Writing Struggles

Category: Behind the Pen

Daily Journal | 12-20-2024

December 20, 2024

Happy Friday! I was barely productive. I started another story idea, had a great time at my company’s holiday party, and I am ending the night after having a great session playing Divinity: Original Sin 2 with some friends. Tomorrow is my birthday and I have a list of things I need to get done […]

Daily Journal | 12-19-2024

December 19, 2024

Friday Eve was full of distractions and not getting anything done. I missed the morning journal posting time and not a lot happened. The evening has been alpha testing Rexy 2.0 which has reminded me of several new story ideas I want to test out via sequencing. The goal is to generate enough stuff that […]

Daily Evening Journal | 12-18-2024

December 18, 2024

The more of these entries I complete, the more I become convinced that until I’m writing full-time, daily updates during the week is not as great as I would like. It’s just repeats of I didn’t do anything writing-related beyond listening in on classes this far. I know that my most productive writing times are […]

Daily Morning Journal | 12-18-2024

December 18, 2024

Morning entries during the week are so hard. Motivation isn’t always there, and I am easily “swindled” into starting work early if I see a Teams message come in when I’m not actively working on something. I did have time to listen to the latest FFA class, which was nice to be a part of […]

Daily Evening Journal | 12-17-2024

December 17, 2024

So I wasn’t very productive today. I attended two FFA classes, but that was it. I’m dreading working on my editing and decided to put it off, I’m likely to focus on my reading goal next instead of editing as well. The only thing that’s going to get me to get my act together is […]

Daily Morning Journal | 12-17-2024

December 17, 2024

Well, this morning was and wasn’t productive. I attended an FFA training, but I got no writing or editing done. I’m really not looking forward to doing final edits. Furthermore, I obsess over word choice and matching the vibe I have in my mind. If I can’t get the feel immediately, the process feels like […]

Daily Evening Journal | 12-16-2024

December 16, 2024

I must be blessed with productivity recently, as I’ve somehow managed to get some work done every day so far. The first draft of the smutty romantic horror is complete. It is also currently 12K words when it shouldn’t be more than 10K, and just from my editing reports I know I’ll likely be adding […]