I haven’t seriously worked on a manuscript in quite a while. I don’t know why. I’m sure there are things that I can talk to my therapist about this that could get to the heart of it. But it’s Sunday morning and I don’t see her until later this week. Time to think about this on my blog.

It’s not that I don’t have ideas. I’m constantly thinking about my writing. I’m constantly mapping out plot lines, characters and locations. I have big plans for my manuscripts and the world that I’m creating. The work is there, it’s just waiting for me to do it.

I have a writing partner who is burning through one of my past manuscripts, improving it with every comment she makes. I appreciate her to no end. I know that I’m eventually going to have to start coming up with new stuff for her to read. Yet, I don’t do it.

It’s not that I’m not writing at all. It’s just been this blog and short stories. I haven’t gotten into the nitty gritty of a novel or novella. The issue could be that I’m not being kind to myself. That I’m allowing my inner thoughts to tell me that not all writing is created equally and because it’s not a novel, it doesn’t count. But writing is good no matter what you do. It helps free up your mind and lift your spirits. Which is why I don’t want to poo-poo non-novel writing, that would by extension make fanfiction not legitimate when it is.

It could be the size of the project. I know that it’s a number of tinier projects but even with just one part of it, sometimes it feels a bit too much. Maybe I’m looking at this the wrong way. The short stories I’ve been writing are more like building up speed. I’ll get back to the novels once I get these stories out.

That could be it, because I do feel a little backed up when it comes to writing. I wrote in my journal last night for the first time in about six months. The act of it, made me want to do it more. So, I’m going to try and make it a daily thing. Turn myself into a regular old Doug Funny. I’m going to follow this idea for a while and see if it pans out. I’m just going to write until I literally can’t anymore. It’ll be a happy journey no matter the destination.