It’s true what they say. What do they say you ask? They say that if you stop doing something you get bad at it. I find it a terribly fantastic thing, how universal this theme is. It is everywhere. If you don’t practice it, it gets harder. Nothing is more true when it comes to writing.

Days off are killers. Write something everyday. Even if it is painful, even if it is a god awful peace of crap. Had a long day? Write. Got free time? Why not write? It’s what i am going to have to get back to. I have to make time for writing now, and it is really hard. What I am finding out is that if I don’t write, at least something every day, the days that I do have a chance to do some serious work are tremendously tedious. I am brushing up against all the days I haven’t written a thing. It would be like a weight lifter going out and lifting for 2 hours without working out for months. It’s just not smart.

What happens is you get antsy. You know you have limited time and you should be writing but you can’t seem to get a grip on anything. Like all the ideas you’ve had all week, all the prep work for a script is dead, or meaningless. Its a sinking feeling. Something I do not like. I aim to fix this. I am to write. I am to work around the job I have to do to get better at the job I want to do. I will not let it kill what I am.