*I was not happy with how I was working and what I was working on. I tried to get all those thoughts down to help organize the way I think and figure out, as the title suggests, a new path forward. These are short bursts of thought, leading to a bigger revelation.*

*Note: Copied over from Morning Pages journal vol. 14, personal journal vol. 11, dated 9.22.2024*

Hello and good morning.

I wonder how much I could write if stuck to one project and followed through…

No. Seriously.

There’s so many ideas, so many stories, so many things I want to write (file this under the Classic Bob Journal Entry “Things Other More Talented Writers Have Already Talked About in Great Length”), that it can be overwhelming.

And scary.

And makes me wonder, constantly, if I’m working on the right thing. So, let’s define what it means to be the “right thing” because that’s pretty open-ended. Define it. Give yourself a goal.

Okay. I want to become a published novelist/author/writer who, primarily, writes middle grade or, I suppose occasionally, YA books, to earn a living. Other writing can come of that later (comics or non-fiction, I’ll say), but for now, it’s this. Make money writing middle grade and young adult books.

This means, for the time being, the stuff I write should focus around that. Other types of writing can come about naturally, but this is the driving force. The secret sauce. The gas. The fuel.

The stories I write should be, for now (keyword) in the pursuit of making this dream a reality.

Phew. Okay.

That feels good.

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