So, today is usually when I would put out a new chapter for the book I’m writing on the blog. But, as you know from the last chapter, I was rethinking this. As you can tell from the title of this blog, I have decided to not finish What Would You Do. It is time for me to restart and rethink what I want to do with Saturday blogs. Do I want to continue using Saturdays to write stories and expand my writing? Or, do I want to leave my stories for novels to publish?
Restart and Rethink blogging
I’ll be honest, I’m considering quitting blogging. I’ve been blogging for a year and a half and it feels like I’m losing traction. People don’t read as many blogs anymore. Vlogs are more popular. People will spend hours binging YouTube videos. Some people have asked if I would try that. I’m considering it. Maybe some of you will remember that I was planning to, a while back. However, while I’m living at the hotel, I don’t want to. The reason – I would have to edit out a lot of background noise. Maybe when I move into my own place I’ll restart and rethink about vlogging vs blogging.
why quit story saturday?
I’m not sure that I want to quit Story Saturday. I like the idea of playing around with different genres on my blog, seeing what I enjoy and what I don’t. However, the reason I want to restart and rethink Story Saturday is because I was not enjoying What Would You Do. I feel like I lost what I wanted to do with the story, and it just took on a life of its own. And not in a good way. So, that is why I’m quitting that story. Will I pick up another story and write something else on this blog? Right now, I do not have an answer. My brain is filled with ideas for novels, so it’s not that I’m running dry in that regard. But, a lot of those novel ideas I want to publish, which I can’t do if I write them here.
Restart and Rethink writing
No, I’m not considering giving up my dreams of being a published author. Not again. I am still going to pursue that dream and hope for the best with it. I am beginning to think that my book might need a tad bit more work, before making it to an editor, but that’s okay. After all, I’m nowhere near having enough money for an editor right now. When I say I’m thinking I should restart and rethink writing, I mean my blogs and the style of blogs I write. I love doing book reviews, but I’ve had friends tell me they enjoy the blogs where I give updates on my life. But, what kind of updates can I write when there is literally nothing new happening in my life?
where do i go from here?
Honestly? No idea. I do enjoy writing and there is a part of me that wants to continue. But I will need to push past the discouragement. Because I paid for my website for the year, I will for sure continue blogging for the rest of the year. But I will need to think about what will happen next year. Will I renew, or will I put it down and focus on getting a new place and starting a YouTube channel? I have the rest of the year to think about it.
For now
For now I will just keep at it. I finished another book, so that book review will be coming out on Monday. Looking at my schedule for July, I’m not sure that a lot of other exciting things will be happening, so I’m not sure what else I’ll be writing. As much as I want to go hiking this summer, I might not get too much in again. But maybe I can get at least one hike in. This year won’t be full of a lot of fun activities as I try to work hard to pay off my debt. The plan that I wanted to put into motion to pay off another debt isn’t going so well, so we will see what happens. Hopefully I can pay off two more debts by the end of the year and bring the other two down a decent amount. And maybe, just maybe, I’ll get paid from blogging once this year. I’ve checked my balance and it’s still so close, yet not close enough. But I know that anything can happen if I try!
