Showing posts with label motivation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label motivation. Show all posts

Friday, 8 November 2013

One step forwards...

..two steps backwards

 
I'm way behind on my NaNoWriMo word count target. The official website mentions the week two doldrums, and I'm definitely a victim. And I don't even want to think about PiBoIdMo – I've had some picture book ideas, but the motivation to write them down on paper is at about 'meh' level.
The little darlings are so loving and peaceful
when they're not trying to subvert the creative process.
 
Part of the reason my motivation has faltered is that my NaNoWriMo word count went down instead of up. How? I decided to split one chapter into two, copied and pasted, then forgot to delete the duplicate text. So what seemed to be a particularly productive writing session was followed the next day by one in which I literally – and literaturely – went backwards.