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#(like does anyone even want a fic loosly based on the first jurrasic park movie that has almost all of the hq characters? or is it just me?
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I'm starting to feel burned out on writing this matsuhana childhood friends fic, as is reasonable, since I wrote 40k words in the past two weeks.
So it's break time!
I have a stack of books on my desk that I've been meaning to read (haven't read many published books lately), and I think I'll take a week or so to get through them (or maybe try to get through some of my watch list), then jump back into drafting during the last week of this month.
I am hoping to finish the first draft of this fic by my birthday (which is Jan 7th), and then I think I can do the second draft before the end of January.
All that to say, my goal for posting the first chapter of this fic is February 1st, after which I'll either post a chapter a day, or a chapter every other day, depending on various factors.
There's a (relatively high) chance that I'm asking too much of myself in setting that posting goal, since this fic will almost certainly go over 100k words (with some chapters likely to run as long as 10k words), and since I'm probably going to get burned out again by the time the first draft is done (and probably also after the second draft is done, as far as getting burned out).
But we'll see.
Like they say, it's only impossible until it's not, so might as well try.
#im actually proud of myself for recognizing that im about to hit full creative burn out and deciding to take a break#instead of trying to keep going and going like ive done in the past#theres always this part of me that is afraid of taking breaks because i might not be able to get back into what i was doing#but im realizing that a break makes it easier to finish a project in a way i can feel good about#thats some personal growth right there#anyway once im done with this fic#im going to go back through my psychic fic so i remember whats in it because ive got some bonus scenes i want to add#THEN i will FINALLY (hopefully) start drafting that bokuaka gymnastics au fic ive been putting off#would like to finish that by the end of may#because i need june july august september october and november to draft my really really really long fic (which i want to post in dec/jan)#but lowkey almost want to give up on that project (just because it will take so much time and it might not be that exciting or interesting)#(like does anyone even want a fic loosly based on the first jurrasic park movie that has almost all of the hq characters? or is it just me?#ah#looking too far into the future just makes me overwhelmed#so its better to focus on ny current project#or rather#to focus on giving myself a nice little week long writing break#if you read all of this#then hello and thanks for listening to me ramble about writing#which is my favorite thing to do aside from actually writing (and daydreaming about stories i may never write)
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