by Ira | Jan 31, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
It late. Past bedtime. But it was a nice Saturday. I feel pretty exhausted and out of it…but it was a good day. We watched Mickey 17. It was…not good. Le sigh. But we had fun watching it together. Night night!
by Ira | Jan 30, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Thumbing it again tonight and wiped…but it was a good week this week. Found my rhythm writing again, which just feels…wonderful. Like relief. I even had some time to work on ads today. Get those going again. Finished my Shakespeare reading. Got to spend time with Bear...
by Ira | Jan 29, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Yall it is SO MUCH WORK, this outlining process, but it so very very satisfying to see a character or a scene start to come to life. The sketch is always fun, the rough shape…but this detailed outline (and then, obviously, writing the scene) is when I actually start...
by Ira | Jan 28, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Day started out like gangbusters today. I figured out how many scenes I need to aim for with each session. I think I was writing about it last night, but my outlining process is finally, finally starting to alllll make sense to me. I can see my necessary steps, now....
by Ira | Jan 27, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
A much, much better writing day today, thank goodness. The entire story has shape. I have to go in and fix some stuff I’d filled out, and then fill out the majority of the scenes, but the loose sketch is all the way there, as of today. Each scene needs a spark of...
