I wrote today. It was the first time in a week. And what an intense week it was. Whew!
Starstuff 2: Electric Boogaloo is ALMOST DONE. So close. And yet so far. So much of it will need to be rewritten…but I can do it. I *can* do it. And I can do it faster than I think. I just need to keep chipping away at it, and not let myself get distracted or think too much about it. I just need to sit down and do it.
Well, I did that today. I did it even before having breakfast. That might be my new routine, actually. Make myself a little cup of that carnation breakfast mix with milk, and just nurse that for an hour or two whilst I write, then take a break and eat breakfast, and then maybe come back for one more session. That would be…dope. I think. Maybe.
How often do I talk here on this blog about my schedule? It seems like I am constantly battling with my schedule. Changing it. Refining it. I might not be as much of a routine dude as I think I am. Or, maybe there’s still a lot of room for me to grow. I should try setting a schedule and just sticking with it for a while. MAKE it work. Or maybe that’s a bad idea. I don’t know. It can be so hard to tell sometimes.
What I do know is that I can be productive. It’s not as consistent as I’d like…but I can.
I was thinking about that productivity tonight, thinking about all the enthusiasm I had a few months ago for stories to tell and books to write…and it just reminded me a little bit of why I decided to do all this in the first place. Was it to make money? Sorta, sure…but also not really at all. There were other much more reliable ways to make money. No, I decided to be a novelist because there were stories that I wanted to tell, other worlds I wanted to be able to live inside whenever I wanted. THAT is really why I did this. And I need to reconnect with that. Reconnect with why I’m really here, sitting at this keyboard; I am a storyteller. I love stories. I love living in these other worlds, imagining myself there, watching all these things happen, hearing these conversations.
Tomorrow is going to be a good writing day. Then, I sit down and watch some basketball 🙂 I saw we won tonight, but I don’t know by how much. Also, game 7 tomorrow between the Yankees and the Astros. Go ‘Stros. Fuck the Yankees.
Night 🙂