It's funny that I've written consecutively for a hundred and twenty some odd days now and it seems that my personal blog is the hardest thing for me to write. I often think during the course of the day that I'll update the blog that night or just that I'll blog more frequently, but all too often those plans fall through.
Most of the time when its time to write, something else almost always gets the love and the blog gets the cold shoulder. "Why is that?" is a question that I've been asking myself and the answer is pretty clear. It's that I don't think anyone cares. Most of the time, when I sit down to update my personal blog I hesitate and often close the blogger tab in favor of a Word document because of this. Yep, I've got a bad attitude, but I'm trying to deal and I'll be trying to do better in the future. If you catch me slacking call me out. That's only fair.
The good news is that I'm still writing, and I mean everyday. If you don't know, I use The Magic Spreadsheet to keep me going and it works great! I've written all about it before, so I won't bother you with those details. Instead I'll leave links to those articles at the bottom of this article. Check 'em out! The spreadsheet truly is magic.
The kind of bad news is that the writing I've done has been all over the place. Trying to find a style that works for me has been a bit more challenging than I had originally anticipated. So far I've got a novella length witch detective story which is in bad need of a rewrite, a short story that I'm pretty happy with but needs a few more edits, and several starts to stories that I'm either still thinking about or have scrapped until I grow enough as a writer to use the ideas properly.
My style has been developing through all of this, and I think I'm going to end up being a discovery writer that writes very rough through a plot and then fleshes things out later, after the very basic frame work is in place. My latest ideas are developing like this and I like the way its going at the moment.
Taking a step away from the writing side of things before I wrap this up, I want to mention that I'm doing my best to stay healthy and active as well as write. One of the biggest changes I've made is to my diet, specifically the breakfast part of it. I've found that having smoothies for breakfast is a great way to start the day. They are delicious and nutritious, not to mention easy to make in the Ninja Blender that I received as a birthday gift. This coupled with exercise that in reality should be a bit more regular, will hopefully propel me to my fitness goals sooner rather than later.
That's all for now. Thanks for stopping by and come back anytime! I'll just be hanging out, write 'n stuff!
Oh yeah, those Magic Spreadsheet post links are here and here. Hope they help!
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