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4 years ago
Unfortunately my motivation for writing has been rather stop and start of late, depending a lot on my sleep schedule and how much energy and time I have that isn't being taken up by other things.
I currently have a somewhat X rated story that's sitting with someone else because it involves one of their characters as well (including at least two sequel ideas in that universe), ideas for the Sketch Upgrade story (and I may just skip the chapter I've developed a mental block on and move past it, since it's more for pacing anyway and isn't set to a specific time while the chapter after it is more plot-crucial and a 'tings change here' situation), the big Huntress cyberpunk novel I need to re-edit because some of the earlier chapters no longer really work with what comes later (a hazard when you're serializing something over several years), as well as another short story idea for a friend here that I've mentioned, and other semi-abandoned ideas I should get back to. Which all kind of adds 'Paradox of Choice' on top of the motivation and energy issues.
I am still planning on getting back to things, of course.
I currently have a somewhat X rated story that's sitting with someone else because it involves one of their characters as well (including at least two sequel ideas in that universe), ideas for the Sketch Upgrade story (and I may just skip the chapter I've developed a mental block on and move past it, since it's more for pacing anyway and isn't set to a specific time while the chapter after it is more plot-crucial and a 'tings change here' situation), the big Huntress cyberpunk novel I need to re-edit because some of the earlier chapters no longer really work with what comes later (a hazard when you're serializing something over several years), as well as another short story idea for a friend here that I've mentioned, and other semi-abandoned ideas I should get back to. Which all kind of adds 'Paradox of Choice' on top of the motivation and energy issues.
I am still planning on getting back to things, of course.
I'm just glad to hear you've still got things you want to do and don't want to stop. Seeing my friends writing keeps me wanting to, so it's a somewhat selfish desire to keep people motivated : )
I also understand what I've heard from some other writers, along the lines of 'I write because I can't not write'. Actually getting things down in a form others can read is the difficult part. The ideas just sort of form in my head all the time, though I do have to sort out which ones others might be interested in.
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