That ugly monster has reared its head once again and I find myself attempting, at all costs, to quell its horrific power. What is that monster’s name? Procrastination.

I don’t even have any reason not to be writing for the last few days. For my comic book, Omega Children, I have already written out, with dialogue, all of the events that need to take place. The only thing left is to panel it out in a cohesive and interesting way. The problem is that getting myself to actually sit in that computer chair to begin the process is so daunting.

What are good ways to fight this beast? I think the biggest issues tends to be that of gaining dopamine that doesn’t come from an outside observer. There must be a way that people push through with their work despite not having third parties read said work on a near constant basis. I try to push my work out to trusted individuals in a staggered manner so that there can be a near constant influx of feedback that keeps dopamine, and spirits, high. That well still dries, though, and I think the end product needs to just be achieved regardless of any outside meddling. It’s just a very hard thing to do.

I’ve also heard that writing through writers block is also something that you have to do. Maybe that also works with general motivation as well. I am writing this despite not feeling the need to, hopefully as an attempt to just keep writing until writing becomes interesting again to me.

I really don’t want to stop this. I’m five issue drafts into a 7 issue arc and there is no reason I shouldn’t be able to finish this.