2024 Writing Wrap-up!

Wow! 2024 has come and gone and I did not plan on being away from my blog for this long. 2024 was kind of a rough year all around, however, I got a good start to my writing and was able to crank out three novellas this year, woohoo! The reason I am so happy about that is because 2024 was just not going to plan. Not that I even had a lot of plans for the year, however, the ones I did have were not coming to fruition. But in the final third of the year, I was able to buckle down, find the fun again, and spit out three stories in a month. So, excuse me while I happy dance.



Then unfortunately, because I worked my poor little brain so hard, I instantly experienced burnout and completely shut down lol. So, for the final two months of the year, I wrote a total of 0 words.



It's my own fault really for getting started on my writing goals so late in the year. I experienced a lot of sadness and depressive episodes, imposter syndrome, and an overall lack of motivation to do anything outside of my day job in 2024. When the final months of the year were creeping up, I took stock of my year and some kind of way found the part of me deep down inside that didn't want to finish the year in this state. So, I sought out my old comforts, started getting back into the things that I used to love and never stopped loving, did my best at letting go of the anxiety and pressure to be an amazing writer and just...had fun.

I was able to write three of my shorter stories and 31k words of a fantasy/fairytale story I had been plotting off and on throughout the year. That is a total of 94,745 words! That is more words than I have ever written in a single year for my stories. And seeing as though I have not written anything other than a few random scenes in my head for the past 5 years, amounting to only a few thousand words each, it's no wonder I burnt out immediately.

Suffice to say, I am proud of myself. Did 2024 go as planned? No. Not at all. But even when years are not going as planned, I still end up accomplishing goals I've set for myself. So it was really hitting me hard that I hadn't been accomplishing my goals for the past few years. And since writing is so important to me, I was putting a whole lot of pressure on myself which only added to my depressive episodes and lack of desire to do anything.

Anyway! Hooray to kicking sadness to the curb and finally getting something done. Hopefully sadness will stay away for a while because she really be getting my nerves sometimes.



So, in terms of my writing, am I happy with what I accomplished? 

Yes. Yes, I am. 94,745 words is no small feat. Three full novellas/novelettes, and the beginning of a full length novel is great writing progress. I am happy that I took the writing advice of writing shorter stories as a way to kick my writing back into gear. It worked for me.

What are my goals for 2025? I haven't really made them yet and I don't think I am going to. For one thing, it doesn't feel like a new year. I'm one of those people that long for the old calendar from hundreds of years ago where March was considered the new year. I swear, when I found this out, so many things mentally snapped into place for me and made so much sense! Seriously, why is our new year in the middle of Winter when everything is either dead or well on its way to death? Why isn't the new year when the earth is waking up and blooming again?? I've wondered this for so long until I finally found out a couple years ago that Spring indeed used to be considered the new year. So, although it is technically the new year according to our present day calendars, mentally/emotionally/internally, the new year has not come for me yet. Maybe I should start planning my writing goals according to the seasons lol.

Anyway, I want to continue having fun, and having strict writing goals towards potential publication were only contributing to my writing anxiety and self-inflicted pressure. So, my only goal with my writing this year is to continue having fun. If I can write three more novellas, yay. If not, no worries. Just keep writing.

So, cheers to having another great writing year 🥂



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