Creator Journals 8/19/25
Dentist again today. It is a dental kind of week. I got about 500 words in before I had to take off. I might just accept that for what it is. The mind and body need rest, and I’m on the path to the home stretch.
Before today, I’d been completing about 2k words a day, and I can’t expect to maintain that pace at all times. Not realistically.
I was thinking about the concept of writing to market today, and, admittedly, it troubles me. I hate thinking about my creative project like its a product, especially since I have yet to really make any serious money. I dream of sustaining myself by doing what my soul loves to do. Maybe that’s a bit naive. Maybe I still haven’t paid my dues by writing marketable fiction. I’ve certainly tried, but every time I “Sell out” I find out that I wasn’t even close to the target, that real commercially successful fiction fits into an even tighter box. I don’t know.
Maybe I just need to understand the market better.
Today’s writing tip: Action should be like poetry. The rhythm of the words should give a sense of motion.
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