I have done GYWO since 2012 so I know that every year is different and that I can have all sorts of grand plans at the start of a year that don't work out due to...well, any number of possible things. I can't remember honestly but I think the only year I did complete my pledge was 2018 (240D habit pledge) because I was writing a big bang fic that year and was solidly writing almost every day. I don't think that kind of output is realistic for me at this time as I just have too much going on, but I love the idea of the 120D pledge because I do usually have weekends free to be creative.
The past few years I have been taking it easy writing wise and signed up for the 120D habit pledge knowing I wouldn't complete it simply because I wasn't even going to TRY. I've been down-prioritising writing for so long that it feels a little like a miracle when I do write. and when I do write I'm immensely aware of how little time I have to do it so I write a lot in short bursts - a 5k fanfic in two-three days, that sort of thing - which is nice and validating in the sense that it proves to me that I'm still capable of stringing together a narrative at the drop of a hat even if I haven't been exercising the writing muscles on a regular basis for a long time.
I think maybe in 2023 I want to try again. actually try. Build a real habit again.
I'm not sure how that's going to work out for me because I've also joined a D&D campaign (for the first time in my life so steep learning curve etc.) so that's a time commitment I'm now going to have 1-2 a month in 2023 that I haven't had before and I can see it end up being creatively draining (in the sense that I won't have much left over for writing as I usually can't focus on more than one storytelling project at a time) but I can also see it becoming a source of inspiration and *more* creativity, so... who knows?
I want to try to timetable my creative projects for 2023 to give myself a bit more structure and create more space for them all to exist. I've never done that before (I'm so mood-driven it's probably not healthy) so I'm curious to see how it'll work out. D&D will be Mondays, so that leaves weekends free, and if I timetable writing for weekends the 120D pledge could work out to completion. I have some novel wips I've been chipping away at ineffectually for...years...so this could be the plot twist I need to get back into them. I'm thinking I could use Saturdays to work on Novel Wip #1 and Sundays for Novel Wip #2 and then see which one winds up taking over my brain at which point I'll switch to work on that one both weekend days until it's completed. I'm starting it now (well, as soon as I've finished my Yuletide assignment) instead of waiting for January because I also know if I assign it 'wait until January' status in my brain it's less likely to happen at all because time is fake and I don't want to accidentally put these on hold forever.
so...with that in mind this lovely Saturday morning...I'm off to work on my yuletide assignment and then sketch out a plan.
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Date: 2022-12-10 11:21 am (UTC)The past few years I have been taking it easy writing wise and signed up for the 120D habit pledge knowing I wouldn't complete it simply because I wasn't even going to TRY. I've been down-prioritising writing for so long that it feels a little like a miracle when I do write. and when I do write I'm immensely aware of how little time I have to do it so I write a lot in short bursts - a 5k fanfic in two-three days, that sort of thing - which is nice and validating in the sense that it proves to me that I'm still capable of stringing together a narrative at the drop of a hat even if I haven't been exercising the writing muscles on a regular basis for a long time.
I think maybe in 2023 I want to try again. actually try. Build a real habit again.
I'm not sure how that's going to work out for me because I've also joined a D&D campaign (for the first time in my life so steep learning curve etc.) so that's a time commitment I'm now going to have 1-2 a month in 2023 that I haven't had before and I can see it end up being creatively draining (in the sense that I won't have much left over for writing as I usually can't focus on more than one storytelling project at a time) but I can also see it becoming a source of inspiration and *more* creativity, so... who knows?
I want to try to timetable my creative projects for 2023 to give myself a bit more structure and create more space for them all to exist. I've never done that before (I'm so mood-driven it's probably not healthy) so I'm curious to see how it'll work out. D&D will be Mondays, so that leaves weekends free, and if I timetable writing for weekends the 120D pledge could work out to completion. I have some novel wips I've been chipping away at ineffectually for...years...so this could be the plot twist I need to get back into them. I'm thinking I could use Saturdays to work on Novel Wip #1 and Sundays for Novel Wip #2 and then see which one winds up taking over my brain at which point I'll switch to work on that one both weekend days until it's completed. I'm starting it now (well, as soon as I've finished my Yuletide assignment) instead of waiting for January because I also know if I assign it 'wait until January' status in my brain it's less likely to happen at all because time is fake and I don't want to accidentally put these on hold forever.
so...with that in mind this lovely Saturday morning...I'm off to work on my yuletide assignment and then sketch out a plan.