A week ago I posted that my plan was to write ten pages a week on my story, Vali's Tale. As of this moment I have written ... one paragraph. Yep, not a productive week for me. Now I could say that part of the reason was that I spent time this week getting my Rosary section running (I'm still working on two sets of Mysteries), or that it was because we were out of power for the entire day on Tuesday, or because of the several events we attended because this was the week of Independence Day, but the truth is that my lack of writing is because I downloaded the Legendary version of Skyrim to my computer and I have almost no self-control.
Instead of creating my own fantasy story, I have spent most of my week in Skyrim dealing with their Dawnguard expansion story (and no, I won't play as the vampire lord). Again, I would like to blame external forces. It has been difficult writing in the mornings now that my sons have rediscovered the gaming systems attached to the TV in our "office." Listening to Mario or Zelda music is not that conducive to writing (yet I manage to play Skyrim through it).
Even when I forced myself to sit down with the document open for over an hour, I just stared at my writer's block. The problem? Vali doesn't have shoes (or undergarments for that matter) and he wouldn't want to steal in (them) front of Orean. It's a ridiculous problem that can be easily solved, but all I could think of was Skyrim.
As my wife reminded me, I need to set Skyrim playing as a reward for having completed writing (and better writing than what the paragraph I wrote turned out to be). We'll see how things go next week.
Instead of creating my own fantasy story, I have spent most of my week in Skyrim dealing with their Dawnguard expansion story (and no, I won't play as the vampire lord). Again, I would like to blame external forces. It has been difficult writing in the mornings now that my sons have rediscovered the gaming systems attached to the TV in our "office." Listening to Mario or Zelda music is not that conducive to writing (yet I manage to play Skyrim through it).
Even when I forced myself to sit down with the document open for over an hour, I just stared at my writer's block. The problem? Vali doesn't have shoes (or undergarments for that matter) and he wouldn't want to steal in (them) front of Orean. It's a ridiculous problem that can be easily solved, but all I could think of was Skyrim.
As my wife reminded me, I need to set Skyrim playing as a reward for having completed writing (and better writing than what the paragraph I wrote turned out to be). We'll see how things go next week.
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