I’m Back

Sorry I’ve been offline so long. Part of it had to do with school; I started my class at the beginning of February, and I’m wrapping up about now. If I’m being honest, though, that’s only a small part of the issue; I also let myself get really, really distracted. Mostly by various video games, but not just that, either.

Hopefully, I’m back for good. That said, I’ve only got a 1-2 week reprieve before my next classes start; if I can keep going through that, I should be good. And I have high hopes, too.

I’ve got one post tonight for Hanako that I wrote last night, and then a couple posts from back in February before I disappeared I need to get typed in still. Other than that, I really haven’t written much. But I’m looking forward to more in the future!

Apologies

As anyone who is currently checking this regularly may be able to tell, but I’ve been kind of out of it the last few days, and I have not posted on here as I should. Since Sunday, if I’m being honest, and even back to last Wednesday I wasn’t at 100%. It’s nothing physical; just a problem with some recurring mental issues and a lack of sleep, I think.

Still, I want to be consistent about posting everyday, and more importantly writing every day. I haven’t done any writing since Monday, and even that was half-baked. I can’t improve if I don’t work at it. So I’ve been thinking about what has caused this recent relapse, and ways I can avoid it in the future.

I think the reason it happened comes from two converging sources: first, I got distracted. I’ve been playing a few too many video games the past few weeks (specifically the Trails in the Sky and Dark Souls III). No matter how good they are or how amazing the storytelling, I still need to do what needs to be done. I have some plans to scale back on that, though.

Secondly, I completed one major goal and did not set a new one to keep that momentum rolling. Some of that’s intentional; Nanowrimo’s a bit too intense to do consistently all year. That’s why it National Novel Writing Month, after all. But taking it easier shouldn’t equate to slacking off, and so I want to set specific goals regarding the stories that have most caught my interest at the moment, like Hanako and the Orphan of Hamelin. Perhaps set aside time on the first of each month to plan out what I want to accomplish that month? That might be a good goal. I’m also going to give myself permission, if I have long brainstorming sessions, to count that as my daily writing. I’d been resisting the idea ever since I started the blog, since I’m hoping people will read this and I want to give them something worth reading, but if I need to sit down and think, I need to give myself permission to do that without stressing myself out.

That said, I’m not sure how I’m going to handle posts covering this week. I’ll keep posting what I’d written before, and things will even themselves back out eventually, but I may double post one day or write a couple extra scenes another to compensate. Anyway, thanks to anyone who’s been following the blog; it’s appreciated!