State of the Blog: Week 17: It's ALIVE!!!!
My NaNo story still lives, but barely. It started off well, but then, of course, my work and taking care of my boys all week took up most of my time and energy.
Work has also picked up again, as we approach the end of the semester. I almost wish NaNo month was in December. I will have a good month—including two weeks off—where I won't be working directly with students every day. I am both looking forward to the break and wary of it. So much to do in the remaining time left. I almost wish the semester was longer. Almost.
But I think my story also has lacked direction. This is a typical issue for me. Strong start, cool ideas, but no follow through. I just do not know where to go next. I think also writing daily is necessary to keep the story fresh. A lot of this is preparation related. I had intended to be more prepared before November. But things just did not develop that way. Or rather, I did not create the time to prepare in a way that will allow me to complete my novel in a month.
I did create the start of an outline yesterday, and I did find that extremely helpful. It's a decent story I intend to follow through with, whether I make the 50K in November or not.
I also have been playing around with a new, more "serious" blog idea. I even starting writing a sort of "mission statement" for the blog and the start of the first post. It will be more intentional and with a clear focus...not just my general ramblings about various things (like this blog).
That being said, I do enjoy this little blog, despite how infrequent my posts have become. And I am glad to have some time to write and drink coffee on a Sunday morning.
So...the Bogeyman Journals may have faltered, but it is....ALIVE!
Work has also picked up again, as we approach the end of the semester. I almost wish NaNo month was in December. I will have a good month—including two weeks off—where I won't be working directly with students every day. I am both looking forward to the break and wary of it. So much to do in the remaining time left. I almost wish the semester was longer. Almost.
But I think my story also has lacked direction. This is a typical issue for me. Strong start, cool ideas, but no follow through. I just do not know where to go next. I think also writing daily is necessary to keep the story fresh. A lot of this is preparation related. I had intended to be more prepared before November. But things just did not develop that way. Or rather, I did not create the time to prepare in a way that will allow me to complete my novel in a month.
I did create the start of an outline yesterday, and I did find that extremely helpful. It's a decent story I intend to follow through with, whether I make the 50K in November or not.
I also have been playing around with a new, more "serious" blog idea. I even starting writing a sort of "mission statement" for the blog and the start of the first post. It will be more intentional and with a clear focus...not just my general ramblings about various things (like this blog).
That being said, I do enjoy this little blog, despite how infrequent my posts have become. And I am glad to have some time to write and drink coffee on a Sunday morning.
So...the Bogeyman Journals may have faltered, but it is....ALIVE!
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