A ‘sort of’ writing update.
File this under: I wish this was my writing set up.
Since I wrote this post, I’ve clearly failed at updating on my writing. Thankfully, that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been writing - because I have. Mind you, I’m not sure I’m on track to complete the first draft of a novel by the end of the year as I’d hoped. I should be mostly there though, as I’m currently up to 50,000 words on Novel 1.
The problem I’m having is that my creative brain has become a bit like a tube of Pringles and the ideas won’t stop popping; I now have no less than 4 novel ideas, plus an idea for a slightly gratuitous memoir style book of writing, which would be a bit of a collection of short stories and poems.
Now, I’m not complaining about my brain resembling a Pringle tube. It feels bloody wonderful for someone (me) who grew up always feeling like they had nothing to say, it just makes it a bit difficult to prioritise what to write when I still have a full time job and other life responsibilities to sort out.
On top of this, one of the writing groups I’m part of has had funding approved to publish an anthology of our work, which I mentioned briefly in my last writing update. Of course, this is ridiculously exciting - in the words of Penny Lane ‘It’s all happening!’ (IYKYK) - but it does mean I need to get my arse into gear and finish the short story I have planned for it, of which I’ve currently written 561 words and hit a blank.
Anyway, why am I blathering on? Well, there’s something about November that makes me want to shed my skin like the autumn trees discard their leaves and start anew. How poetic. But, in all seriousness, I have decided to set some goals for myself this month to try and make progress on the multiple projects I have whirring around in my head:
Write another 10k words of Novel 1
Write 10k of Novel idea 4, and outline a basic plot
Finish my Anthology Short Story
Plan memoir-style writing
Write 1 blog post a week on any topic
Go to the gym 2x a week - I’ve found the more I move my body, the more my brain moves too
Get my ‘bloom’ instagram going
Now that I’ve written it down it does feel slightly ambitious, but if there’s anything I know about myself it’s that I thrive under pressure.
Until next time x