Ahhh, so writing is supposed to be a slow process...

Measuring it in human years is beginning to be frustrating; perhaps I was meant to write stories for the trees.

I picked up a project started over a year ago and found it very difficult to get into the proper mindset. That bothered me... at the time the project was very important to me. I wonder if I'm bothered that I can't seem to get back into it, if it's because it is no longer important to me and should be.

Perplexing.

I read once that the best writing exercise you can do is to just write. Everyday. I wonder if this would count. You also have to be willing to "kill your children." That had a lot of loaded meanings. Such as not everything you write will be finished, or published or that the publishing process may force you to change you work in ways you would not have preferred. I suppose it is the "adult" transition of writing as a hobby and writing as a profession.

There are a number of types of writing I have sworn off without trying as well. Such as column writing. In my mind it was too contractual, too restrictive, not creative enough. But is any of that true or different from what I believe I would prefer. Would a publisher not try and put contracts or pressure in place for new books? Would the scope or plot of my story not restrict itself in some ways? Isn't any work of literature only as creative as it's author and not the subject? I know I certainly have plenty of opinions to voice.

Food for thought; perhaps writing here more often will keep my brain from starving.