Category: Writing Life

Update December 20-24

Hello,

Thank you for the likes and follows.  This will be the last update for the year.

Last week I had all kinds of ideas for the entry but now that it is time to have to write them down, my mind is going blank.  Welp, that has never stopped me before.   This week will mostly be a short one because of Christmas.  I have to be realistic with the available time I have to write.  This is something I learned from all the plan and goal-setting YouTube videos; I’ve been watching.  Unrealistic goals lead to disappointment.   Looking over the year, through the posts, I have mixed feelings about them.  I made promises that fell through for various reasons.  I’m not apologizing again.  What I will add is that I am aware of my repetitive actions.  Insert Weak by AJR here.  There will be quotes of good cheer and a Wednesday post.

I will be working on scene eleven of Star Crossed.  In the first week, I changed most of the chapters to scenes, the first week in December.  Trying to write in chapters was bothering me.  I initally started writing this story by scences. Scene eleven is actually scene twenty-one, I will most likely be fixing that at a later date. The business of being a storyteller and an author. That is a series of blog essays. Most of scene 11 will be written by hand. There are some key things I want in the scene that can’t work out on keyboard.

The next writing project is a short story working title is called Dark Science Manifesto. I don’t want to give spoilers but whatever vibes you get from the working title you might be right. I think there is this discussion that science fiction and speculative writers have all the time. Which is when does the magic become science and vice versa? This story may or may not answer that but it will entertain. The first part is scheduled the second week full week of January. Then I realized I wouldn’t force an enemy to read 5000 word in one post. Therefore you, fans that I love are spared.

The skill of writing a short story is elusive to me. It is a skill that I am working on honing. Yes I find it a little embarrassing that I wrote something similar to this the beginning of the year. But we all know what they say about crazy, so I’m a little crazy. The strange thing is that I have been consistent and I am really glad that I have been able to pull through on that promise.

This is what the week will look like for me if I keep to my plans. All I want for Christmas are my friends, family past, present and future to be well over this holiday season.

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Wednesday random thoughts

Last week, I typed that I would be attempting to read a number of books, I unofficially DNF’d. In true self-sabotage fashion, I didn’t listen or bring up any of them on a tablet or laptop, in the last seven days. I constantly know what I have to do, procrastinate, and then rush to get things done before the deadline. I also do this, type about my shortcomings on this blog. It is supposed to be accountability but I am very good at typing how sorry and miserable I am for not doing what I am supposed to do. I also type these things in commiseration. I know there is a writer like me out there thinking that they are the only one that is not meeting their writing goals. Not just you, not just me there are thousands of us out there in the ocean of the internet. Some of us have legitimate reasons, work, family, mental state, and environment. Some of us have valid meh reasons. It doesn’t matter that it is meh, the important part is that it is valid. Working through fear, doubt, judgment can take a lot out of a person. On a really good writing day, I might bask in Asian dramas and anime for the next 3 days following. My brain, completely numb to the next part of the story. One of the reasons I wanted to start to write creative non-fiction. I wanted to level up my writing skill. Then the real Universe worked against me.

Here is another random thought, I don’t think we, people in general are going to say at the end of the year, “this was a good one, sad to see it go.” Many of us are like 2020 can go to hell, 2021 should follow it, with gasoline draws. but maybe wood this time b/c gas is expensive. Some of us want a redo but we can only change ourselves not the past.

Back to the first thought, what to do when none of your goals are being achieved? The one thing I have found effective is accepting the past. Shake off the negative thoughts. Apologize if it is helpful and then do the work for change. This may not work the first time. Please remember that positive change takes time. It has been said it takes about 28 days to change a habit. Expect the same and also prepare for not reaching the goal next time. This is not a one-and-done type of situation. Write down positive affirmations, feelings and prepare to do better.

Remember the only one that can write your story is you. Please leave a comment, like, and subscribe.

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