By
Scott D. Parker
Well, I’m back at it. After I accidentally broke my streak,
I frankly took some time off from writing. Yeah, yeah, I know I shouldn’t have,
but it’s my choice. No deadlines, no contracts, I’m just writing for the love
of writing and, as December edged to January, the love started to fade. Yes, I
showed up every day and some days were better than others, but I wanted the
break.
I read more, I thought about the story I was stuck on less,
and didn’t regret the breakage at all. Yes, the guy I’ll be on 31 December 2014
will curse my past self because 2014 will not be a 365-day writing year, but
I’ll get over it.
A funny thing happened, however. The inner urge to write
began to assert itself. I found that I missed the daily writing sessions, even
if I wasn’t exporting very many good words each day. What started out in 2013
as an experiment (How many days in a row can I write?) morphed, over time, into
a habit. I have the habit of writing in my internal hard drive and I found that
I not only wanted to write but needed to as well. It’s a nice feeling to have.
I only started up again on Texas Independence Day (i.e., 2
March) so I’m not that far along, but I’m already aiming at a new number: 256.
That’s one day more than my previous writing. If my calculations are correct,
sometime on 13 November, I’ll have a new streak in place.
Actually, I already do: 6. And I’m happy with it. You know why?
Progress.
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