Time balances...
Oct. 27th, 2025 09:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kittkestraLast week was another week where I didn't get *nothing* written, but also didn't really make any stunning progress. I am at least through the last of the intros that I wanted to start with, so it's time to move onto the real outlining!
I do find myself very impressed with the number of authors (pro, indie, and hobby) who manage to strike a balance between writing original works and fanfic. Especially authors that wind up being very prolific at one or even both!
My hope is to alternate between original and fan works, kind of getting to practice different things, have fun in different ways, etc. That said, my plan isn't really to seriously aim for publishing... if I were, I don't know how I'd have the time or energy for other stuff! Yet some people clearly manage it. (Then again, there are pro authors putting out four+ books per year, and I don't know how they manage that, either. Having it be truly the full-time job certainly has something to do with it, but still.)
I guess that's part of what I'd like to figure a way to magically unlock: how to move through things at a pace that is a little less "chilled snail going uphill and taking frequent breaks." Basically any progress would be better for that than what I've been doing the last couple of years, which is also something I think I need to keep reminding myself of, haha. There's certainly some truth and appeal in the slow and steady method (500 words a day or the like.)
As always, it comes down to just fucking doing it.
I do find myself very impressed with the number of authors (pro, indie, and hobby) who manage to strike a balance between writing original works and fanfic. Especially authors that wind up being very prolific at one or even both!
My hope is to alternate between original and fan works, kind of getting to practice different things, have fun in different ways, etc. That said, my plan isn't really to seriously aim for publishing... if I were, I don't know how I'd have the time or energy for other stuff! Yet some people clearly manage it. (Then again, there are pro authors putting out four+ books per year, and I don't know how they manage that, either. Having it be truly the full-time job certainly has something to do with it, but still.)
I guess that's part of what I'd like to figure a way to magically unlock: how to move through things at a pace that is a little less "chilled snail going uphill and taking frequent breaks." Basically any progress would be better for that than what I've been doing the last couple of years, which is also something I think I need to keep reminding myself of, haha. There's certainly some truth and appeal in the slow and steady method (500 words a day or the like.)
As always, it comes down to just fucking doing it.
