I didn’t write anything yesterday. I critiqued something. It was a start. My novella was supposed to be done a week ago. It’s about halfway there. I’m sitting here whimpering and whining (silently, except that my keyboard is noisy) and thinking “but I don’t feel like it.”
And I’ve decided…too bad. I have coffee, I have numbers running in the background. I’m going to suck it up and force myself to write this morning. I don’t usually do that, but since I didn’t even feel like blogging and I’ve managed to make that work, I’m going to do it for the writing, too.
At least for the next hour or two (or fifteen minutes if the coffee is too hot), I will shove aside self-pity and actually get things done. I’ve decided ^_^
Good luck to you. I wanted to have my rewrite done a few months ago and I’m half way there. Know how you feel.
The forcing write thing is another topic people don’t agree on. Some absolutely refuse to write when they are not in the mood, like the women in the tips for writing group I’m in on sparkpeople. But some that give advice there don’t often give very good advice. Most published authors I’ve heard or read talk about this topic (blogs and podcasts) say to write no matter the mood. “If you feel like writing, great, and if you don’t… do it anyways.” They say that when the draft is done and they’ve had a break, they often can’t point out the sections that were writing mood days and which weren’t.
I try to write no matter my mood and often find once I get going, I’m fine. It’s just the starting and dealing with all those pesky distractions.
*cheers for you* You can do it! Write! 😉
You can do it!
Sometimes forcing yourself brings the best stuff. I know I had to force myself to get my novella done. I had other things I really wanted to write instead…
So get writing!