Writerly Post – Getting Back on the Horse – or Wagon
Hey, look at me go, I’m doing my post a touch early this week. Yay!
So, as a writer – and in the interest of full disclosure – I’ve mentioned I’ve fallen off my wagon of being a consistently productive writer. I’ve fallen so far off my wagon that even my subconscious got into the game and poked me with a stick. Though it…sort of…worked – in that I wanted to write, Real World stuff got in the way. That is no excuse, but it’s my reason.
Now I’m back, baby. Suddenly, out of – seemingly – nowhere, one of my YahooGroups that does writer challenges has come back to life. (Hello, new poking stick.) I have a couple of conventions on my calendar this month which creates the Plot Bunny Poking Stick. PLUS, a wondrous contest – that I’m well into. So, what am I doing now?
I’m in clean up mode so I can both clear my creative cobwebs. I’ve pulled all my notebooks. I’m catching up all the long hand scribbles. I have a couple of projects I know I’m not going to work on any time right now, but when I’m ready – they’re complete in the computer (and backed up). I’m working on a couple of other notebooks by making subsidiary files in the project files. That way I can type out of order without freaking out my head. It’ll all get put together, but it’s a way of moving forward without the hurdle of “but there’s a hole, there can’t be a hole, and I’ll never catch up, so I might as well not bother.” Yeah, that Little Voice just got kicked in teeth and evicted. That one has had too much real estate in my head for quite a while. Now…not so much.
Now the priority is just to get things done and move forward. Slow but consistent. That’s the name of the game is getting back on the horse – or wagon – or whatever analogy I’m now using. Writing is one thing – having it available to be submitted is another. That is the problem with writing long-hand, even if you’re consistent, there’s still the need to type it up so it’s ready for editing and/or submission. I’d let that part of my “job” get woefully behind and overwhelming. We’re fixing that now. I can multitask. I’m going to spend evenings both typing and with my husband.
It’s a plan, and I do love when a plan comes together.