Progress Over Perfection
Managing Expectations
This week has been fun. I’ve been looking at tips on how to organize a book. Flowcharts, diagrams, identifying tropes and whatnot. Since coming across some great ways to organize it, I started putting it down onto paper, and eventually just started writing it out. I’ve drafted chapter one.
In The Flesh
Some of the things I learned during the week were how to flesh out characters. I really wanted to create a three dimensional story, a world that ties into itself and the narrative I’m bringing. Once I actually wrote, I realized how clunky it felt and had to remind myself that it’ll come.
I recently started working on cars again as freelance, and it felt the same. I know all of what I need to do, but forgetful of the simplest things. Almost like brain fog at the worst times. A good portion of chapter one later is when I started feeling it make sense, and I found my flow. I wasn’t trying to truncate my storytelling, just letting it breathe. That’s a good feeling when you allow your creativity some life.
It’s exciting to see how it unfolds as well. I’m very much a brute when it comes to creative expression, but on paper — a crawling baby. Tying the plot together, lacing internal or external conflicts between characters and letting it come out in a real, sensical way…that frightened me for a while.
Changing Gears
The next phase will clearly be more invigorating since acquiring that taste, and I’ve set another goal. Chapter 2 is already underway (1 sentence) but it’s the one that sparks. You know what I mean. I’m planning to continue my chapter outlines the way I did early in the week and prepare for shorter or longer arcs of separate inductions.
What’s Next?
Reflecting, it’s been a great way during gym sessions, in between sets, to take some mentals notes. In between not dying, when my vision is full of the cosmos. I also want to dedicate some sessions to simply brainstorming, instead of trying to tackle several things at once. Next will likely be a plan to design a schedule for it. I know the creation of something isn’t an exact science and I should just let it come naturally, but business is picking up and I’ll need to. I think a ‘daily task list’ or a time set will be what works best for me, while allowing random commitment to happen, too.
Cheers.