Rainy Days are Meant for Writing 🌧️🖋️ A Little Ivywood Writing Update

Writing Updates

Jul 6

Written By Makayla Love

WIP Title: Little Ivywood

Genre: Dark Fantasy but inspired by Cozy Fantasy. So like, a Dark Fantasy / Cozy Fantasy hybrid?

Today’s Word Count: 2,164 Words

Total words: 9,382 words

Fictional Accomplishments: Finally got chapter 4 started. I’ve been putting it off and putting it off because I didn’t know how to introduce the next part of the book, but a few days ago I figured out a way—only to realize I didn’t quite know how to start. Then from there it kind of snowballed and I got to a point where I couldn’t just keep thinking about it anymore, I had to just start and see where it took me. I get into this bad habit where I feel like I have to figure out every tiny detail before I move forward, even when I know good and well that it doesn’t work that way and sometimes the only way out is through.

I’m really excited to keep pushing through this particular project. I feel like this one is coming really easy to me, and that makes me a little bit uneasy because I feel like I’m doing it wrong. But this is the first draft, and I’m going at it with my whole heart. Anything that needs fixed can be worried about later during the editing phase. Right now we’re just going to have to power through this urge to go back and make sure I’m not doing it wrong. But also, like, I’ve re-read some of it and I really enjoy it. Yeah, some stuff will need help but overall I think it’s pretty good.

Real Life Accomplishments: Frankly, the act of writing at all is a pretty big accomplishment today in-of itself. I didn’t get much sleep at all last night (which is fine, because I need to reboot my sleep schedule anyway, and one sleepy day wouldn’t hurt me) so today I’ve just been feeling pretty blah. I’ve been watching anime all day with Wednesday, then we went and tried to take a little nap. Then a little bit ago it started storming like crazy! Super high winds and just absolute sheets of rain! Honestly it was actually the perfect writing vibe and might be why I got way more done than I thought I was going to, considering how exhausted I am from not having slept.