A short novel is fine
I started writing on my WIP Tami again and that’s nice.
I realised I stressed myself with it a bit because I wanted it to become a novel. I mean a proper, long one. But somehow and without consciously realising it, that goal made me procrastinate. I didn’t touch it for weeks. I mean it makes sense, I guess. I see it now. The goal seemed far away, so much more I had to write. It was demotivating.
I don’t remember how I came to the wild realisation, but at some point, I did: It doesn't have to be long. I can just write a short novel (again). Duh?
And suddenly I sit down and started writing. Without the too big words-goal in my head I felt like I already wrote quite a lot, actually (like 9000 words). There are some holes in the story I still need to fill, but it’s not that much. At that day I wrote 3000 more words in an excited, soft flow. I still like this story a lot, it was so easy to write. It was just joy. How it should be. Now I actually feel capable of finishing this book and not give up. That’s good.
And yes, I would like to write a long novel at some point. That would be very cool. But maybe that’s just not how I tell a story. Maybe that is rather something that I want to have done, not want to do. Maybe, again, a rather simple and short way of writing is more fun for me and comes more naturally. That’s fine.
Why push things that don't have wheels. (Is that a saying? In German, it's not.)