I know, I should be writing out the bloganovella. More of that to come tomorrow. I wanted to be meta today and talk about the craft of writing, pitfalls, and what I’ve learned about having multiple projects going at once. I think there are good and bad aspects of this, and I believe I’m expanding myself as a writer by trying things in this fashion.
So, I’m working on an NDA sourcebook, a bloganovella, and a sci-fi novel that feels more like a collection of short stories that are connected and swirl around a single point. All of these ideas are also in the same head as a growing fantasy series. In other words, I am doing a great many things at once. On the one side of the chart if one doesn’t pop that day I can turn to another and work on that. On the other I am not pushing myself as hard on any particular thing and forcing that level of creativity that comes when you go beyond what you think you know and what you think you can do. That aspect is extremely important to growth. I feel like my brain has shriveled over the years and lost that ability to hold so many ideas at once and juggle them and get them all out on paper.
No, this isn’t one of those: do it like this moments. I’m suggesting you try everything you can and figure out how much growth you can get from both ways of doing things until you find the balance that grows your mind in both how much you can do at once and how much you push yourself on each thing. I’m still seeking that growth balance.