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March GYWO: Success!
A quick little thing to say that I met my writing goal for March! I don't know how I wrote 10 days this month, but I did. Hooray!
a lack of presence & a lack of habit
I haven't posted since... um... December 2024.
I wanted to write more often for this blog. My intention for it was to have a place to chatter [publicly] about my writing and writing thoughts. I haven't had much to say AND a feeling that I don't actually have anything worthwhile to say. Which is something that plagues me throughout a lot of my life, aha.
Writing habit wise, January went pretty well. I sat down and wrote on 8 days! My goal was 10, and this was still a huge jump from my usual 4 days. Aaaaaand then in February I wrote... twice. Lol. Lmao even.
I want to give myself some grace, though. I'm back in college, and I have to acknowledge that this is a huge stressor and time consuming.
The thing about goal setting is that you have to set aside other things to focus on stuff. Like, there's only so many hours in the day and such. So to do one thing you'll probably have to set something[s] to the side, or reduce your involvement in/with them.
So, for me, going back to school means that I don't do as much hobby stuff [not just writing!]. I guess that's just something I have to accept.
Just today I managed to sit down and work on planning/draft 0'ing a scene. It was part of a project that's become difficult, because I've ended up revamping and reworking it.
I think it's more important that I acknowledge the progress I have made instead of the progress I'd planned on. Does that make sense? Hm.
Well. This has been an entry. There's a fun post from GYWO that I want to make a full post, not just a post reply, so that might be something I post/write soon.
I wanted to write more often for this blog. My intention for it was to have a place to chatter [publicly] about my writing and writing thoughts. I haven't had much to say AND a feeling that I don't actually have anything worthwhile to say. Which is something that plagues me throughout a lot of my life, aha.
Writing habit wise, January went pretty well. I sat down and wrote on 8 days! My goal was 10, and this was still a huge jump from my usual 4 days. Aaaaaand then in February I wrote... twice. Lol. Lmao even.
I want to give myself some grace, though. I'm back in college, and I have to acknowledge that this is a huge stressor and time consuming.
The thing about goal setting is that you have to set aside other things to focus on stuff. Like, there's only so many hours in the day and such. So to do one thing you'll probably have to set something[s] to the side, or reduce your involvement in/with them.
So, for me, going back to school means that I don't do as much hobby stuff [not just writing!]. I guess that's just something I have to accept.
Just today I managed to sit down and work on planning/draft 0'ing a scene. It was part of a project that's become difficult, because I've ended up revamping and reworking it.
I think it's more important that I acknowledge the progress I have made instead of the progress I'd planned on. Does that make sense? Hm.
Well. This has been an entry. There's a fun post from GYWO that I want to make a full post, not just a post reply, so that might be something I post/write soon.
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GYWO 2025
Hooray, I've joined a yearlong writing challenge!
Get Your Words Out [GYWO] is in it’s 17th year, apparently. It’s a year long writing challenge with several pledge levels, and I’ve signed up :D
I’ll be attempting a habit pledge of having 120 writing sessions in the year. I’ve already had an ongoing goal of writing once a week, so this is adding about a second day onto my goal.
I’m quite nervous about making a solid goal for the year. It’s one thing to say “I want to write once a week”. It’s another thing to say “I’m going to try and write all year”.
Part of meeting this goal is possibly going to include looking at what I’ve been working on. Not with the goal of forcing myself to dedicate my time to only one project—I’d just rebel and panic—but to get a better idea of where my attention has been at and understand the scope. I have a nasty habit of dedicating myself to a lot of things at once and then treating myself as if I’m not doing ‘enough’, when the reality is I’ve got a lot of creative things happening alongside
life.
( read more: ongoing projects & further thoughts )
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setting goals
I start a lot of projects. I jump from project to project, starting new ones, revisiting old ones. It takes time for me to finish something. There's nothing wrong with that, especially since I do these things for fun, not monetary gain/employment.
( Read more: goal setting )
( Read more: goal setting )
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writing notes: 12/8/2024 - 12/14/2024
I've had the idea of doing a little 'weekly report' regarding writing! I could easily do this in my notes-- and I already track my writing sessions in my lovely bullet journal-- and I thought there might be a sense of accountability if I posted something here. Maybe. It's something to try. And I'd be using this blog! If it doesn't work out, well, I just won't continue it. I'll put a cut before the little sections begin. I'm not going to hold myself to making notes Every Time I write, so some posts will be much less in depth summaries.
( 12/8/2024-12/14/2024 )
( 12/8/2024-12/14/2024 )
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midnight musings
As I have a midnight coffee*, I'm looking at my bits and pieces of writing and considering which to pick up next. I'm the type of person who has many, many ideas and projects percolating at once. It's simply more fun for me if I have things to rotate through, to pick up and admire from different angles, and then hop to something else for a bit.
[*And I keep saying I'm going to cut back on the coffee and switch to tea... for how many years now?]
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[*And I keep saying I'm going to cut back on the coffee and switch to tea... for how many years now?]
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hi dreamwidth!
Hello! I have no clue what I'm doing here.
I've made this Dreamwidth account to act as a personal blog for my general chatter, writing, and possibly creative projects too. While I do have a Tumblr [linked in profile, same username], I've become increasingly more interested in blog-blogging. You know, writing out long paragraphs and talking about things at length.
( read more 'introduction' chatter below )
I've made this Dreamwidth account to act as a personal blog for my general chatter, writing, and possibly creative projects too. While I do have a Tumblr [linked in profile, same username], I've become increasingly more interested in blog-blogging. You know, writing out long paragraphs and talking about things at length.
( read more 'introduction' chatter below )