Procrastination—Not a vice, not a boon either.
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Procrastination
is one of the dramatic catalysts that work its way through to the development
of plot in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The postponement of action drew Hamlet from
normal struggles to madness. Of course, it adds to the drama. However,
procrastination is no good a prop in a writer’s arsenal. His characters, of
course can exhibit this as a favourable character flaw. But he himself
should be kept away from this character trait.
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Procrastination,
evidently, is not a character trait at all; however, for the use of a better
word, we can use the phrase--‘character trait’. Whatever the reason is, when
someone decides today’s job to be done tomorrow, he or she is procrastinating
the work. It mainly results from the blind confidence of a tomorrow that is at
the same time favourable and secured, as imagined by the writer. Here, it is good
to remember John 9:4, “One must work the works of him that sent me while it is
day; the night is coming when no man can work.” This passage directly floods
the concept of a secured and assured tomorrow with uncertainty and a certain
sense of unpredictability.
Although,
in every writing programme, this trait (procrastination) is the most degraded
of all, the writer in practice of his craft, at least, occasionally finds
procrastination resulting in favourable and creative results. For example, certain stories or poems, when
kept for some time without being penned down, yields new ideas that can make
the piece of work better than how it was initially conceived.
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But if
you are a writer, looking forward to a professional career and still you keep
pushing your assignments and stories for a farther date then you are doing real
harm to yourself. Here, procrastination can bring doom. The only major
difference between a professionally successful writer and an amateur is that
the professionally successful writer finds ways to meet his deadlines and an
amateur finds ways to postpone a deadline. Talent doesn’t make you everything.
So read the rest later, finish the day’s work, now.
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