are kind of at a standstill. . . Life is way too crazy busy for me right now and I feel like I am mentally exhausted. I sit down and begin contemplating my story only to end up feeling like I am trying to force the issue. Needless to say, that's not helping. I have begun trying to create greater clarity and switching up some sentence structure. Too much though at times and I end up feeling like I am not remaining true to the writer I am. I think my style tends to be more wordy with clauses and every time I try to simplify, I end up feeling like I'm dumbing a sentence down or something. . . I don't know. I'm not sure my creativity is flowing very well right now and there just doesn't seem to be the time to let it come naturally. . . :(