Motivation
May. 12th, 2016 04:01 pmI hate being sick. Feels like the virus or whatever is causing this is sucking the energy out of me. There are a billion and one things I could and probably should be doing right now but nope. I have barely enough energy to get to work and muddle through. Still...I need to get something down on paper. When I first started writing a little over a year ago (though it's more accurate to say I started taking my writing more seriously a little over a year ago) I was posting updates every week. Words were flowing and though they did need editing, it wasn't too hard to get them to come out.
Now I can stare at my screen for an hour and typing the words is like pulling teeth. They don't want to come out and when they do it's kind of ouch. Not the way I want them to be. I had gone on hiatus for a while after I started this job but getting back on track hasn't been that easy. Maybe I need to stop stressing out about this so much. The important thing is I'm still writing. Right? Doesn't matter if the words need work, that's what editing is for. It doesn't have to be perfect. I'm allowed to be awkward in a first draft. That's what first drafts are for.
The important thing is to not get discouraged. It's not going to happen overnight and it's probably better that way. If it were easy would it still be worth doing? So! Back to writing!
Now I can stare at my screen for an hour and typing the words is like pulling teeth. They don't want to come out and when they do it's kind of ouch. Not the way I want them to be. I had gone on hiatus for a while after I started this job but getting back on track hasn't been that easy. Maybe I need to stop stressing out about this so much. The important thing is I'm still writing. Right? Doesn't matter if the words need work, that's what editing is for. It doesn't have to be perfect. I'm allowed to be awkward in a first draft. That's what first drafts are for.
The important thing is to not get discouraged. It's not going to happen overnight and it's probably better that way. If it were easy would it still be worth doing? So! Back to writing!