So, we meet again. I’ve been moved to blog today because I think that I’ve detected an infinitesimal lightening of the morning tiredness – the eyes grate ever so slightly less when I blink, and my mind can cope with … Continue reading
Okay, this is getting ridiculous. I’m going to keep posting these reports of no progress until I shame myself into becoming a writer again. If I analyse my situation with an eye to coming up with a solution, the reasoning … Continue reading
Let’s draw a veil over these, shall we? So tired. Finding that I can’t get over the activation energy barrier and into the groove. Without doubt when I’ve made that initial huge effort things become more self-sustaining, but I suppose … Continue reading
Difficult personal circumstances mean that my heart is breaking and my routine bucking like a bronco. More tired; less privacy for this project. So few words added. But even at a time when one could wonder what the point is, … Continue reading
My word target seems now like a runaway train, disappearing over the hill never to be caught up with again. I will not give up, though; even if this blog turns into a humiliating exercise in documenting procrastination. Word count: … Continue reading
Hard hard hard to start again. I read over the few hundred words most recently written to try and get back inside the narrative and noticed something interesting: the text following the scene that had been in my head for … Continue reading
With the holiday I have been distracted and tired and not put together any words, but I have read the work of fiction that I thought may overlap a little with my subject. I’m relieved to find that it doesn’t, … Continue reading
I’m making inroads on my deficit but I have to remember that it only relates to a target of 100 words a day, which is a pretty lenient target. I’ve actually reached a point where I’m moving the story along … Continue reading
Today was the day that I first opened up my document to compose within the portals of my own home, rather than out and about on transport. Something of a Pyrrhic victory, though, because I ended up deleting more words … Continue reading
Having battled through an hour-long train journey with only a paragraph to show, I had a better day on day 30 – the hunger came back! – I even got my netbook out on the bus, since I was able … Continue reading