More writing
May. 15th, 2009 04:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sinanjuI'm struggling with this current story. I alternate at least daily (sometimes more than once in a day) between thinking it's coming together and thinking it's crap. And wondering if anyone anywhere (besides me) would have any interest in it whatsoever even if I do get it finished.
Nonetheless, I persevere. I realized this morning, after running some errands, that I was dithering because Ididn't want to feared getting back to working on it. So I sat myself down and started writing.
Trust theforce process, Luke Mark.
It took me a long while, including a break in the middle to go work on the yard, but I got my word quota done. It was tough. I still fear that the story sucks. But I'm by god gonna finish it.
And then I'll start the next one. (Next fear standing in line to bonk me on the head: fear that I won't have enough story ideas to keep churning out stories.) Not that it's the only one. Let's see...
Fear That The Current Story Sucks
Fear That I Won't Be Able To Think Of An Idea For The Next Story
Fear That I Won't Be Able To Think Of An Idea For A Novel
Fear That I Won't Be Able To Finish A Novel
Fear That I'm Not Writing Enough Words In A Day
Fear That I'm Not Writing Fast Enough (Words Per Hour)
...and so on.
The only fear that's NOT there at the moment? Fear that an editor will reject the story. By the time I've confronted the above fears, the fear that a stranger in a far-away city will not buy my story? Too distant in time and space to worry about.
Words Written Today: 1,270
Words Written YTD: 11,338
Streak (500+ words/day): 5 Days
Stories in Circulation: 3
Stories Rejected: 0 (no responses of any kind as yet)
Stories Accepted: 0 (no responses of any kind as yet)
Nonetheless, I persevere. I realized this morning, after running some errands, that I was dithering because I
Trust the
It took me a long while, including a break in the middle to go work on the yard, but I got my word quota done. It was tough. I still fear that the story sucks. But I'm by god gonna finish it.
And then I'll start the next one. (Next fear standing in line to bonk me on the head: fear that I won't have enough story ideas to keep churning out stories.) Not that it's the only one. Let's see...
Fear That The Current Story Sucks
Fear That I Won't Be Able To Think Of An Idea For The Next Story
Fear That I Won't Be Able To Think Of An Idea For A Novel
Fear That I Won't Be Able To Finish A Novel
Fear That I'm Not Writing Enough Words In A Day
Fear That I'm Not Writing Fast Enough (Words Per Hour)
...and so on.
The only fear that's NOT there at the moment? Fear that an editor will reject the story. By the time I've confronted the above fears, the fear that a stranger in a far-away city will not buy my story? Too distant in time and space to worry about.
Words Written Today: 1,270
Words Written YTD: 11,338
Streak (500+ words/day): 5 Days
Stories in Circulation: 3
Stories Rejected: 0 (no responses of any kind as yet)
Stories Accepted: 0 (no responses of any kind as yet)
