davetheanalyzer

I managed some socializing on my town’s anniversary. My brother told me someone wanted to talk to me about writing. When I met her, she revealed she was part of my library’s writing group but hadn’t appeared during while I joined because she was busy and exhausted. Despite a bit of reluctance on my part, it was engaging. We talked about a lot of writing-related stuff and that she usually does nonfiction. I was heartened to hear that apparently I’m engaging well with other members and their submissions, which’s something I’ve at times worried about. I left the conversation after fifteen or twenty minutes since I just got back from a walk and needed to sit down but it was encouraging. I can hold a conversation with a distant acquaintance or a random stranger. Hopefully, there’ll be more opportunities I can find where I can do it again and ease with talking with people, which I find I have to put more effort in and doesn’t just happen. I guess that’s the thing when you’re introverted and autistic. You have to put effort in socializing. I heard it can be exhausting for extroverts too but I guess that’s the accepted price for connecting with others.

I also tried to stick to my sleep schedule that night but sitting down for thirty minutes afterwards late that evening and other matters led me to sleeping through much of Saturday. My sleep schedule got thrown off by being sick but I managed for a short time to readjust. I think I’m close to readjusting again today. I tried to not expose myself to too much news but with all the bad stuff happening, I fell into temptation and it brought down my mood that weekend. I need to keep with limiting my news intake because it won’t do me any good to be depressed and hopeless. I decided not to see a film this month since what was offered didn’t interest me.

In terms of writing, I finished the second draft of two plot outlines. I feel better about them in some respect but I feel like I lost several plot threads in later chapter summaries. I divided them into arcs, so the first arc or two are the strongest. I’m already writing the first arc for one outline. I might go back and do some editing or deleting of chapter summaries but right now, I’m thinking of actually writing the first arcs of the story out and seeing how they shake before rewriting the next arcs. That’s probably for the best. I’m already finding I have to redo the next chapter’s plot summary, since details are often clarified or changed after I actually write the meat of the previous chapter.

That’s all for now. I’m about to go to have my eyes checked. Until July’s end, see you!