So much for accountability

[norwood]

When I was slightly more active on here for a brief stint before, I tried to make a writing schedule for myself, to allow for focusing on more than one project in quasi-magpie fashion, but it… didn't work.

Nor have I yet picked back up my 100 Days of Sebastian (in truth, I kind of forgot about it amid this original novella I've been working on the last two months, and seeing that post here about reminded me again that I should finish it!), or made any real progress on the Big Stories I had on my accountability list.

(Actually, if you're interested in a bit of introduction to my original writing projects in brief and thoughts on writing in general, I have an "official" author site--the Longhand Writer. Updated slowly but surely, I promise you.)

I have gotten better at pushing myself to write via a Creative Challenge, hosted by thievinghippo on tumblr in September. I'm still trying to figure out what works for the multiple projects I have other than "whatever mood I'm in that day", because that's not consistent and doesn't always work.

Ah, well. I suppose it may always be a work in progress. But, so long as there is progress, that's the most important part, yeah?

Comments

[shadoedseptmbr]

Accountability, pfft. I'm so terrible at keeping up with challenges and it seems they just snowball on me. I've been very impressed with how much writing you've done with thievinghippo's challenge though. <3

[norwood]

I usually am awful at sticking with stuff, and I did eventually peter out even with Hippo's challenge due to work and sich, but it was a huge leap into a story that grew much larger than anticipated. I honestly have been surprised at the fact that I can keep going with it; I usually hit a pretty big wall around 18k words or so, but it's still chugging along when I sit down with it.

I like to think maybe I had a writer level up somewhere along the way ;D

[shadoedseptmbr]

Maybe so! Good for you!

[norwood]

:D