procrastinating Writer — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:48:32 +0000

@maggie If external motivation keeps you on-task, I say go for it!

By: maggie

maggie — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:46:26 +0000

I love this idea! I need that external accountability to motivate me sometimes!

By: The Procrastinating Writer

The Procrastinating Writer — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:54:39 +0000

@George Adams Thanks for sharing your thoughts! It’s always interesting to see how people in other fields (other than writing) keep themselves accountable.

By: George Adams

George Adams — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:49:59 +0000

In Software Engineering, we have this idea of Agile Development, most notably the Scrum methodology. In it, a team gathers, and each person states what he or she did in the previous 24 hours, what he or she plans on doing, and any foreseeable roadblocks. It seems that all people, writer or engineer, are motivated by the same social pressure. We place conditions of worth on ourselves where they do not really exist. All we have to do is say that we are doing something, and we become much more productive.

By: The Procrastinating Writer

The Procrastinating Writer — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:16:17 +0000

@Alex Fayle We have all these amazing tools at our fingertips (such as Twitter), we should use them! And you can also bookend on other social networking sites, such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and others.

By: Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome

Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:11:30 +0000

I’m seeing more and more talk about accountability and how we use different tools like Twitter to help us with that. I guess people are realizing that we can’t do it all alone and it’s not just okay but it’s a good thing to ask others for help, even if it is to keep us moving forward.