James

@The_Grey_Writer I suffered a slipped disc and while not the same injury, the only thing that helped it was exercise. Try and walk about 3km every day. That solved it for me. It killed at first but worked when I kept at it.

I went on a walk with my dog this evening. A man was sat on my thinking bench. It’s a shame - I really needed it today. Maybe tomorrow.

At the risk of sounding clichéd, walking through nature (trying to get 10k steps each night) seems to have reinvigorated the writing juices. I started a new project a few nights ago that now stands at 2300 words. Got a good feeling about this one.

Does anyone know of any cool aircraft propulsion methods that have not taken off (excuse the pun)?

@The_Grey_Writer 😂

No writing today sadly. Somehow wrecked my neck (slouching all day at work most likely) and hunching over a laptop for another hour is probably a bad idea.

Met my 1000 word target again tonight. Making for 54k in total. Very pleased with myself. The New Years resolution is going well. How did you all get on with your writing today?

@DarkwoodLieth 👍 awesome

Back to writing again. I started yesterday before my eye exam. I wrote 2000 words today. It feels good to be writing again. #amWritingSpeculativeFiction #amWriting #WritingCommunity

1k this evening for a total of 53k. Slowly rising. Tonights words felt good, thanks to all your kind words, especially @MossEmmet’s words of wisdom! Things are going from bad to worse for my characters and I can’t wait to write tomorrow’s scene where I pile on the misery 🤭

@MossEmmet Man that last sentence helped the most 👍

@jamesisawriter I like to let it be for a period of time. I choose one day a week to simply reread and tinker with what I have worked on the previous few days. Oftentimes I catch obvious things I missed. Sometimes the writing is even good! 🤔 You cant write a second draft without the first.

Just passed 52K tonight. I know I’m being hard on myself, but what does everyone else do to combat the feelings that your writing just stinks?

Tonight’s session resulted in 1.3k words and has taken the WIP to 51k in total. Pleased with that, despite getting the ‘every word I am writing is garbage’ feeling. Time for a bit of a chill out now before the first working day of the year for me. #amwriting

I got there.

1300 words earlier. Diving in to grab another 700 out of the day, then a little jaunt on the Xbox before bed. New Years resolution to write 2K words before I can allow myself to play video games going well so far.

@SFFAuthor It’s such a subjective thing as well. A 300 page crime thriller with wide margins and double spaced lines is not the same as a 1000 page fantasy with tiny text. Both are valid books, but I guess if you’re into SciFi/Fantasy then something more like 15 books is a job well done 👍

People out here setting 2021 reading goals for 60+ books, and I'm like...16 sounds possible if I try hard 😅

@HollyYew Tidy desk, tidy mind. Gave mine a clean today too. Ended up writing way more than usual!

@gnilwoce If doing it for a living has taught me anything: Back up everything, then back up your backups 😅

Updating my websites always feels like an adventure for some reason. Most times everything is fine, but sometimes......There be dragons LOL

@ErinGreenAuthor @Tesco That’s when you know you’ve ‘made it’ 😂 (just kidding, congrats 🥳)

When you end the year 2020 sitting on a shelf in @Tesco! #Coalville #AuthorLife #Author #WritingCommunity #Readers #Books

Keep having new ideas for projects. Need to focus on the current WIP! The struggle...

@VProofreader I feel this. I operate a strict one in one out policy now!