Writing Update February 2021

Hey there :)

I've been playing around with the idea of a new "series" on my blog and since I had literally no other idea for this week's post, I thought it would be a great time to introduce it right now. 

I want to do a monthly post on my writing. A writing update, so to say. A post where I can tell you how I've been doing this month, what progress I've made writing wise and anything else that's been going on. 
You might also call it a diary entry, I don't know. It's something new and it is something I want to try out. It might not even become a monthly thing, considering I don't really have a lot of writing news at the moment :D
Anyway, let me know if this is a concept you like. 

Writing Update February 2021

This month I wanted to upload my entire novel "City girl meets Countryside" to Wattpad. One chapter a day (because it has 28 chapters, and February has 28 days). HOWEVER, I wasn't done editing it entirely so I had made it a plan to edit a chapter a day and then upload a chapter a day. 
Sounds like a plan, right?
Weeell.
It didn't really work out, who would've guessed it.
Because around the Chapter 10 point I've realised I had a massive plot hole/ plot issue to work out and I've been basically doing that since my last Wattpad update.
It's frustrating to me because I thought I was ready to upload everything, but I even more happy that I caught the issue when I did and didn't upload it without editing. That would've been worse.
So overall, a small hick-up in the progress of editing and uploading to Wattpad. 

Other than editing I didn't get to do a lot of writing this month because I'm lacking ideas. 
I know, I know, this doesn't sound like me. 
Normally I'm that person who has to keep track of all of her ideas and always has a new story ready to write. And while I still have a list of potential ideas none of them speak to me at the moment. 
I have a fantasy that I was thinking of continuing probably since 2019. I have a romance that I recently rediscovered and fleshed out, but it still feels super flat as an idea. I have an entire series of a faux celebrity YA story that I don't feel connected to anymore. 

So you see, I'm not sure where to go from here. I have these bursts of motivation where I want to work on my stories, but oddly enough I keep going back to old projects and editing, like "City girl meets Countryside", instead of writing anything new. 

Who knows, maybe I'm just a bit drained because exam season is coming up, maybe it's the whole situation that took a tole on my creativity, but for right now (and for my February update) I have to accept that editing is my way to go. 

I've also noticed a shift in my focus towards reading. This has been happening slowly over the last few months, but I think the aspect of escapism that I get from reading is winning over the "duty" or "obligation" to come up with a great story while writing. I'm in awe over everyone who can write consistently at the moment, because for me that is a struggle. 
But I can read every day. 
And while I can do this, I will continue. Until the day comes where that isn't fun anymore and maybe then it is time to see my therapist again. 

This is a very different style of post for me, so I would love to know what you think. Is this in any way interesting to you? Should I make these a monthly thing? Do you even care about what my life's like or should I instead try and write more how to posts or writing challenge posts? 
Let me know, I'm always interested in feedback. 

Take care, stay healthy and write on. 
Lena 

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