Sometimes I Just Play Temple Run

I'm getting pretty darn good at it, guys.

The last few days have been tired days. It's hard for me to write when I feel too tired, slash after I've been at work all day. The most productive time for me is definitely when I have a night shift and sleep in and work in the early afternoon before I go. I try to work every day, obviously, but those days seem to work the best.

When you're tired or come to a stuck place in your writing, do you think it's better to push through it or to take a break and do something else? I honestly can't decide. I want the writing to be the best it can be, unforced, and obviously it feels nice to take a break, but on the other hand I'm a writer dang it and a writer writes and I want this novel DONE. So I can't decide. What do you think?

There's also some weirdness going on with my first novel. It's been a while since I've looked at it, but this past week I decided it was time for another Very Deep Edit so I started going through it and I feel like I've learned so much writing this novel and writing my new novel and then when I go back to the old one it's like it all goes away. A large part of me is terrified that it's actually terrible and the only way to fix it is to completely start over and start from scratch. Yes I do want to the writing to be the best it can be and I want it to find an agent but also STARTING OVER IS TERRIFYING. I'm not going to make any final decision on that at least until I am done with novel two and have something else to query.

I still have faith in George and his story. Absolutely. And I feel like I'm just ready for a professional editor at a Real Life Publishing House. And I am so, so incredibly excited about this new novel and it's getting so close to being done and I hope my writing has leveled up and we'll see what happens with it but I'm just glad to have both novels and hopefully something will happen soon and the important thing is just to keep writing and writing and getting better and better. Every day.

And taking breaks is good, I think. Maybe it's not a decision between forcing or taking a break, but seeing what works best every day in every unique situation.

So sometimes I just play Temple Run.