artlesstumbles replied to your post: Keep reading
I feel this way a lot too and mostly try to ignore it. With varying degrees of success.
That honestly seems like the best thing I can do at this point -- sort of anticipate I’ll likely feel this way, acknowledge it when it happens, and try to move on.
semper-ama replied to your post:[[MOR] I’m torn between feeling badly that I...
If you’re doing between 2k and 4k in a day, you’re doing reaaalllyyy well. I know I consider 2k a really good day, personally. Obviously it’s different for everyone, but I definitely don’t think you shouldn’t feel guilty for not writing more!
I appreciate that! Basically my writing process goes through cycles and changes up semi-frequently (the trend I mentioned is for the last week and a half). I think if I wrote, say, 1k a day fairly consistently, it would feel easier to feel sanguine about that output. But as it is, I always feel like there could be a less-productive period or a dry spell coming up, so I get that whole, “why am I not striking more while the damn iron is hot?” impulse. And then, if I’m writing 3k in one day, why not 4k, huh? Etc., etc.
I don’t know. It’s also probably due to the fact that I function mostly on guilt and thoughts about making coffee and baking too much.