THE WEEKLY BREW: Momentum

I sort of lost momentum a little bit last week. I took 3 days off, so that sort of ate into my productivity.

The good news is I’ve finally started drafting the folk horror novella! I don’t think I’ll get it done by the end of July as I intended. It’s more likely it will be the end of August. Which kind of annoys me 🙂

I’ve slowly been trying to get back to my intention of working on multiple projects at various stages at the same time (1. Outlining. 2. Writing. 3. Revising). But it…never quite works out for me.

I tend to make a little progress here and there but I feel like I don’t see noticeable movement on any one thing. Right now, I’m finishing final revisions on the sequel to The Bone Key and I’ve moved from outlining/zero drafting to writing the novella. Once the novel is done, I want to add in a new project – outlining another novella so it’s ready to go when I’m done drafting this one.

But every time I attempt this I’m torn…

1. Would it be better to focus on 1 project at a time to get it done more quickly?
2. Or should I keep pecking away little bits of multiple projects?

My Current Schedule

I try to make my Main Project my priority (at least 3 days a week of work). Right now, that’s the novella. Then, I have 1 day of my Secondary Project (in this case, finishing revisions).

Everything else…classes I’m taking, admin stuff (promo, newsletters etc), Patreon content (since my paid supporters deserve the perks they’re paying for) – all of that gets shoved into 1 full day. But honestly…there’s a lot of admin! It never fits into 1 day – so I end up doing some of those tasks during my mornings…which spill over into the afternoons…and end up eating into my other projects.

I also make it a point to take weekends off. I didn’t used to, but it’s important, both for my mental health and my creative spark.

What Works For You?

Are you a multi-tasker? Do you work on multiple big projects at once, or just focus on one until it’s done?

I’ve been at this a while…but it doesn’t really seem like my mind works well with splitting my focus. Any tips? Or do you think it’s time I tried something new?