Status Updates From Writing Fiction Step by Step

I wish I had more time; to complete the exercises; to write the stories; to respect the work that this author has put into this fine book. Next time.

A good book is like a duvet over the head of a person trying to sleep through sunrise. Yeah, metaphors and similes and images can be bought as cheaply as that.

Excellent chapters on dialogue and voice. Again, they have influenced my current project, but in good and helpful ways.

Getting the hang of skimming over this material more lightly and yet still learning what I need to. Still bothered by thoughts of plans for my next piece of writing, but I think that the idea is coalescing and stabilising now. Writing down the key points of my thoughts helps. Yeah, I know; not much of this is going to make sense to you. Soz.

Can't stop thinking about what I'm supposed to be writing as I read this book. It's giving me too many ideas and taking the focus away from the one pure heart of my story: salvation through struggle. Is that a thing, though?

Why won't they just let me read!!