Wednesday 24th March 2021

I have a lot of balls up in the air right now, and I’m honestly don’t feel like I’m making any progress towards completion.

I mean… I am.  I created about 8 characters yesterday for a project.  But I not only need to finish 3 outlines, I need to write sample chapters of each of these AND get 4S edited.

It seems – and I may just be deluding myself here – that I focus on one thing each day.  Other stuff might get done but there’s definitely a focus for the day.  As a result, I feel the lack of progress on the other umpteen things rather than the progress on the one.

And it’s not like I feel particularly frustrated.  I want to get them all done obviously.  But I also realise I’m juggling a lot at the moment and especially with the outlines, I’m in that difficult part where I have to glue things together.

This is the time where there’s no magic formula and you just have to put in the hours putting all the pieces together.  It’s not something that can really be rushed.

I also wonder sometimes whether I overthink this.  I am an overthinker.  I both like structure and then don’t adhere to it.  I guess I need that lighthouse to guide me, especially when my confidence gets knocked.

I’m still working out the main plots.  I have so many subplots to create.  And some days I just wish it was all done.  But for now, I’m just chipping bits off here and there.

I suspect that some day in the next month or so, I’m going to have a spate of completed outlines, sample chapters and edited documents.

But for now, I’m just running the marathon.

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