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Day 2,781: Inside and Out

I wrote today. Seven pages! Good ones, too, I hope. I went back through and read some of my writing from the past couple days, and it’s definitely a little rough. It needs a run-through. Punching up. Edits for conciseness…but it’s fundamentally sound. The story is good. The characters are coming alive.

And I worked outside today for a couple hours, too. On the project. Got some good work done, I think. We’ll see how it looks tomorrow.

Missing Liz. Missing my family. Got to talk to them on ...

Day 2,780: Jimmy

If I’ve taken away just one thing from watching all of the AFI’s list, it might be this one thing: Jimmy Stewart is an absolute delight. Josh also brought up Jack Lemmon as well, and I whole-heartedly agree.

I mean, I’ve known Stewart was wonderful, of course, for quite some time, but watching all these other films and all these other actors all compressed down, kinda, into comparison with each other through the list, Stewart is a standout. Might be my favorite actor of them all. Maybe. Hard ...

Day 2,779: Not Too Late

It’s not too late for me to make up some ground this week, believe it or not. Going to do my damndest tomorrow to do just that before J comes over for some castin’.

Life continues to be busy af. So much going on. It’s honestly been overwhelming this week. Not a great week production-wise. And you know what, that’s okay. I have still done a ton of shit. Just…not enough to get ahead, which is what’s stressing me out. But, it doesn’t need to. It really doesn’t. I got overwhelmed several days thi...

Day 2,778: Coco, Don’t @ Me

Great day.

I’m exhausted. But, damn, it was a great day in that I just did my shit. I woke up on time like I wanted. I wrote what I wanted to write. It wasn’t quite 10 pages…I think I hit 7…but it was a tough scene. One that I wasn’t sure going in how I was going to get to work, but godammit if it didn’t turn out like goddamn fire. For real. Great scene. One of the best I’ve written in the book so far.

The book is going well, folks. It’s going to work, I think. I just finished reading anot...

Day 2,777:

I had another rough day today productivity-wise. I wasn’t very.

I know why. There are external stressors going on at the moment. None of them bad, thank lawd, but stressors nonetheless. And my head hasn’t been in the game the past couple days.

Well, I can fix that tomorrow. I will. I’m getting to bed on time. I’m tired, but I can feel the focus awaiting me tomorrow. I’ve lost the first two days of this week, but I don’t have to lose the rest of them.

I will say this: that has been the c...

Day 2,776: Letdown

Today was a bit of a letdown on the writing front, but I also realized something last night as my mind was kind of swirling…

I obsess WAY waaaaaaaay to much about my writing. I really do. I put so much pressure and attention on that shit. No wonder I have a hard time doing it sometimes. I get myself so wound up over it!

I need to work on not obsessing like that. On just going with the flow more. Being more flexible. More confident and sure of myself that I will do it. And if I start a bit ...

Day 2,775: Into the Thick of It

Making a quick entry tonight because it’s sleep time, and starting off my week strong feels important! I’m cruising on this book, and I want that to continue. The forces of resistance are uniting against me! I shall prevail!

With sleep.

Today was a solid day. Took a nice long nap. Got the podcast uploaded. Spent quality time with the Bear. Ate poke. Therapy IN PERSON.

A good day.

Day 2,774: Weeds

I am wiped out. In the best way.

Had a decently restful day today, actually. And realizing I need another one tomorrow. So, probably won’t get in any extra writing this weekend. But, that’s okay. I crushed it this week regardless.

I got to spend some time outside today working. That was nice. That’s what has me wiped out.

…and I think that’s all I have for you tonight! I’m beat. Time to sleep. A’s won.

Night.

Day 2,773:

I really love podcasting.

I’ve been doing it for over ten years, now, off and on. For the past five years, it’s been almost every week. That’s pretty crazy, actually, to think about.

Josh and I are entering into the top 20 of the AFI list. That’s also pretty crazy to think about. We’re still almost a half year away from finishing—with one more side quest to take with the original star wars trilogy to watch—but it feels close, now. It’s within reach. Pretty nuts. 100 films. It will take us ...

Day 2,773: Fourteen Pages

I wrote 14 pages today. Almost 3,400 words, but I don’t really keep track of my word count like that. I don’t know what 3,400 words looks like. I know what 14 pages looks like, though. So, I set myself page goals instead of word count goals. I’m the only author I know who does that

I think it might be a holdover from script writing. In scripts, Film and TV, you aim for pages.

Anyway…it was a very productive writing day. Not the 23 pages I wanted, but I’ll fucking take it. For real, I don’...