It's interesting seeing your slower-than-expected-but-still-forward-moving progress and thinking, "I'd take that over my complete non-progress!" Which provides some perspective during those times we want to criticize ourselves for being slow. SLOW IS BETTER THAN STOPPED.
I completely failed on the May goals I posted. The project I thought I'd be working on came to a complete halt in May due to competing writing/teaching/travel/book promotion obligations. Meanwhile, a new and shinier project has been taking over my daydreaming time. I...MUST...GET...BACK...TO...THE...THING..I..PROMISED...TO...FINISH.
RELATABLE! I'm always setting goals and wildly overestimating how much I can actually accomplish in a given timeframe. I hit a similar-ish speedbump in May. I set the goal to rewrite most (if not all) of my WIP's second act. I soon realized that I was kind of lost in the plot and moving forward without a plan was probably only going to confuse me more.
So instead, I jumped on the #1000wordsofsummer train and started writing a different book that's been rattling around in my head for a while lol
I'm terribly impatient, so I feel you on the "I want this to be good and be done fast" front. This new thing I'm working on has so much energy, and I feel like I'm flying through my writing sessions. I love the forward momentum, but I also know that it takes me a few passes to feel a story is actually good, and that part is never fast for me.
It's interesting seeing your slower-than-expected-but-still-forward-moving progress and thinking, "I'd take that over my complete non-progress!" Which provides some perspective during those times we want to criticize ourselves for being slow. SLOW IS BETTER THAN STOPPED.
I completely failed on the May goals I posted. The project I thought I'd be working on came to a complete halt in May due to competing writing/teaching/travel/book promotion obligations. Meanwhile, a new and shinier project has been taking over my daydreaming time. I...MUST...GET...BACK...TO...THE...THING..I..PROMISED...TO...FINISH.
It's all in the frame!! Thanks for sharing so I can appreciate my movement!
RELATABLE! I'm always setting goals and wildly overestimating how much I can actually accomplish in a given timeframe. I hit a similar-ish speedbump in May. I set the goal to rewrite most (if not all) of my WIP's second act. I soon realized that I was kind of lost in the plot and moving forward without a plan was probably only going to confuse me more.
So instead, I jumped on the #1000wordsofsummer train and started writing a different book that's been rattling around in my head for a while lol
I'm terribly impatient, so I feel you on the "I want this to be good and be done fast" front. This new thing I'm working on has so much energy, and I feel like I'm flying through my writing sessions. I love the forward momentum, but I also know that it takes me a few passes to feel a story is actually good, and that part is never fast for me.