Recently, I have kind of been resenting the days that I have scheduled myself to write non-fiction, and I think that’s encouraging. It’s because I want to get back to my fiction. I’m in the stage now where I’m really excited about my story and want to get back into that world all of the time, which is where I want to be.
But at the same time, now that I have started this non-fiction book, I do want to see it through. If I put it aside partway through, then I do not know when I’ll get back to it and, when I do, I’ll probably lose a ton of time in catching back up to where I was in the writing process. So, I’m going to keep it going.
I’m also going to let that resentment drive me to not waste any time when I do have the opportunity to work on my fiction project. I find that I always work better when I have that pressure that comes from scarcity of time. If I have all the time in the world, I waste it.
Pressure might not make diamonds in my case, but at least it’s going to make stuff come together.
In the meantime, the non-fiction is crawling forward, section-by-section!