Writing has become a CHORE!
I know this is Sunday, and I should be posting on faith, but I’m there’s a lot of stuff going on in my brain related to faith and doctrine and such and it’s all because of this. So, until I sort it all out, here’s another taste of what I’m dealing with…
I’m 40 pages from the end of my first edits, and I don’t feel like writing.
It’s really a first for me, the not feeling like writing part (and 50 pages from my first edits.) I’ve been feeling this way for weeks now.
The interruptions are great today, my husband is out running errands and even when I told my kids they’d be allowed unlimited game time and stressed to them the importance of mommy working today, I’m still being interrupted every 15 minutes. My 13 year old is the biggest culprit as he polices his younger siblings (who were doing very well without him) and tells me of their littlest infractions.
I’m so close and yet so far, growing very weary in this writing journey and counting the days, weeks, months when this WIP will be over, submitted, and I can take a break. I’m contemplating taking a really LOOONG break from writing if nothing comes of this WIP. The sacrifices I’m making in my family life sometimes just don’t seem worth it if this writing gig is going nowhere.
I know I need to reevaluate my writing schedule, or lack of schedule, and I may feel different about this later, but until then {SIGH} back to writing…
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I’ll pray that you get your motivation back! It could be that you just need to take a couple days break. You’d be amazed at what a few days can do … you may feel like a whole new person afterwards!
January 28th, 2008 at 12:15 amI’m struggling, too, with getting into my writing this past week. I finished one thing last week and have some revisions to start work on with my WIP and another more business-y writing project. And you know, I just want another day or two of a break? But I’ve had my break. I’m sure I’ll be fine once I start. But the starting overwhelms me.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:51 am