It's hard to figure out how to describe what I'm doing when I decide to stop working on Guardians every day and just write every day. (Hence the title of this post, there's no pretty or clever way to say it.) That isn't to say that I won't continue to work on Guardians (it's my unfinished pride and joy) but that I'm going to write new stuff as well. Throughout my day I'm talking to my friends, going places, and reading books. Everything gives me ideas and every time I get one I say to myself, "I want to write about that," but then it ends up getting shelved because I'm working on Guardians. Occasionally an idea fits into the Guardians plot but in reality every piece of magic can't fit into one story--that would be way too confusing.
So most days, instead of adding new parts to Guardians, I'll actually get to work on these ideas. There won't be any outlines in my way and I won't have to worry about character development or keeping my plot consistent. It'll be back to basics, ink and paper (welcome to more cliches) and fun. I write to create other worlds, to escape within my imagination and I don't want to limit myself. And then, when I do return to Guardians for a day or two I'll have a new outlook and give it true life.
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