The first step to fixing a problem is knowing that you have one. Boice addresses the first signs to maintenance problems in this section.
1. Calamities of health and relationships
2. new responsibilities at work and at home
3. rejections, criticisms, and discouragements of writing
4. reemerging doubts about abilities to imagine and write
5. reinstatement of feelings of busyness.
As these factors come into our lives Boice states that writers get impatient and go back into their bingeing habits. Not only do these discouraging factors come in but also we start to see distractions grow and production wane. I have noticed this so much in this last bit of the semester. I was very good at keeping on top of things and being productive but the I would fall back into distractions as easy as I did at the beginning of reading Boice.
Boice talks about how depression ties into the writing process and how it can effect productivity. "Writers anxious about likelihood of failing and suffering will opt for escape and other self-defeating modes". Not only does depression have this effect on writers but it also takes away from our comfort and our ability to write in an eneregetic manner. We see our postures begin to fail , we become more tired, and then writing takes a hit due to this.
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