Supposedly I lied to myself because I thought I would be submitting some of my stories to literary online journals but all I managed to do is submitted one story and that's was it. So now I'm thinking I'm too cowardly or something. I don't think it's rejection that's stopping me.
It would be nice if someone would take my stories and do the editing and the submitting because I certainly don't seem to be doing it. And I have a hard time deciding which stories to submit considering most of them I can't submit. (Sadly, most online journals do not accept stories that had been posted on your blog - that is considered published. And some have so much requirements that I'm not qualified.)
In terms of writing and pretty much all my projects, I am constantly putting off what I can finish right away. For some odd reason, I seem to be waiting for something but I don't know what.
I think it's due to lack of motivation that I haven't submitted more stories or finish writing them. I'm not as motivated as before. I keep procrastinating thinking I'll get back to it. But of course if you keep procrastinating you'll probably never get to finish anything. But I think finish/do what you can and worry about the rest later but maybe that's another form of procrastination - you think later but there seems to be no later. I don't know where the motivation went. But hopefully, motivation will find me again or I'll find it somehow.
What do you do when you can't find that motivation? Do you like procrastinating?
I can give you a hand with editing if you like! As for motivation, alas, I lack it myself for most things, so I have none to spare 😉.
ReplyDeleteRoberta: Thank you for the offer. I might just take you up on it. It's hard get back that motivation but I'll keep trying.
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Unfortunately, and especially in the past, procrastination was something that characterized me!
ReplyDeleteI think I was missing some kind of reward for what I did and the confidence that I was doing something worthwhile (my writing is certainly not wow, but I'm working on it). Lately, I've been working on this a lot and I think something has changed... Very good questions, Lisa, they got me thinking and asking questions...
Katerina: Missing some kind of award? I suppose it would be nice if we work hard, we get award to keep us going.
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I am a terrible procrastinator. It's funny, because as a teen I was always on top of everything.
ReplyDeleteJamie: I guess it's rare to have that energy or drive we have as a kid, I certainly couldn't find it again.
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Stop overthinking and just WRITE!!! Just DO it! I put off the writing thing for years while WIP filled up my desk. Finally, my critique group challenged me to submit something--anything! And I did. It didn't sell but the next project did. 80 sales later . . .
ReplyDeleteNancy Gideon: Good advice but it's hard to do. I don't know why I kept thinking when I should be writing. And yes, it would be good to have a critique group but kind of hard to find and decide who's advice to trust.
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Procrastination - yeah! I'm so familiar with that. Every day I think: tomorrow. And then tomorrow comes, and .... :(
ReplyDeleteOlga Godim: It's hard to stop yourself from procrastination. But I'm trying all the time to break that cycle...
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Find some critique partners who can help with editing or recommend a reasonable editor. And those stories you already published on your site - can you rework them to be something new?
ReplyDeleteL. Diane Wolfe: I'm not sure I can redo those stories already on blog but I'll think about it. Good advices. Thank you.
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procrastination is my middle name right now. I hope to shed it, but it's tough times.
ReplyDeleteCharlotte: I hope you'll shed that middle name as well. I hope to do the same.
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