Partners in Time: The Series
A behind-the-scenes look at the evolution of a book/series
And people wonder why I could never write full time....
Posted on 2009.06.17 at 11:18Feelin':
bored
Hearin': Last Show - Reel Big Fish
The first week of summer break is usually wasted for me. I'm a person of routines and when my routine is disrupted I tend to flounder and flail a bit. Fortunately, it takes maybe a week to get a new routine established...unfortunately, this whole summer is going to be pretty unusual. Oh well.
I've made very slow, halting progress on PIT5 since school let out. My brain honestly feels like it's stuffed with cotton and it's hard for me to focus and plunge into the story. I think part of this does have to do with an inconsistent writing routine (as well as having my MO with writing totally disrupted and derailed since early May, when my laptop died...fortunately, next week, I will finally have my new one in my hands).
Writer's block, to me, does not happen too often...and even when it sort of does, it's not a block per se...I can write, I know where I'm going, but the zest and enjoyment is sapped from the activity. And that blows.
I've been kind of dreading the long solo drive (and a transatlantic flight) that lies in wait for me in the next week or so...but now I am wondering if that will be a great time to let my brain wander undistracted and force me to focus. I also hope that being in England in a few weeks and checking out some things for a future PIT storyline will also bring back my zest.
I could still get the rough draft of PIT5 done by August, which is my goal...we'll see.
-KS
I've made very slow, halting progress on PIT5 since school let out. My brain honestly feels like it's stuffed with cotton and it's hard for me to focus and plunge into the story. I think part of this does have to do with an inconsistent writing routine (as well as having my MO with writing totally disrupted and derailed since early May, when my laptop died...fortunately, next week, I will finally have my new one in my hands).
Writer's block, to me, does not happen too often...and even when it sort of does, it's not a block per se...I can write, I know where I'm going, but the zest and enjoyment is sapped from the activity. And that blows.
I've been kind of dreading the long solo drive (and a transatlantic flight) that lies in wait for me in the next week or so...but now I am wondering if that will be a great time to let my brain wander undistracted and force me to focus. I also hope that being in England in a few weeks and checking out some things for a future PIT storyline will also bring back my zest.
I could still get the rough draft of PIT5 done by August, which is my goal...we'll see.
-KS