I did the thing. Listened to the last of the dictation recordings. Learned that I am missing (per file numbers) two recordings. I think I can edit what I have without those. I also learned that I must not have even fed one into the speech-to-text I was using, as an argument started and then... just stopped. So I wound up writing about 700 words of that scene to make sure it made sense and drove the plot in the direction I wanted. How long have I been avoiding this? The recordings are dated Dec 2021.
Whew. I rewarded myself with a strawberry gin fizz. Tomorrow? I'll get this thing done. I hope. At least I don't have to listen to myself haltingly tell a story while I think it out!
yeah, I'm trying desperately to finish this short. It's not a short I really wanted to write, but my publisher asked for something for an anthology that's coming up, and well... He pays the bills.
Oh don't I know the Procrasti-planning, the "But-first...", the "Wall of Awful".
I want to do "X", I need to do "X", but I have to do these 6 things first. Now I'm facing the wall...
Sometimes you can farm out a part of the "Hard Thing", or something leading up to the Hard Thing to make it easier to get past it...but sometimes we are stuck Adulting..
Here is a pre-emptive cheer for you and an, "I'm so proud of you!" You may have them both when you are done! And if you need it as a recorded voice, I can probably do that, too!
I can't find the post where you talked about time management software, but somewhere in the past few days you mentioned the "Streaks" phone app. It sounded like something I needed...but it's only for iOs. Luckily, there's a good Android equivalent called "Habits". Trying it out. So far so good.
I did the thing. Listened to the last of the dictation recordings. Learned that I am missing (per file numbers) two recordings. I think I can edit what I have without those. I also learned that I must not have even fed one into the speech-to-text I was using, as an argument started and then... just stopped. So I wound up writing about 700 words of that scene to make sure it made sense and drove the plot in the direction I wanted. How long have I been avoiding this? The recordings are dated Dec 2021.
Whew. I rewarded myself with a strawberry gin fizz. Tomorrow? I'll get this thing done. I hope. At least I don't have to listen to myself haltingly tell a story while I think it out!
yeah, I'm trying desperately to finish this short. It's not a short I really wanted to write, but my publisher asked for something for an anthology that's coming up, and well... He pays the bills.
You can do this, and you write good stories. It will be something fun for readers to enjoy!
Oh don't I know the Procrasti-planning, the "But-first...", the "Wall of Awful".
I want to do "X", I need to do "X", but I have to do these 6 things first. Now I'm facing the wall...
Sometimes you can farm out a part of the "Hard Thing", or something leading up to the Hard Thing to make it easier to get past it...but sometimes we are stuck Adulting..
Here is a pre-emptive cheer for you and an, "I'm so proud of you!" You may have them both when you are done! And if you need it as a recorded voice, I can probably do that, too!
I can't find the post where you talked about time management software, but somewhere in the past few days you mentioned the "Streaks" phone app. It sounded like something I needed...but it's only for iOs. Luckily, there's a good Android equivalent called "Habits". Trying it out. So far so good.