Editing

      I am not sure if you have noticed, but this blog is sloppy. And that is not by design, but it is a deliberate choice. The goal here is to write and share. That’s it. The quality and cleanliness of the posts are not my concern. I don’t want to say the perfect is the enemy of the good, because that is not the issue. The issue is moving from “I want to do this” to “I am doing this.”

      I have pushed out at least a post day everyday this week. I am getting it done. Once I get to a point where I am writing several posts a day instead of just trying to get anything up, then I will start to take time to edit and refine the words. Once I am in the flow and this feels easy, or at least feels like a habit, or an addiction, then I will start thinking about my form and style.

      Editing is phase 3 at the earliest, we are still at phase 1. I wish there was some sort of couch to 5k for writing, so I am using this as that. Every post you’ve seen here so far are my “I beat the couch” runs. It sucks being at that stage of this process. The only way past it is through. The only way to get to the next phase is to write enough. When enough miles have been run I can think about a 10k, and then maybe a half and then maybe a marathon.

      There is so much I want to write. The novel is in there, the short story series has already started. And there is still more in my head I want to get out. It won’t happen without a crap ton of effort. And much like my run today was not perfect, it was good. I did my miles, at an acceptable speed. So this post is not perfect, but it is good. It is productive and moves me closer to where I want to be.

      I apologize for the typos, the skipped words because my brain runs faster than my hands, for the paragraphs that don’t flow, for the improper sourcing, the rambling, and inconsistencies. I apologize for the poorly thought our arguments. I apologize for the awful ideas and premises. But I will not apologize to Pluto. Fuck Pluto.

      My promise to you is that these posts will stay poorly edited. Poorly formatted, terrible sourced, and just a sloppy mess of words until it no longer is. Beyond that the only mission is spew forth my drivel as consistently as possible. Left, write, repeat.

      I also promise to try and minimize the meta bullshit. It will be hard, I’ve spent a lifetime stuck in my own head over thinking and over analyzing every stupid little thing. But never doing. Posts like this are like a cheat code, but I really want to use that cheat as little as possible. I will also use the cheez-it font for as long as it amuses me.