I've started up on a writing habit I had when I first started trying to get short stories published. Simultaneously writing several things at once. While my brain always has different ideas spinning around, I have been trying to write them down as notes while focusing on the big project at hand. With four things due by March 1st, I thought I would give multitasking a try again.
My main reason for this is that I keep stumbling into holes where I don't quite know what will happen next. So instead of puttering around, I will work on one of the other stories. It tends to work very well in the beginning for me. I just have to make sure I'm focused on the right plot at the right time.
When I last tried this a few months ago, I ended up writing a story where the fantasy world of Esther, Bryan, and Thomas clashed with the historical world of Scarlet and Colby. In my opinion, it's a fun bit and maybe a good extra to throw into one of the published books or post here one of these days. However, it doesn't really help me get anything done with the pressing deadlines.
Most of the time, I end up mixing up the names of people and locations. It's not the worst thing in the world, but I have to be careful about fixing it. People's genders tend to change too. If it proves too troublesome, I'll go back to writing one thing at a time.
I still have a the list of projects prioritized. It might make me sound stingy, but I want to make sure the stories that will pay hundreds get sent before the ones that pay twenty. Yes, I want to get all of them finished and published everywhere. Sometimes though, you need to stop yourself from getting too overworked. I have not been very good at that so far.
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