Do you ever struggle to avoid distraction when you're supposed to be writing? Or do you have a dog? This episode's for you. My daughter's recent dog-sitting gig gives me a great prompt for the challenges of "staying on the sidewalk" when scriptwriting, sharing some of my typical distractions, and then passing on my most valuable practice for staying on task.

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Show notes:

• Muttville — adoption center for older dogs who need a new home
• Tony Schwartz, The Rhythm of Great Performance
• A "master study" can be done by typing or hand-writing out a passage from a great work, or more loosely, by reading a passage you admire, then starting your own piece in that writer's style. I did the latter with a few recent episodes, Big Two-Hearted Writer (Hemingway) and Happy Birthday to Me (David Foster Wallace).
• And yes, my Buck voice was inspired by Doug from UP

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