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Q&A How do you communicate to people that writing is a job and prevent interruptions?

This problem is not unique to writing. It is a problem for anyone who works from home. Some people have understanding family/friends who do their best to avoid interrupting the work-from-home perso...

posted 7y ago by Dunk‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:43:28Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/32654
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Dunk‭ · 2019-12-08T07:43:28Z (almost 5 years ago)
This problem is not unique to writing. It is a problem for anyone who works from home. Some people have understanding family/friends who do their best to avoid interrupting the work-from-home person. This doesn't appear to be you.

Other people have family/friends who can't seem to ever grasp the concept that what the work-from-home person is doing is really a job. Sometimes, this is the work-from-home person's fault. You mention you have dogs. Do you interrupt your work "often enough" to mess around with the dogs that it could possibly give the impression that you aren't at work? Or similar types of distractions that only occur because you are home? If so, then it's understandable that others don't treat your work-from-home as a job because you aren't necessarily doing so also.

If all else fails, and getting an office outside the home is not financially practical, I've heard of these things called libraries that are generally supposed to be fairly quiet where someone could do some writing for free.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-01-18T20:05:24Z (almost 7 years ago)
Original score: 3