Day 221.1: Skittish

[sunshowerdandelion]

• Revised some more and tried a new approach to writing (sort of): A kind of patient scene-by-scene approach, like I do with reading, where I read every word slowly. Unfortunately my brain is so skittish that this did not work and I found myself not-writing a lot. Will have to try this again tomorrow.
• I did plan a lot today! Planned the next chapter and I have the emotional beats down I think.
• The bottom line is: I have to start my 'exposure therapy' to writing skittishness! Tomorrow I'll just try to sit down and think serenely about writing, and not jump immediately to "This is bad" or "I have other things to do"

Yes, I'm being very skittish again. I have to learn to sit with my writing and not immediately think it's a massive searing pain (not a pain as in a chore but a pain as in literal pain). The times when I've written without that 'have to dash!' attitude, I turned out some really nice scenes. Tomorrow? Tomorrow.