So I’ve been prepping for the rough drafting of April and a thought occurred to me. Well a lot of thoughts have occurred but this one occurred more than once.
Am I just tricking my mind into getting the book done by using a particular method? I mean as a serious writer I should be able to just sit down and write. Right?
Then I decided – so what. Doesn’t matter if I am tricking part of myself into just DOING IT ALREADY. The trade-off is a finished book/project/thing that has been crowding out most other things in my mind. I know it’ll be a first draft and most likely a very rough draft.
But……….
I can hug it and scream out loud – I have finally finished it!! Then jump up do a cart-wheel (or not) and celebrate with an ice cream dessert from Cold Stone Creamery.
Then take a couple of days to just savor that success before I jump back into it with a red pen and serious writer thoughts of making right oor better or the best it can be or something to that effect.
Hope I didn’t startle you with a Wednesday early evening post. lol
Okay back to the board as it were.
It’s all about the prepping until April 1st (no joke it’s when I’m starting).
Ooo, yay for April!
And then in May I may (hahaha) start another one or use it for rewrites. 🙂
Sounds brilliant, Joelle. Glad you’re being disciplined–somebody’s gotta be. 🙂
I figured that since my meandering ways were not really working I’d better do something different. Now if I only can get paid for it…oh wait that is what being a published author will do for me. 🙂