I do continue to write and I find time for it most days. I am quite pleased with the progress in the last little while.
Now just to clarify, you seem to be talking specifically about writing prose. If you are asking strictly about prose, the answer is no, I haven't done much lately. My writing toggles back and forth between prose and songwriting and it is the songwriting I am focusing on right now. I always have ideas for novels/screenplays - and I do have a word file where I will jot them down - but it is important for me to focus on one thing or I will start riding madly off in every direction and nothing much ends up getting done.
Songwriting is easier psychologically than prose. A song is a much smaller bite than a screenplay. I have written 3 novels so I have some idea what you are looking at. Even though I was not asked for it, I am going to give some advice that works for me when I am in novel-writing mode.
Break the project into small bites. If I think about it as, Oh my frickin' gawd, I have a screenplay to write - it can seem like one big honking matzo ball. It is easier to just go drink a case of beer. But if I tell myself, Okay my goal for today is to make progress on my screenplay, then that is much easier on the brain. I write one word, I have accomplished a goal. I give myself a pat on the back. And a lot of times I will feel so good, I will go ahead and work for fifteen minutes. And sometimes - surprise - I will work for 2 hours and get a ton done.
If I happen to fail one day and don't accomplish my goal of progress, I have to forgive myself and not get too caught up in perfectionism.
Do that every day - just set a goal for progress - and it adds up (to three novels in my case).
I don't know. Maybe that seems like a childish game but it is an attitude that helped me a lot over the years and still does. So I throw it out there.
Good luck with your project. I don't know if there is some way I can help but if so, let me know.
