Slow

It’s just slow.

There’s no beating around the bush.

Progress on Stand-off is currently at the kind of pace comparable to that of a slug, limpet, nudibranch or a mollusc i.e not very fast at all. This is mainly my fault as I am often distracted by the shiny pretty objects on the internet whilst writing, which has led me to turn Airport off on my MacBook on numerous occasions, so that perhaps I could maybe do some writing instead? Pretty please?

But no.

It is why I love Scrivener and its full screen mode. Green on black. It is a fantastic means to disconnect everything else and turn your brain into writing mode. Don’t get me wrong: it doesn’t always work, and anything involved research is a touch restrictive until you turn wireless back on and THEN suddenly you’re back on the forums on Eurogamer.net, wasting your life away reading mucho important posts such as:

‘Random rants that don’t warrant their own threads’ thread.

Sigh.

Tonight is a good example of me trying to write, and failing. Life’s distractions (good in the form of my lovely girlfriend, bad in the form of utterly random web browsing) insist on getting in the way of me and my story. I wish I were more determined, or more focused, or more attentive. All of these things elude me whilst I write, which makes completing a story all the more impressive and satisfying.

My last novelette, Warp Factory, took nearly 7 years, numerous re-writes, plottings, three abandonments, 2 years of denial before I finally tortured into a form I’m finally happy with. Whilst I love that story without condition, it definitely highlights a major weakness with how I write – with no solution at hand.