The universe has been nudging me, in both subtle and not-so-subtle ways, to get back to writing.
And so, instead of continuously posting here that I want to write and should be writing, I damn well will start doing some when I can.
I have several projects that I could work on, but the two that are clamouring for attention are the next draft of The White Raven and the first draft of Never .
Right now, I’m leaning towards starting work on Never, if only to start properly outlining and getting all of my character bios and the like written. I can do these in dribs and drabs, which suits the lack-of-predictable schedule I have in my life right now.
Another thing that I came across today: Mur Lafferty, of I Should Be Writing is co-ordinating a group workthrough of The Artist’s Way (here at facebook). The Artist’s Way is a book that I’ve always meant to pick up and work through, but have never gotten around to. I can take the hint, universe. I ordered a copy and will start to work through it as much as I can.
I’ll try to keep blogging about how I’m incorporating work back into my life, because there must be someone out there interested in it.
Let the new cycle of work begin.
Matt Bruce
February 19th, 2010
I watched Mur’s video last night and ordered the “Artist’s Way” book, too. It’s due to arrive tomorrow. Looks like we’ll be doing the course together.
On the getting back into it thing… there’s nothing saying you have to jump back in feet-first with the same workload as before. Don’t ignore the creative monster trying to climb out of your head, but you may be able to keep it satisfied by just doing a fraction of what you were doing before. Instead of 1,000 words, do 100 – keep it ticking over. The beast will be sated and you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing you’re making progress. Who cares that when you finally get around to revising that it looks like a mad ADD-afflicted monkey has been jabbering away at your keyboard… welcome to pantsing!
But you know all this stuff already.
Matt Bruce
February 21st, 2010
“The Artist’s Way” arrived this morning (8am, after I got to bed at 3!). Good grief: it’s full of new age, quasi-religious stuff. Thought aside from all this self-indulgent treacle, it seems pretty good. Starting Week 1 tomorrow!