Dateline 9-22-2017

I seem to be ping-ponging back and forth between success and failure when it comes to my rewrite efforts. Where just yesterday I was reporting that I may have discovered a schedule that works for me, today I'm here to report that by the end of the night I ended up making no progress at all.

Dateline 9-21-2017

Though I didn't get as much done as I was hoping for, I would still consider yesterday to be a pretty successful day. I've got my weekend schedule nailed down but I'm still trying to figure out the most efficient way to fit in more rewriting time throughout the week. I feel that if I could stick to and build off of yesterday's schedule I'd be doing just fine.

Dateline 9-20-2017

Last night I was unable to get to my rewriting for the day due to technical difficulties. The thing that sucked was that these technical difficulties didn't even involve the computer that I use to write so it would have been possible to power through only this problem required enough of my attention that it was impossible to multitask.

Dateline 9-19-2017

Last night marked day three of my attempt to rewrite my first novel. It also marked my first weekday effort to fit in all of my writing while also spending the prime time hours with my family. Though I failed to fit in as much work as I was hoping for, I still managed to rework five pages, two of which came from brand new content adding to my final page count which I will take as a win.

Dateline 9-18-2017

Last night marked a successful night two in my efforts to rewrite my first novel. I'm now up to page 25 of 161 with the final page count growing thanks to the fact that I am adding more meat since the first draft was an adaptation of a 95-page screenplay that I had to keep short due to cinematic limitations.

Dateline 9-17-2017

Last night turned out to be a pretty successful night that played out just the way I predicted it would which is exactly why I pushed my goal to start rewriting my novel off until the weekend where I would have a full day to settle in rather than start during the week when I have way more distractions.

Dateline 9-16-2017

Well, today is the big day... well... today is my second attempt at a making it the big day where I jump back into writing fiction for the first time in close to two years and that's only if you count the ghostwriting work that I did when I was actively doing freelance writing. Though I was proud of each of these paid pieces, none of them felt like anything that I would write if I wasn't working off of the clients' ideas and/or outlines.

Dateline 9-15-2017

Holy moly, last night was a night filled with dreams. I really wish that I could bore you with the details but all I can remember is that there were so many interesting things happening that any time I woke up my brain allowed me to easily go back to sleep in an effort to pick up where I left off, making it impossible to process the bits and pieces during those brief woken moments.

Dateline 9-14-2017

Why is it that every time I prepare myself for a productive day I end up getting a surprise visit from the family or something comes up to distract me from my plan. Yesterday I woke up nice and early in an effort to finish my daily obligations before noon so that I could then take a bit of a break before delving into session on in my latest attempt to write a second draft of my first novel.

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.

Dateline 9-12-2017

I just realized that I've been talking about how I was planning to start a new project for the past week or two but don't know if I ever mention that's it's not a blog based venture, so in the extreme off chance that you follow my progress enough to expect a new section of this site the lack of a new tab is not a sign that I haven't started.

Dateline 9-11-2017

Well, today marks another anniversary of the date that sent the world spiraling into chaos caused by power grabs and opportunistic efforts from those who were claiming to step up and save the day. I will never forget the events of that day because there as many strange coincidences in my personal life as the stories I was hearing on the news.

Dateline 9-10-2017

Well, yesterday's goal to do nothing at all was a great success, so much so that it's now 6:30 in the PM the day after and I have yet to accomplish anything but more time wasting and sleep. It turns out that I am no longer a fan of putting off work until later in the day even if I am well within the deadline. 

Dateline 9-9-2017

It turns out that I don't really like days that aren't filled with busy work to keep myself distracted from my thoughts. Now that I have completed the work that's kept me busy for the past couple month, I have no idea what to do with myself. Yes, I have a project that I plan to start within the next couple of days but until then I really want to take a break so I don't get burnt out days after starting.

Dateline 9-8-2017

Just as I predicted/promised in yesterday's post, last night I finished Phase IV, the final phase of my SNL Review Prep-Work Plan. Though I am very excited to be done, I have to admit, the anticlimactic feeling that comes with accomplishment has me feeling just a little down.

Dateline 9-7-2017

Sorry for the constant countdown over the past couple days/weeks but I am excited to announce that I WILL be completing Phase IV of my SNL Prep-Work Plan by the end of today. This is exciting to me because this is the final phase of the plan making it so that from tomorrow on, I will be able to start my day with my Daily Breaker post then go straight into viewing the SNL episode that I need to review without having to create or layout a new webpage since that work has already been done.

Dateline 9-6-2017

I am getting so close to finishing Phase IV of my SNL Prep-Work Plan. I just have five seasons to go until I'll be at a point where I have a page for every single episode complete with a rough layout and sketch list for the night. Five seasons really doesn't seem like much but keep in mind there are at least twenty episodes to every year meaning when all is said and done I have at least one hundred more pages to go with over seven hundred and fifty pages already complete.

Dateline 9-5-2017

Today’s going to be a fun one, as I bounce back and forth between being a grumpy jerk and calming with the realization that it’s all out of my hands and there’s nothing I can do about. First off, I’m a little grumpy from the get because last night I did some drinking of adult beverages but didn’t have enough to put me down for the night leaving me buzzed, bored and smack dab in the middle of a bout of insomnia.

Dateline 9-4-2017

Alright, the weather has finally started to cool off... well, at least for the day... well, at least so far for the day. Either way, whether or not this cooling climate trend continues as winter approaches or if the SoCal summer stubbornness sets in, to where it's twice as hot tomorrow, this little break from being soaked in sweat is doing wonders for my overheated mind allowing me to think more clearly.

Dateline 9-3-2017

Sometimes I wonder how much damage all the time traveling that I participate in is doing to my mind. The less time that I spend in the present the more I wonder how relevant the concept of time will be as technology continues to grow. With more and more work going virtual there will eventually come a time when our daily activities will no longer be as strongly tied our clocks.