A Preparation Checklist for Writers:

1. Wake up, late □
2. Lie in bed for an unseemly amount of time □
3. Get up, pound water, brush teeth □
4. Eat a light breakfast, drink coffee w/cream □
5. Check news and mail, read a bit, get brain churning □
6. Come up w/some ideas in the shower, forget them by the time you’re out □
7. Dry off, get dressed □
8. Get ready to sit down and write □
9. Look over notes, reread what you have, think it’s great □
10. Realize there’s not enough time before work, not worth getting invested; waste more time before you leave □
11. Speed to work so as not to be late (you’re late anyway) □
12. Work □
13. Start drinking □
14. Think about how you’re going to go home and continue the masterpiece □
15. Continue drinking □
16. Get home, brew strong coffee, have it black this time even though it’s way too late for that □
17. Look over notes, reread what you have, decide it’s awful □
18. Fall into bottomless pit of existential despair □
19. Masturbate □
20. Go out to clear your head □
21. Return home, too tired, too drunk □
22. Go to sleep thinking about all the great writing you’ll do tomorrow □
23. Repeat □

(Alternative Writing Preparation Checklist found at link at bottom right)