Yip, definitely living the dream. Going to work I could do without, but that necessary evil keeps a roof over our heads and food on the plates.
No, the dream is everything else (even this blog). Waking up in the morning to find that we've lived to see another day, Bacon, seeing those cheery faces on the kids' faces as they head off to school (they'll miss it soon enough when they've their own rents to cover), getting to sit down in my little space and write.
Most of the time I love writing. And I have been successful at writing every single day for the last two weeks (honest). As Shaunta (see NinjaWriters links over on the right of the page) says, just 10 minutes a day. Keep the goals small, then you're less likely to skip them, and most of the time I'll be here for an hour or more. I am definitely a night owl, so would happily keep going for quite a while. Towards the end of NaNoWriMo last year (2017) I was hitting about 4000 words a night, that showed me that it can be done. Yes, but only if you switch the Inner Editor off.
Don't edit on the fly, ever, and ignore spellcheck too! Just write, you're writing the Draft, not the final-submit-for-publication version. Just write/type everything that flows through your head, all of it.
Two times I don't like writing much, editing (aaarrggh!) and having to stop and go to bed. Basically I don't like not writing.
Editing, that is where you make the story shine, so I should cut it some slack, it's just all of that having to stay focused.
Having to stop writing so I can go to bed? Not too bad really, I read in bed, and writers need to read!
So with that, good night, now on page 88 of The Long Earth. It's good...
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