by Ira | Aug 16, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
So many things to talk about! Things I can’t talk about yet, because they’re not finished, and because they need to be finished before I can talk about them… Nothing really happened big today, specifically. Today was a pretty routine day, actually. It just so happens...
by Ira | Aug 15, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
Made a step forward today on my troublesome scene! A good step, I think. We’ll see how it reads in the morning, but I think it may have been a genuine step forward. It involved dialing the scene down. I think I may have been forcing too much (unjustified) emotion into...
by Ira | Aug 14, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
Anxious today. I really, really want to finish this book. It’s fighting me hard. I took a day off today because I think I needed it…but it made me anxious anyway, sitting around and/or doing stuff that wasn’t finishing that book. I’m going to work on it tomorrow. It’s...
by Ira | Aug 13, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
I’ve realized something about me and my writing, and I’ve realized that it’s totally natural, and I don’t need to try and not be this way at all, it’s just part of the process… I get grumpy about my writing when I’ve written something that I know doesn’t work, and...
by Ira | Aug 12, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
Writing a book is a very, very humbling experience, y’all. It’s up and down. I was up two days ago. Top of the world up. This book will be finished by NIGHTFALL up. Well…I’m still a ways away. All it takes is one scene that doesn’t turn out the way it seemed like it...
