So, I’m doing a double up again because I didn’t do my reflection last Sunday and didn’t think it worth writing one on Monday and so just post-poned it. The last fortnight has been busy-busy with returning to work (at double the hours I was doing) and starting the final semester of my degree. It has also bee stressful because I’ve been having to think about what I’ll be doing after my degree. Things like my financial position, finding a new place with just my partner and so on and so forth. Adult things for the future that I need to be aware of or planning for now. Here’s hoping that 2021 is kinder to everyone than 2020 has been. Let’s craft a good path for next year.

I’ve been spending a lot of my writing time working on The Other-Eighths, the one that I posted my notes on earlier this week. I haven’t done so much actual writing but more world-building. I’m more in love with the concept than the characters at the moment and so am just building the skeleton before I start putting flesh on it, which is not what I usually do and so it does kind of feel like I’m not getting anywhere. If I added the amount of words in my notes to the amount of words written, I might have been close to my targets. I’ve been saying it for months, but I will be officially dropping my targets to half starting from tomorrow to make sure that I’m hitting realistic goals while I focus on this last semester.

I have, however, written more this month than the previous two. Yay.

Currently, my targets for the fortnight are at:

• 6,598 / 20,000 for “Personal Writing”
• 8,649 / 10,000 for “Professional Writing”

This coming week will be spent writing Cover Letters for my internship applications. I was meant to be doing that this weekend but I haven’t received the green light from my supervisor yet and so I have to wait for that. I have a lot to do this semester and as long as I don’t stuff anything up, I’ll be able to graduate at the end of the year. What happens to me after that, I don’t really know. The plan is to become an established adult that isn’t stuck in a job that I hate or is at least on the career path that I want to be on.

That’s my Writing Reflection for the fortnight starting the 13th July 2020.