Squirrel

One of my struggles as a writer is making sure I stay focused on the story I’m writing. Whatever do you mean by that, you ask. Remember the book I worked on earlier this year, the first in a series? I found my thoughts returning to it last night while The Wife and I watched a television show. Something clicked in my brain and I started thinking about the story I’d been writing, how it seemed okay but needed that extra oomph, and a way I could improve it tremendously. Which isn’t going to happen anytime soon. I’m still working on the sequel to First and not even halfway through writing it yet. I have to keep my eyes on that goal and then I can come back to this idea for a series. I don’t know how much other writers struggle with this, but I suspect it’s more than a few. In my head, I have ideas bouncing around in there constantly. .Sometimes too many. It’s a good problem to have, I suppose. You’ve heard the phrase, “discipline of writing”? Sometimes it truly is a discipline, where routine, self-denial, and consistency, are key. And so onward I go, continuing the story I’m now telling, with more waiting in the wings.