This week I made a promise to myself that I would blog every Sunday about writing. I almost didn't post today because I'm exhausted, sore and I haven't written all week, but then I realized that is exactly why I needed to post. Part of my problem, and why I haven't finished any of the novels I've started, is because I let being exhausted and sore (and sick, and busy, and insert other excuse here) keep me from writing. This week I worked on my annual deep Spring cleaning of my apartment. Instead of writing, I cleaned. I could have done both, but I didn't. Two days this week I missed work because my asthma was acting up and I did nothing, but I could have written something during that time, but I didn't.
At the end of last year, my friend T and I decided to start a writing group where we talk about what we plan to write, how we are going to do it, what's holding us back and what we plan to have done by the next time we meet. We are supposed to be holding each other accountable for word count, chapters or outlines, or whatever it is that we say we want to have done, but we are both guilty of giving a lot of excuses instead of a lot of product and it needs to stop.
I want to finish my zero draft of Genevieve's story before the end of the month. I think it's doable. I'm taking part in Spring KazNo with author Karen Mahoney which is similar to NaNoWriMo without the super strict guidelines. Although I didn't write much this week at all, I plan on changing my tune starting tomorrow (I know, another excuse, but really I'm barely staying awake right now and I'm only doing so because going to bed too early screws up my sleeping). Come May I'll be able to start my 1st draft rewrite and get things really moving. Until then, no more excuses! and that's another promise that I plan to stick with.
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