Practically a Month Later ...
I really did try to be better writing-wise. But, as is always the case with me, real life got in the way. Janis and Wyatt got married on July 23, so the week leading up to that was hectic.
After their wedding, I tried to catch up on household chores--this means I reorganized the stuff in my room and did a lot of cleaning--and caught up with friends after work. So. No writing.
Anyway, I can make a thousand and one excuses, but the fact remains: I didn't keep my last promise.
I have a habit of doing that, hey?
Still, I feel that my writing work ethic has improved in that I'm actually writing. Since my last post, I've started two drafts and I've started pre-editing my novel. If that isn't progress, well then I honestly don't know what is. Baby steps. Baby steps.
Also, I'm reminded of an uncomfortable truth I shared with my Mellie a year ago: I have another, more pressing, issue I need to attend to before I can follow the rest of my script. I'm trying really hard to re-wire my brain so that it stops depending so much on the script I wrote in high school, but I can't go off-script. In my mind I have a set list of accomplishments I have to check off before I can go to the next item and I've been stuck on one particular item since I was fifteen. I try telling myself I don't need to check it off, but...
But that's the thing about scripts, right? They dictate the actions and the expectations; clearly outline what is to happen before it happens. And I've had my script memorized since I was a teen. How can I re-write something I cherish?
After their wedding, I tried to catch up on household chores--this means I reorganized the stuff in my room and did a lot of cleaning--and caught up with friends after work. So. No writing.
Anyway, I can make a thousand and one excuses, but the fact remains: I didn't keep my last promise.
I have a habit of doing that, hey?
Still, I feel that my writing work ethic has improved in that I'm actually writing. Since my last post, I've started two drafts and I've started pre-editing my novel. If that isn't progress, well then I honestly don't know what is. Baby steps. Baby steps.
Also, I'm reminded of an uncomfortable truth I shared with my Mellie a year ago: I have another, more pressing, issue I need to attend to before I can follow the rest of my script. I'm trying really hard to re-wire my brain so that it stops depending so much on the script I wrote in high school, but I can't go off-script. In my mind I have a set list of accomplishments I have to check off before I can go to the next item and I've been stuck on one particular item since I was fifteen. I try telling myself I don't need to check it off, but...
But that's the thing about scripts, right? They dictate the actions and the expectations; clearly outline what is to happen before it happens. And I've had my script memorized since I was a teen. How can I re-write something I cherish?
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