Heh, April. I had such great plans for April and then... nothing. I got some writing done, like about ten thousand words, but that's about it. So, let's talk about it. Or, I'll ramble about it and you guys will just scroll down past it if you want. This is also going to be on the <a href="http://wordsnbooks.blogspot.com/">wordsnbooks blog</a>. Plus with the March and April WriYe blog circle thingies. Maybe. We'll see. :)
First off, what is a fail month? A fail month is where you set up a list of goals and then don't really get any of them done. This can happen with any sort of path you take in life. Us writers associate it with writing, because of ya know being writers, but it could also be that you wanted to take five different hikes and you didn't get any of them done. You could call that a fail month if you wanted to if you were an avid hiker and that's what you did for your hobby / job / whatever you want to call it. Basically, you set a list of things to be done over a month and none of them get done. That's a fail month.
With April, I got some things done. I was proud of myself. And then about a week into April, I gave up on what I was trying to do. There was no good reason to do that, other than self diagnosing myself with many things, and just needing time off. Sometimes it just happens that a writer needs to just throw everything away and take time off. Pushing through will only harm yourself, even though a lot of people say to write everyday, but I'm not of that thought. I'm of the thought that if you stress yourself too much, then you will only associate stress with what you want to do. Therefore, I just left and gave myself time.
It could have also been because I was fighting with a project that didn't want to work and it went over to everything else. Like, I was trying to figure out a plot and character creation during the challenge instead of being done before the month started like I should have been. So, um, yeah, I kind of set myself up to fail as well. But I also think that I could have worked through it and done something if I wasn't wrapped up in myself and my issues. But, you know, sometimes issues are a good thing to make you take a step back and realize that something is missing. Or something is pushing against a wall and nothing is working that sometimes it is better to give up, take a breath, and find another route.
That route, for me, is to take May and June to finish up everything I've started already in 2014 / carried over from 2013. I've got a great project I'm still working on from February called Prelude to a Heart that I'd like to get done and maybe published as a novella. I've got fanfic that I'd like to get off my plate and I'd like to finish up the planning that I have for the rest of the year stuff. I might pick up a new project in June or maybe in May as a secret goal, but I'm thinking nothing new until July. That's the plan and that's my new route. Will it be successful? Only time will tell. Until next time, readers.
