Posted 28 Jun 2016 editing
Most days I really enjoy reading back over what I've written. But not all days. Sunday I sat down to continue my editing work, and something was off. I was in a strange place (we were visiting friends), I was distracted, I was pre-coffee, and I knew there was a long car ride ahead of me later in the morning (without A/C, as that gave out on the way down the day before). So maybe it was just a perfect storm of mental niggles. Anyway, when I opened my manuscript and started editing, I didn't like anything I read back over. I did work at it for a bit but once I recognized that my inner critic was in a serious funk, I shut it down until I could come back at it with a better attitude. But that cloud is still hanging over me, possibly because I still have issues with my desk set up (I am in the process of moving my area to a different surface in the office). I've been just going back and making very objective edits whenever this mood strikes me, just to do something. But I need to get my mojo back. That doesn't mean I'm going to WAIT until I have my mojo back to keep writing. I'm going to change the situations I can control, and keep writing. KEEP WRITING. The inner critic will cheer up or shut up, and in the meantime, I will write. Write. WRITE.