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July 6, 2022
Day 3,170: She Ready
Day 3 of the writestravaganza. Thirty pages in. Things are going well. They should, because openings are rather easy.
You know…I’m not concerned about it at all, actually. Lol. Genuinely. I figured out most of the potholes in my outline. I’ve done this a few times, now. I know that—for the most part—I’m set up really well to just crank through this story.
That isn’t to say stuff won’t come up. It definitely will. It’ll test me, for sure. Every single book has. But…I got through it for thos...
July 5, 2022
Day 3,169: Day Two
Twenty pages done. Feeling like a rock star.
Here’s the thing: it’s going to get harder. Probably several times. I’ll hit a part of the story I thought I had figured out, but realize I didn’t, or what I have doesn’t actually work. And it’s going to get REALLY hard to write those days. But…I can handle that. I can even handle falling off the wagon, and needing to reset my days. And here’s the other thing: I don’t think I’ll actually need to do that, to be honest with you. It’s okay if it happe...
July 4, 2022
Day 3,168: Day One
Ten pages.
My new book is ten pages long, as of today. Right on the MONEY. Whew. And it wasn’t that hard, guys. I just did it. The power of an outline. A scene I outlined MONTHS ago…but it stuck in my head just as fresh as when I wrote it back then. It was living in my unconscious this whole time, ready to be written because I’d plotted it out.
I LOVE MY OUTLINE.
I remembered how much I love writing today. Goddamn. I mean the actual WRITING. Not all the plot construction, or the researc...
July 3, 2022
Day 3,167: Explosions
Our neighborhood is going to be pretty exuberant with the fireworks, I think. I don’t know if they’ll necessarily be exploding on our street, but they will certainly be going off all around us. Luckily…Coops has been completely non-reactive thus far. Making sure he’s on a leash any time he’s outside, but so far, nothing.
Today was exactly what I needed it to be: mine. I got myself set up for writing this book. And, I’m trying my best to embrace the chill of it all. It’s only ten pages. Ten pa...
July 2, 2022
Day 3,166: He/Him
It was actually a busy Saturday. Therapy. Coco treadmill. Those two things really kind of took up most of the day.
Sigh. Days off can be hard. Today wasn’t. BUT…I do have so much to do…I’ve really let it grow kind of giant in my mind, I think. I need to just buckle down and actually do it. One step at a time. Like writing a book.
Coco is a beast. She crushed her treadmill today. Caught a whiff of Dante, who was a very handsome papillon. Very calm. Didn’t like walking much in the treadmill…...
July 1, 2022
Day 3,165: Non Starter
Well…today was a mixture of no margin for error and paralysis. I had the morning get hijacked a little, and then failed to manage my time properly in the rest of the day to get my start on writing.
I’m going to be okay though. It starts on Monday. And I can use the rhythm of the week to get me set up.
It’s going to take a lot of doing. But I can do this.
Podcasted with Josh. We watched Akira. He loved it, of course. Can’t wait to show him my next movie, too. And to watch his next one co...
June 30, 2022
Day 3,164: Day Zero
Ohhhh boy. Tomorrow is going to be a big one. Tomorrow is day 1.
I haven’t exactly set myself up for success, which I’m realizing is resistance, BUT…I’m going to have to be resilient, you guys, if I’m going to do this 40-day writing challenge. I’m going to have to find ways to write during times that I’m not used to. I *can* adjust. Tomorrow is the first opportunity to do that. I was going to write “test,” but this isn’t a fucking test. This is just a goal. There is no failing this damn thing...
June 29, 2022
Day 3,163: Chesty
Ya. As expected…I did not write ten pages today. I…needed a day off. Or so resistance sold me on. And tomorrow, too.
But, Friday is July 1st. It seems like a good day as any to start my writing bonanza. I’m…scared of it, but I’m also excited. I know I can do it. I’m scared that I won’t. Lots of expectations, like ‘it’ll be the perfect way to show how much progress I’ve made! I can set a goal like this and actually follow through,’ which of course also makes me think ‘yeah, but what if you don...
June 28, 2022
Day 3,162: Outlined
Glory 2: Electric Boogaloo is outlined.
woohoo! I start writing it tomorrow. Gonna have A LOT of resistance to that, I can already feel it tonight…but I will push through that shit. Wish me luck. The goal is 10 pages.
It’s already sleepy time, so I’m going to make this a short entry tonight.
Life is good. I finished my outline. I finished my work. It was hot as fuck, but it’s cooling down ever so slightly tomorrow. Fridge is still full of all my favorite foods. We’re watching Akira this...
June 27, 2022
Day 3,161: Big Sigh
Coco just let out the biggest sigh.
Busy work day today! Big time. Worked almost all the way up to bed time. With a trip to Costco and a short nap snuck in there, too. But, the work is done (early, which is how I like it), the fridge is restocked and full so I have meals at the ready for the next couple weeks, and the Bear and pups are next to me on the bed.
Life is good. Even if the world continues to fall apart around us.
Oh! And the writing was good today. I’m *this* *close* to finis...
