For five weeks, I was too busy to work on Journey to God because school work was taking up the majority of my week. Last semester in a class, I touted my ability to sit for hours on end and fall into my work with no realization of time’s progression. Yet, life happens and the effect is my writing declines. I want writing to be my priority, alas, it isn’t always possible with school and work. During these lulls, where I cannot write, I traditionally read heavily and outline other works. Yet, these extended periods of “life” create a problem where I cannot get into my rhythm of writing for hours on end.
I experienced the fear of not being able to sit and write, this week. Sitting was making me itchy and I was unmotivated because of fear. I wanted to write, I had the ideas, but they weren’t coming out like the used too. In two days I wrote a combined total of ~4000 words. This was good, but it wasn’t my pace for writing in a day.
Now, I am finishing up a day of writing, and gearing up for bed, but I wanted to share. I got my rhythm back, and was able to crank out ~8000 words today. With my old pace back, I should actually finish Journey to God by next week. Just in time for me to go on a climbing trip. I will have a pen and a journal with me. I am hoping to come back with a new short story. The forest has been kind to me, and many pieces have been birthed from a wooded campsite.
Journey to God is currently: ~48,000 words.