This month I am joining in once again with Alex J. Cavanaugh's Insecure Writer's Support Group and having my usual OMG I can't believe it is [insert month here] already moment.
Last month I was complaining about my Starbucks Habit which seems to be fuelling my writing time. In the morning while enjoying my morning coffee (now back up to 7 days a week). I enjoy writing with pen and paper - sometimes I write my books, other times I write content for my blogs.
There are days when I feel frustrated and feel like I am duplicating work. I usually do my initial drafts on paper (as I am more inspired when using pen and paper), and I will then later type up my drafts and craft them into something better. Doing everything in this way is a good way to proof read and to have time to think about and develop ideas.
However, sometimes I lose that productive / satisfied feeling that I run on. In the morning during my writing hour I will progress with my handwritten notes and feel like I have got things done and then realise in the evening or even the next day or a week later that I have not caught up or that I have not done anything with my notes. I feel unproductive and dissatisfied when in reality I probably actually progressed.
I hate this feeling of frustration as there are times when it discourages me from writing anything.
I love the fact that you use pen and paper. :) There's something so awesome about that that's so much more compelling than a computer screen. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd coffee and Starbucks? Oh yeah, I can so relate! LOL
I think we all have those feelings of what we first loved we later hate. Sigh. I've had to learn to just let it go. Take a deep breath, let it fly, and see what happens. :)
Good post!
(I was going to follow but I'm not part of bloglovin')
Pen and paper all the way for me - I love it.
DeleteSorry about only having bloglovin - you could always use email or normal RSS instead?
Thanks for dropping by.
It's so difficult to feel productive most of the time, since writing is such a slow process, as is publishing. Just keep moving forward as much as you can! Even one word is progress. :)
ReplyDeleteThat is my ongoing motivation - the "I Did Something" yay! moment.
DeleteEven small steps move us forward towards the end. I always type my work so I don't have notes to catch up on but I have editing - lots of editing! Keep writing you'll get there.
ReplyDeleteSuzanne
IWSG co-host
Organization is so important. Color coded note cards come in handy. Stickies on the computer desktop work well too.
ReplyDeleteIf you wrote something, anything, you were productive!
ReplyDeleteUntil NaNo, I always wrote first on paper.