Hi everyone,
Almost time for an end-month wrap up. But before the usual posting occurs, I wanted to bring something said in another thread here because I feel it is the type of topic best explored here.
This topic of concern is something that many of us deal with and often unfairly beat ourselves up over.
Using myself as an example here, this past week has been hard for me … word count, I am only showing a few thousand words, but what does not show with the metrics is that I did a bunch of structural and mechanics work.
This work will allow my future self to write faster and more productively, but present me feels like the time spent this week was wasted.
My suggestion is to take a step back during these times and realize that “writing” and “game development” is not always a measurable endeavor.
Research, pondering, and even taking breaks as necessary are all parts of being a “real” writer and word count is not always going to tell the entire tale of your writing and scripting.