I'm coming down from a writing binge. Last Saturday I just sat on my bed and wrote. And wrote. And wrote. 17,500 words, 40 pages, and 12 hours of writing. Amazing productivity, but I didn't really finish until 3:30 in the morning, and here you wake up at 6:30 because of birds and the mosque's call to prayer. I did manage to roll over, wake up at nine, and then polish of an addition 4,000 words I think the next day. And then, just for kicks, I've been working on audio recording some of my stories. 8 total now. All very short of course, only one is longer than 15 min, but they take a while to record and edit. And I find myself having to wait awhile as a gari goes jingling pass between paragraphs.
I've always kinda had a pattern of writing like this, but not so extreme and it's amazing how productive I can turn a day into.
Sorta.
I kinda ignored working out, washing clothes/dishes, researching for my CENA, or reading stuff Peace Corps gave me. But it was such a nice mental high, working on writing and having things just flow. I've had a couple of idea come to me, but haven't given them much words yet. This was just completing up two short stories and it feels wonderful to have them done.
I wanted to write a novel while here, if I binge quarterly like this, maybe I can write three.
I've always kinda had a pattern of writing like this, but not so extreme and it's amazing how productive I can turn a day into.
Sorta.
I kinda ignored working out, washing clothes/dishes, researching for my CENA, or reading stuff Peace Corps gave me. But it was such a nice mental high, working on writing and having things just flow. I've had a couple of idea come to me, but haven't given them much words yet. This was just completing up two short stories and it feels wonderful to have them done.
I wanted to write a novel while here, if I binge quarterly like this, maybe I can write three.
I love being in that zone where everything just flows well. It's always a surprised when you see how much you've done. I'm glad you've still got time to write!
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