I bet millions of people have checked out this blog in the MONTHS since I last wrote on it. And then they left.
Yup, they read the title, realized I was serious about this whole not writing stuff, and left.
I don't blame them.
One could say that I took my own words too seriously. Yup. I seriously decided I wouldn't write anymore (dammit!) and seriously took steps to make sure I didn't.
But one would be wrong.
You see, I didn't write here because I didn't take my writing seriously. I had decided NOT to be serious about my writing. As a result, I didn't write. Day after day, night after night, opportunity after opportunity, I let the voices in my head talk my out of writing.
Not anymore.
I vow, from this day forward, to take my writing seriously. Seriously, I do. I changed my profile. I quit my job. I have been slowly weeding all sorts of distractions out of my life to make sure I have room for writing, to make sure I have time to take writing seriously.
So, if you've checked back here a few times, come again. I'll be here. And if you just happened on this blog by chance, come back.
Or don't. Either way, I'm seriously writing.
Showing posts with label hurdles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hurdles. Show all posts
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Hurdles
I'd love to start working on my Mermaid novel again.
I really would. But I have two syllabi to finish... and they need to be finished NOW. Class starts Monday for one, Tuesday for the other.
My little devil voices have been whispering... "Why not just get part of it planned, and then you can plan out the rest as you go?"
I'm no fool. I haven't been teaching 20 years for nothing. If I don't plan it out now, I'll be scrambling mid-semester to get it done, and then I'll have papers that need grading, other projects pending, and God only knows what else.
You see, the syllabi seem like hurdles right now... and they sort of are... but they are self-imposed. I could do what the voices say, but I'd be putting off more planning, starting the semester without a crystal clear idea of where the semester will end up, setting myself up for panic later.
And I don't like panic.
Same with novel writing. Only once have I written a whole draft of a novel without planning it out meticulously. And my next "revision" of that novel will mean scrapping 75% of it, minimum. It means more work for me in the long run, not less.
That's why I plan. And that's why I'm off to finish those &%*#(@ syllabi, to save myself a world of time later.
Anything you're in the midst of planning?
I really would. But I have two syllabi to finish... and they need to be finished NOW. Class starts Monday for one, Tuesday for the other.
My little devil voices have been whispering... "Why not just get part of it planned, and then you can plan out the rest as you go?"
I'm no fool. I haven't been teaching 20 years for nothing. If I don't plan it out now, I'll be scrambling mid-semester to get it done, and then I'll have papers that need grading, other projects pending, and God only knows what else.
You see, the syllabi seem like hurdles right now... and they sort of are... but they are self-imposed. I could do what the voices say, but I'd be putting off more planning, starting the semester without a crystal clear idea of where the semester will end up, setting myself up for panic later.
And I don't like panic.
Same with novel writing. Only once have I written a whole draft of a novel without planning it out meticulously. And my next "revision" of that novel will mean scrapping 75% of it, minimum. It means more work for me in the long run, not less.
That's why I plan. And that's why I'm off to finish those &%*#(@ syllabi, to save myself a world of time later.
Anything you're in the midst of planning?
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