More writing about writing. Yes, I am on a one-track cycle at the moment. (There's new fanfic, if you care.) I am slowly gathering inspiration and motivation and momentum for the Novel Entity, but I lack that final spark. Fanfic is easy to turn out, because there's a ready, waiting audience. It's instant evaluation, and it's easy to superficially answer the 'Why am I doing this?' question. Not so easy with the NE. Well, I mean, the answer is obvious. I'm doing this to get published. But that's such a long way away, and so amorphous, and not really specific. That's why I'm writing the novel, but why am I writing this bit at this time?

So I'm seeking some way of regulating myself, making myself write by having some method of checking up on it. Word-count and progress checks aren't good enough, I've tried before. There has to be some deadline, some physical act of handing over what I've done to impel me to, in fact, do it.

Pondering options for this. A physical writing group is the best idea, and I've found one of those, but they don't meet for a while, and they're only two-weekly meetings. I'd like something a little more frequent than that. Perhaps making a website? But that leads to publication issues. What I'd really like is a writing partner. Someone online with whom I can exchange frequent news and words. Someone who will keep an eye on me and provide company on this trek. And who, in return, I could... well, whatever they want out of a writing partner.

Cute idea, wot? Anyone interested? Or got another suggestion?