[Rocket Sheep]

I knew you'd find something more intelligent to talk about if I kept quiet. ;)

I work in bursts too, like Glenda. I think there's more satisfaction in applying myself obsessively to something and seeing it done, rather than spreading myself thin and plodding along doing 10 differently things.

It also suits my lack of discipline... I'm always surprised how much I get done each year despite myself tho.

I think most novel writers are horrendously disciplined. A lot of people don't realise the time that goes into a novel.

[Tari]

Recalcitrant worlds, Alison? That has got to be the best description of kids I've ever heard. Especially appropriate for teenagers...lol

Tis not!! Teenagers can be controlled! i should know from experience!! like right now!! geesh some people! *rolls eyes* that Alison and Glenda was not fair! i have a teenage mind of today and so far i'm 16 and not been drunk once or snuck into a club or anything!

[Tari]

I think there's more satisfaction in applying myself obsessively to something and seeing it done, rather than spreading myself thin and plodding along doing 10 differently things.

It also suits my lack of discipline... I'm always surprised how much I get done each year despite myself tho.

I think most novel writers are horrendously disciplined. A lot of people don't realise the time that goes into a novel

i agree. i prefer working in bursts and applying myself obsessively. i find for me it works better especially with school. i do most of my work on the holidays and weekends because of the work during the work. I think you need to be incredibly disciplined to work for a long period of time without having to focus on other things in life. Like mst people i dont think i have that sort of discipline

[alison]

Dear Tari - I should have put a smiley there. Please don't be upset - the last thing I wanted to do was to be dismissive of teenagers. And don't forget, we were teenagers once too.

Mothers always joke about their kids. If you're ever a mother, you'll work out why! What I meant was that my kids are very much individuals, and insist on being so, whether I like it or not. I brought them up that way, so I'm proud of them for it, even if sometimes it's a nuisance (have you ever tried to tell a boy who's bigger than you what to do? he just pats me on the head). And if a teenager isn't at least a bit recalcitrant (it means stubborn), there's something wrong. I bet you are too, and are all the better for it.

[Tari]

Alison . . . .hun i was being sarcastic. :confused: i'm sorry if i offended you in any way (or any1 else for that matter) i am my mothers joke and she is mine! and yes im stubborn. i'm a TAURUS!!! :D most stubborn of the star signs. and yes i have tried telling off my younger cousin who is extremely tall and he does the same thing. . . . patts my head and laughs at my shortness! :D i'm sorry if my other post didn't seem as i intended it to be.

[Tari]

And don't forget, we were teenagers once too.

Please dont use that line! ADULTS! *rolls eyes* that gives away the motherhood hun. :D

[alison]

The last time I was called Hun was by an eighty year old woman! Now that is recalcitrant! Nevertheless, it is true that I was once 16, strange and marvellous as it may seem.

[Gary Wassner]

You were 16? That's such a coincidence. So was I!

[alison]

Ah yes...I didn't much like being 16, myself, and prefer being 42. Which as we all know, is the answer to the Meaning of Life.

[Radthorne]

As long as you don't say, "So long, and thanks for all the fish," and leave us behind. We would then be very sad... :(