Fiction writer. Expert procrastinator. This is my life.
What is this? It’s my new session log! :) I’ve decided I don’t like challenges. Well, the word “challenge,” anyway. For some reason, every time I say I’m challenging myself, I immediately start resisting getting started on said challenge. It’s a thing, a very real thing.
And tomorrow I’m going to have to actually use my session log to record something besides: 0.
I’ve messed up by pushing myself to write on a specific book instead of letting my interest guide me. But I’m now at a point where I HAVE to finish this book I’ve been working on. Really, I have to finish it. ASAP.
But trying to force myself to work on only one story is killing my word counts and my momentum.
I’m going to have to back off and just write, something, until I’m past the resistance that’s keeping me from getting started again. History tells me that I’ll find my way back to my book and finish it sooner than I would otherwise. It worked for my last book; I bet it’ll work for this one.
All I know for sure is that a streak of zeros certainly isn’t helping me reach my goals. At least if I’d written something, I’d have more books closer to done.
So, today, I’m going to focus my time on whichever book I’m most interested in working on, in one hour sessions.
Goal = 3,933 words
(Why do I even bother with that? My goal is always 3,933 words except on publishing days. I’ve got to come up with a better way to use this blog for a bit of accountability. What I’m doing sure isn’t working.)