Creator Journals 6/23/25
Today I drove my wife to the dentist and while I was sitting in the waiting room, I cranked out 1000 words on my phone. I did it within a span of 15-20 minutes. It was just that easy. Is the lesson here that I need to go to weird locations and always write on my phone? Probably not. It’s probably that I’m making too big a deal out of things. And if I give myself some stress-free space, I really can do what I need to do.
I’m working on introducing a lot of my secondary characters in chapter six. That’s one of the reasons I’m so excited about this one. I thought maybe I’d have the energy to revise later in the afternoon, but that part didn’t end up happening. It’s fine. I can count my blessings. I’m about ¼ of the way through chapter six, and with greater patience I think I can get to the end of this novel. I’ve been focusing on output for a long time, but I probably need to look into more ways to make sure my writing quality is always increasing. In general, I’ve been a fan of doing as much of it as possible until it gets better, but I don’t know. I might need to seek greater sources of knowledge and power. If this thought persists in me until tomorrow, maybe I’ll indulge it.
Keep reading and writing!
Today’s writing tip: Don’t worry about whether or not it’s good enough. Just get it on paper. You can fix it later.
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