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Tabula rasa
Apr. 12th, 2019 03:16 pmI feel like my writing process is in transition again. Maybe it's because I'm pretty much 90% Editor Brain at the moment, focusing on the Diwa and Kaffi rewrite. [It could also be that the Spring Cleaning bug bit me pretty damn hard this year, but that's another post.] Usually when this happens, I'll still have a serious itch to get some new writing done on the side, even if it's just exercise. But lately that itch is nowhere to be seen. Not entirely unsettling, as I've had this happen before, and I'm not worried that my Writing Chops have deserted me...just that it feels weird to feel this and not worry about it.
I think one of the shifts in the process might be that I feel like I've done enough of scheduling. Now, scheduling is never a bad thing, especially for someone like me who doesn't always remember when an event is coming up (or a vacation, for that matter), but that's what my regular monthly calendar is for. I'm talking about what I call strict-scheduling -- assigning myself a specific time or a certain project for a particular evening, for instance. This is my whiteboard calendar, pretty much. It's something I've been depending on for quite a few years now, and I put it there to ensure that I'm working every day.
Now, I'm not so sure I need it anymore. I needed it in the past when I was having trouble getting myself back on track after a long dry spell. I needed it when I was updating my blogs. I needed it as a reminder for specific projects. It was something I'd been using for years to inspire me to get working.
I think I've gotten past the needing it at this point. It's served its purpose quite some time ago and now it's feeling like a bit of a hindrance. It's no longer inspiring and feels more like a dreaded assignment. So I've just gone and cleared it -- wiped all the scheduled items on there. It's a normal calendar now. If I'm going to use it, I think I'll use it for reminding myself of long-term deadlines and convention reminders.
Will I come back to use it again? Most likely, but I'm not going to worry about it.
As long as I remember to keep working, that's all that really matters.
I think one of the shifts in the process might be that I feel like I've done enough of scheduling. Now, scheduling is never a bad thing, especially for someone like me who doesn't always remember when an event is coming up (or a vacation, for that matter), but that's what my regular monthly calendar is for. I'm talking about what I call strict-scheduling -- assigning myself a specific time or a certain project for a particular evening, for instance. This is my whiteboard calendar, pretty much. It's something I've been depending on for quite a few years now, and I put it there to ensure that I'm working every day.
Now, I'm not so sure I need it anymore. I needed it in the past when I was having trouble getting myself back on track after a long dry spell. I needed it when I was updating my blogs. I needed it as a reminder for specific projects. It was something I'd been using for years to inspire me to get working.
I think I've gotten past the needing it at this point. It's served its purpose quite some time ago and now it's feeling like a bit of a hindrance. It's no longer inspiring and feels more like a dreaded assignment. So I've just gone and cleared it -- wiped all the scheduled items on there. It's a normal calendar now. If I'm going to use it, I think I'll use it for reminding myself of long-term deadlines and convention reminders.
Will I come back to use it again? Most likely, but I'm not going to worry about it.
As long as I remember to keep working, that's all that really matters.
