May Remember. May Not. #ISWG

Today being the first and being Wednesday took me by surprise, and I completely spaced IWSG. But hey, look, it’s not quite lunchtime over here in the Mountain time zone, so I think I’m good. Though, this means I will be late when it comes to visiting others.

I’ve had some writing leaps and bounds this past month. I had a panic moment with a chapter, rewrote a chunk, cut 4K, then begged my wonderful betas for forgiveness of my unpreparedness.

In book 1 world, I’m finally on… *looks at progress* chapter 3. That’s not quite the pace I had hoped for, but it is better than nothing. I have figured out where I want to focus my unfocused subplot, so that’s a positive. But I feel I need to take the time to hash out the changes I want to make rather than assessing this project in 35 chapter parts. I just haven’t done it yet.

IWSG Question of the Month – How do you deal with distractions when you are writing? Do they derail you?

Well, I can’t write when people around me are talking, so one option I go with is earbuds and rain sounds. But I am extremely susceptible to distractions in the form of art, other writing, and reading. If I’m invested in a story I’m reading, I don’t get any writing done. Sometimes, if I’ve got an active art project, I’d rather spend my lunch hour drawing instead of writing. When my brain demanded I fix the problem in something I already finished, then I set aside my book 1 progress to get that done.

At the same time, I’m not concerned about distractions, because I know I will return to what I want to be working on (Book 1 in my current case). It is how I am.

Did you remember today was IWSG day? How are you progressing with your projects? Am I distracting you?

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