Dateline 9-13-2017

Yesterday I mentioned that I've been procrastinating to get started on the rewrite of my first novel. That sloppy post was more to clear up the fact that the project I've been talking about for weeks isn't one that will be seen on this site for several months until I'm done, and though I did fail to start it's not that I backed out like I did with another site-specific challenge that I had bouncing around in my head a few months ago.

I shared this in the extreme off chance that anyone who reads these letters to no one had an expectation to see a new challenge tab up in the navigation bar. I also mentioned it because this segment of my site is to share my daily progress and that's what was going on at the time.

Right now, I have still yet to start the rewrite process which as I also mentioned yesterday is due to procrastination. Where Monday's failure to start was actually due to frivolous fun while still slightly recovering from a weekend of binge drinking, yesterday, I was unable to dig in and get to work because it turned out that I wasn't emotionally prepared for the mindset that I have to put myself in in order to work on fictional/non-comedic material.

When I sat down at my computer, having already completed all of my responsibilities for the day and every intention to write, all it took was the reading of the first page to realize that I just wasn't mentally prepared to venture into the dark world of my own mind. 

At first, I planned to put it off until the sun went down and the rest of the world went to sleep, which is my comfort zone for this type of thinking but with my new early morning rituals that I've created for this blog, I was too tired to even think about revisiting my work by the time the clock struck 12:00 in the AM.

I'm not all that worried though because I know how I work and whether I figure out a work, nap work schedule or get over my hang ups about writing fictional work during the day, I will eventually find my groove and stay in it until the draft is over because of how immersed I get into my work after the initial battle to start.

I'm hoping that today will be the day because I feel well rested and have gotten an earlier start from not having to go to the store or deal with any other distractions that might put me in a, "not today" mood. 

As always, we'll see what I manage to get to and I'll check in tomorrow to update my progress or share whatever else is on my mind.

Talk to you then,

The Wicker Breaker