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Writing slowed down for me this week. Work was stressful and I let it get to me. God bless my wife for being so supportive as I spiraled. I know many published authors are full-time employed and also manage to write, I aspire to be like them. This week missed the mark.

I’m into the last third of the book. This week brought me to some rising action and I’m taking a different ending than the first draft. I made promises in the early parts of this draft that need to pay off for the reader and I don’t think the first draft’s ending achieves that.

My writing group got their first taste of the new draft and seemed to enjoy it. I had some spatial consistency issues in what I sent them. Instead of writing a third draft to address problems, I plan to revise this draft a few times, perhaps even setting Adrift down for a month to come back with fresh eyes.

If you don’t know, I wake up at 5am to write every morning. Some mornings it is a productive time, others… not so much. I don’t have much other time in my day. I’ve found it difficult to focus on the craft in the evenings, though I hope to push through that and use it as another productive time.

If you are a writer, when do you write? What works best for you to be productive?

Thanks for reading!