Thursday, January 26th
Jan. 26th, 2012 10:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexandraerinTHE DAILY REPORT
I have a somewhat ambitious plan for the next two days. Not ambitious in the sense that I'm going to try to do a lot, quantity-wise. It's just that it will be quite an achievement if I pull it off.
When the circumstances are right, I can write a Tales of MU chapter in the space of a day. The necessary circumstances are that I either have a very clear idea of what's happening next, or I'm really in the zone and free of environmental distractions. The four day writing cycle I came up with is based on the idea that I can't count on the latter possibility happening, but I can give myself enough time for the former.
I started the cycle off with the thought that the "in the zone" thing would happen often enough to get me ahead of the game and keep me there, but it really didn't. The psychological benefits of having a schedule also come with drawbacks. With the knowledge firmly in my head that tomorrow was the day for writing and the story wasn't needed until the day after, I just couldn't hit the necessary groove.
But with this month's work on just stretching my creative legs... I feel like I can sit down and finish Saturday's chapter today. There's no But it's not Saturday answering in my head. And I have a pretty clear idea of what's coming after and a whole day tomorrow.
So that's my ambitious plan: be two chapters ahead. You know, I don't think in my entire history of writing Tales of MU that I have ever been two chapters ahead. It might not happen this time, but I feel like it's within my grasp to make it happen.
STATE OF THE ME
Feeling pretty good. Sleep was uneven but sufficient.
PLANS FOR THE DAY
Going to do a bunch of writing, as per usual. I'm going to finish the chapter of Tales of MU I started yesterday. I'm going to spend at least half an hour spitballing ideas for flash stories. Might end up writing one in that time, might just end up with a list of ideas.
I have a somewhat ambitious plan for the next two days. Not ambitious in the sense that I'm going to try to do a lot, quantity-wise. It's just that it will be quite an achievement if I pull it off.
When the circumstances are right, I can write a Tales of MU chapter in the space of a day. The necessary circumstances are that I either have a very clear idea of what's happening next, or I'm really in the zone and free of environmental distractions. The four day writing cycle I came up with is based on the idea that I can't count on the latter possibility happening, but I can give myself enough time for the former.
I started the cycle off with the thought that the "in the zone" thing would happen often enough to get me ahead of the game and keep me there, but it really didn't. The psychological benefits of having a schedule also come with drawbacks. With the knowledge firmly in my head that tomorrow was the day for writing and the story wasn't needed until the day after, I just couldn't hit the necessary groove.
But with this month's work on just stretching my creative legs... I feel like I can sit down and finish Saturday's chapter today. There's no But it's not Saturday answering in my head. And I have a pretty clear idea of what's coming after and a whole day tomorrow.
So that's my ambitious plan: be two chapters ahead. You know, I don't think in my entire history of writing Tales of MU that I have ever been two chapters ahead. It might not happen this time, but I feel like it's within my grasp to make it happen.
STATE OF THE ME
Feeling pretty good. Sleep was uneven but sufficient.
PLANS FOR THE DAY
Going to do a bunch of writing, as per usual. I'm going to finish the chapter of Tales of MU I started yesterday. I'm going to spend at least half an hour spitballing ideas for flash stories. Might end up writing one in that time, might just end up with a list of ideas.