Okay... lets ignore my
fail at updating this blogspace. In between working away and tripping
down south to Cambridge and London, it got a bit mad. And you tend to
forget things like the fact you have a blog when work takes over...
Anyway, I want to talk
about one of my main goals: publishing a book. Having my words in
print. I'm sure we've all thought about it.
However, its a very big
dream (but hey, either dream big or not at all I say) and so is going
to be very time consuming to actually achieve. But before that can
happen I need to write the book. Which is a task in itself.
The main problem I have
with working on this goal of finishing a story, is that I am very
distractable. I tend to juggle several projects at once. I will start
one project and then get an idea for another story and drop the first
project... and so on. Its been a long standing problem. I know I'm
not the only one, because my friend is the same with so many projects
at once... I'm surprised we both get any work done at all... its like
procrastination, but with different creative projects.
But my other writing
buddy, and my brother, do not like me being a story-whore, and are
forever prompting me to settle down and just write one book at a
time. I get the usual “why don't you just only write one book?”
which really means: Why haven't you finished a book yet?
The answer is the story hopping. I did it for all of 2011 and most of this year. But I'm actually going to get my butt into gear now. These guys all mean well and want me to
succeed (at least I hope so!) - and actually realise my dream of
writing and publishing a book. I need to stop standing in my own way
now, sit down, and write ONE story until its end. If I can do that,
I'll be on my way. Even if the draft is hideous.
Because I need to stop the story hopping.
