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ruicoHello everyone.
This summer I returned to writing by joining a fandom exchange for a smaller ship I really enjoy. It was so much fun, mostly just stress, but it forced me to finally post something, and I'm so happy I did!
I also joined two other challenges -- the july break bingo and 3 word apocalypse -- neither of which I succeeded with. I actually did start writing a lot for the jbb, but because of the exchange deadline being around the same time, I had to give up on it.
I don't really mind not succeeding on the challenges -- well, the 3wa I didn't even touch, I might do something with my prompts later, but the jbb, I really felt good working on several ideas that I also plan on finishing later. I feel like this summer was a good kick start back into writing -- it was so far from perfect, but it was a start, and I'm doing my best to keep it going, even if I'm not perfectly consistent with my goals.
My friend recommended me a podcast episode about motivation and discipline. God, I want to talk more about it later probably, but one thing from it that really resonated with me was when they talked about how people always imagine having done something when they try to motivate themselves to do it, rather than doing it in the moment -- standing on the scene after preparing the show, running across the finish line, etc. Not the long hours of practice, early morning training runs, etc. The harder parts that actually make them succeed. I'm pretty lucky in relation to my writing goals, as I do not really have a specific "finish this novel and publish it" goal or something like that in mind, I really just want to write and enjoy it. I do think I have a few goals, such as writing XYZ story, and I think when I imagine doing those, it's mostly always posting them and getting feedback, rather than the arduous task of, you know, writing the goddamn thing. So right now I'm really just focused on enjoying the act of writing itself, or at least leaning into it, rather than constantly focusing on an end goal for it. I've tried doing the "okay, just write X amount of time or words a day and you're good" thing so many times, but I've failed so often, but for some reason this time I'm having an easier time. I'm definitely not doing it every single day or perfectly consistent, or writing as much as I want to, but it's really been helping me get working and stay more consistent.
I don't have much else to talk about regarding my writing right now. I'm in this weird middle place in my life, so I don't have one particular obsession or thing I want to work on, so I jump around a bit, but I'm just trying to enjoy the ride and do what I can. Hopefully I will settle on something soon enough, if not I will sit down and decide it, probably next week. (⁎˃ᆺ˂)
Sorry, there's not really much to this post either, I think I just wanted to write SOMETHING, cause I keep doing this thing where I start a post, but then never finish cause it doesn't feel completely right. For now, I will go write for 15 minutes once again, and then go straight to bed. I hope you are all having a good time and writing as you want to as well.
This summer I returned to writing by joining a fandom exchange for a smaller ship I really enjoy. It was so much fun, mostly just stress, but it forced me to finally post something, and I'm so happy I did!
I also joined two other challenges -- the july break bingo and 3 word apocalypse -- neither of which I succeeded with. I actually did start writing a lot for the jbb, but because of the exchange deadline being around the same time, I had to give up on it.
I don't really mind not succeeding on the challenges -- well, the 3wa I didn't even touch, I might do something with my prompts later, but the jbb, I really felt good working on several ideas that I also plan on finishing later. I feel like this summer was a good kick start back into writing -- it was so far from perfect, but it was a start, and I'm doing my best to keep it going, even if I'm not perfectly consistent with my goals.
My friend recommended me a podcast episode about motivation and discipline. God, I want to talk more about it later probably, but one thing from it that really resonated with me was when they talked about how people always imagine having done something when they try to motivate themselves to do it, rather than doing it in the moment -- standing on the scene after preparing the show, running across the finish line, etc. Not the long hours of practice, early morning training runs, etc. The harder parts that actually make them succeed. I'm pretty lucky in relation to my writing goals, as I do not really have a specific "finish this novel and publish it" goal or something like that in mind, I really just want to write and enjoy it. I do think I have a few goals, such as writing XYZ story, and I think when I imagine doing those, it's mostly always posting them and getting feedback, rather than the arduous task of, you know, writing the goddamn thing. So right now I'm really just focused on enjoying the act of writing itself, or at least leaning into it, rather than constantly focusing on an end goal for it. I've tried doing the "okay, just write X amount of time or words a day and you're good" thing so many times, but I've failed so often, but for some reason this time I'm having an easier time. I'm definitely not doing it every single day or perfectly consistent, or writing as much as I want to, but it's really been helping me get working and stay more consistent.
I don't have much else to talk about regarding my writing right now. I'm in this weird middle place in my life, so I don't have one particular obsession or thing I want to work on, so I jump around a bit, but I'm just trying to enjoy the ride and do what I can. Hopefully I will settle on something soon enough, if not I will sit down and decide it, probably next week. (⁎˃ᆺ˂)
Sorry, there's not really much to this post either, I think I just wanted to write SOMETHING, cause I keep doing this thing where I start a post, but then never finish cause it doesn't feel completely right. For now, I will go write for 15 minutes once again, and then go straight to bed. I hope you are all having a good time and writing as you want to as well.