Sunday 30th May 2021

After such an active day yesterday,  I didn’t feel bad about having a lazier day.  I literally crashed out last night and thought I’d wake late, but it seems when I’m really tired, I can’t sleep.  Go figure.

I did some writing today so I’ve continued to make progress.  I made the mistake of checking my wordcount.  It’s currently at around 33,000 words which seems low considering how much time I’ve put into it.

I’m not sure if this was the reason or if I was just feeling negative because I was tired, but I feel like the book is dragging on.  I say this when the stuff I’m writing is the aftermath of a big battle and there’s a lot of break ups and new alligences as a result.

Logic tells me that I should not listen to my brain today.  But then the stuff I wrote today was entirely dialogue with nothing else happening.

I’ve learnt to turn off my inner critic when this happens – when logically I can see it’s not an issue but my brain is just feeling meh.  I’m still in the midst of the slow change from the first into the second act, and act changes are my kryptonite.  It’s when I hate on whatever novel I’m writing.

Now, if by the middle of next week I still feel the same way then perhaps I need to take another look, but, as I remind myself,  this is the first draft.

I’ve become better at first drafts.  I used to be terrible for going back and editing what I’d done.  A decade or more ago, I would be at this point, decide something wasn’t set up properly at the start, go back and start rewriting the whole thing.  It was like working a piece of wood with a plane.

Now though, I’ve rewritten enough that I know there’s nothing I can’t fix in revisions.  I’ve also learnt that it’s usually a smaller job than you think.  The real time sink is in picking up which bits need to change.

Probably a good sign not to trust myself was that I was also feeling very meh! about Warcraft tonight.  We’re doing alt raids, and all my alts are horde, so I went with my main.  Sure it helps everyone else out, but I really wasn’t into it tonight.

On the plus side, I’m drinking a lot more water, and the reason I’m feeling meh! is due to my mega walk yesterday.

I’d wanted to have more focus on my health this past week and I think I’ve made some positive steps.  I just need to keep them up.

I also need to keep up the words on The Accursed.  I’ll soon be firmly into the second act and less worried about the novel..  I’d still like to up the wordcount though!  I want to get this draft done by the end of June.

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