I find myself torn in the evenings after the baby goes down. I really want to write. And, after about an hour or doing just that, I start thinking about the grown up shows I have DVR'd to watch. Since the baby is asleep, it's hard not to turn he television on and watch at least one show. But even one takes out a lot of that time that I could be writing. It's just down time. I go to my "nothing box," and enjoy someone else telling me a story for forty-five minutes. In the past, I would stay up until the wee hours of the morning to write, but that's just not realistic anymore. I try to tell myself that it's ok, I write better, and more, during nap(s) anyway. But the last couple days haven't been very good nap times, so I've been missing out solid writing times, only bits and pieces here and there. It looks like I got a whopping three pages done in the last two days. Major bummer. Of course, I'm also making it all up as I go along. The main points are constant, but the details and fill are all as I type, so that's ONE reason it's taking so long. But mainly, it's lack of time.
And here I am, watching Arrow as I type this. Which, could be considered progressive in a way. Since I use this as a thinking place. When I write in this blog, a lot of ideas come to me for the stories I'm working on. :-)
It sucks, but I'm looking forward to getting this short done so I can focus on the novel again. Though, it has done me a lot of good for inspiration and practice for the novel's story. So, I guess I should shut up, suck it up and finish it. Preferably, ASAP.
New Mission: Finish Short Story (without going crazy)
Accepted....
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