Finding time

It’s been a struggle this week to find time to get any writing done. At least, a struggle to find obvious time anyway, the reality was that I just wasn’t trying hard enough. I needed to make an effort to squeeze some time for my writing into the day, to put my foot down so [...]

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The end?

Well, I guess you could say that I am finished writing TCM, the first draft at least. I don’t feel like it’s ended quite the way it should have and I’m tempted to just keep playing with it but I may have to accept that I never get endings right the first time around and [...]

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So close

I managed some writing yesterday (don’t ask how, I have no idea where I managed to sneak the time!), getting over 1000 words written, woo go mee.
What was even more strange was that I realized I was very near the end of the story. I would have loved to have finished it last night, but [...]

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Minor success

Well, I did manage around 500 words last night which felt fantastic. The story has taken a slight turn, and now I’m uncertain whether to forge ahead with the original outline, or drop the next chunk of it in return for the last. Considering the situation, and the conversations that have just occurred in the [...]

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Forging ahead

Well, not much sleep last night either, but I’m in dire need of feeling like I’m getting something done, so I fell back on mind games to get me into gear this day.
While the last thing I wanted to do was get organized, I forced myself to get the girls dressed and fed, the lounge [...]

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Back in the flow

Words, coming out, quickly, thank goodness! I gave myself ten minutes yesterday and got into some writing, and have done the same again today (well, a little more than ten minutes, which is just as well because there are lots of words to write).
Everything in the story is building up, gaining momentum, the outcome inevitable [...]

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Productive day

So, I seem to have bounced back into ‘work’ very nicely after two days where I felt like I got a lot of nothing done.
I’ve started using the gmail tasks app and I love it – the little tick, the line through the item you’ve completed, it’s lovely. Makes me feel like I’m accomplishing things [...]

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Hmm

Well, I haven’t managed any writing today, but I did tick a few things off my list – I finished reading Lee’s novel, and I finished hashing out the end of TCM.
It’s not going to end how I thought it would. At all. In fact, for a moment I resisted jotting down what was going [...]

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Weekend wrap-up

It wasn’t nearly as productive as I would have liked, but that is just the way things go sometimes. On the bright side, I did manage to tidy the computer room and it’s a much nicer space to be in. Just need to finish a couple of paintings and hang some things on the walls [...]

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A do nothing day

That was yesterday, I had all the very best intentions and managed to get nothing done! Lauren didn’t go to sleep until later than normal, and then she slept for a long time (though most of it was on me…), and then spent most of the afternoon waiting for Dad to visit again, he was [...]

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