MLemus
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Week 4 of 4
MLemus commits to:
Write 1-2 scenes a day until I finish the outline. I have 40 scenes left to write. I will report weekly (Fridays) and submit the finished scenes of the week to my Referee. Every week I should have 5-10 scenes written. My hope is that I will write more than that, but I am keeping the goal low to set myself up for success. The final deadline for the COMPLETED Outline will be Sept. 23. Then I will have it proofread and send out for feedback.
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My Commitment Journal
 MLemus
September 21, 2022, 8:44 PM
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| Ok, the last two weeks were rough. I only wrote the bare minimum of scenes. 5 scenes the week before. 6 scenes last week. But Andrew reminded me that I'm further along than I was a month ago. That was a really great perspective shift that helped me not get too negative. I have my excuses for why I wasn't able to be as productive as I hoped and some of them are pretty valid. It was a pretty heavy emotional couple of weeks dealing with personal stuff, but I still would've liked to have been able to put that aside and get more done. Regardless, this week is my final week and I'm supposed to finish the ENTIRE outline by Friday. That means close to 30 freaking scenes. In a week. But i'm sick of not meeting my deadlines so I started this week determined AF. I had a pretty open schedule and so I just fucking wanted to do it. No excuses. Monday I wrote 6 scenes in 2 hours. Yesterday, I wrote 8 FUCKING SCENES in about 2.5 hours. Today is Wednesday at 1:30 and I just wrote 2 big scenes in the past hour and a half. And I have the rest of the afternoon to rip through some more. This fucking out line WILL get done. I started the week with just breaking it down to a goal of 5 scenes a day. It was so helpful to add markers in the outline doc itself so I could see how close I was to the goal. I think there's a couple things at play that are helping me be such a writing machine. Last weekend, I hung out with Linda and we had such a good check in and she gave me such great positive feedback that helped me work through some of my negative beliefs about myself as a writer. I also had to write one scene to meet my deadline by midnight and so at 11pm I busted out my laptop and she gave me some tough love to get it done and I ended up writing two scenes by letting go of stress. I went in thinking I would just write some bad scenes, but I ended up enjoying the process and liking what I wrote. So it was really helpful to just see what I can do when I stop complaining. Second thing is that I've started taking some medication for my depression. And I'm not sure if it's fully kicked in yet, but I feel like this week I'm having less trouble with focus. Maybe it's all the things. I let myself rest over the weekend and I started with a real clear intent for my days so I can meet this deadline. Also, a hard deadline is always going to help a procrastinator. So there's that. Anyway, I'm feeling fucking great. I KNOW I'm going to get this done by Friday. Not just because I have to, but because I really, REALLY want to. I can't wait to finish this fucking thing. | |
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LindaYvette
September 7, 2022, 11:06 PM
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| You got thiiiiiiis! Proud of you. Remember, one step at a time. Forget everyone and everything else and just have fun on the page. :) Excited to see how far you get this week! | |
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MLemus
September 3, 2022, 5:07 AM
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| Adding a photo as proof that I wrote today. | |
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MLemus
September 3, 2022, 5:03 AM
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| I just delivered 7 new scenes to Andrew. 6 new scenes and then I rewrote the opening scene. I think its a way better opening. I have to give myself props for my productivity this week. I had a lot of meetings, but I set up my Focusmates where I could. An hour here. 30 minutes there. It all added up. As for the writing itself, I'm finding it very hard not to go back and rewrite old scenes, but I gave in to that one scene cuz I just had a dope idea. I'm also seeing structural problems/holes as I'm getting into the second act. I'm trying not to let them stop me from digging into these scenes. Regardless, I'm really enjoying writing these scenes. One scene in particular brought me to tears. Is that too much information? Idk. I'm trying to let myself actually use this journal more freely. I never utilized this feature in my previous commitments, but knowing that some of the homies might be reading this and tracking this journey with me is helping to motivate me to stay focused. I also cut two beats that I realized were repetitive. I anticipate I'll be doing some more of that as I go (and probably adding new ones). But hopefully just cutting so that I can get to the end faster. Last thought I'll share is that next week I will be spending in a cabin in Big Bear alone. I have no calls on my calendar for 3 days. It's a miracle. I'm going to try and be a writing machine. I wrote 15 scenes in a week before. I really wanna try and get a big ass chunk done next week so I can get to the end of this goal ahead of schedule. BUT I'm not gonna focus on that because that's when I start to overwhelm myself and then I don't do anything at all. If any of y'all are reading this, please text me positive thoughts of encouragement this next week. It would be greatly appreciated. | |
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Marvin has succeeded this week in keeping his hard earned cash from the proto-fascists!! 5 new scenes (quality!) and great perseverance despite having to evacuate from the wildfires. Really proud of the progress and excited to dig in creatively!
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By the power vested in me, as the official referee…I declare this report successful!!
Marvin has kept his hard earned cash out of the hands of white supremacists. Let us all rejoice!!
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