Too many games not enough writing

I have too many games.

Don't get me wrong, I really love playing roleplaying games. I like telling stories and creating challenging scenarios to challenge people with. Ulitmately though, they aren't writing. Writing will enable me to reach more people and entertain more people then any session at a roleplaying game table ever could.

I got some writing done last weekend, a good long 6 hour stretch which resulted in some 3000 words written. In that time, while I was writing, I became aware at how hard it was, and how much work I was going to have to put in to get really good at writing.

That work will take time, and unfortunately, that time will need to come from somewhere. I can't sacrifice work, since that is what enables me to live my current lifestyle, so it will have to be from my games.

I'll need to prioritize my games and my community building efforts. Ultimately they will have to be subservient to my writing. I have two writing projects I need to work on and one of them has a deadline.

So for skill, and for writing I'll need to limit my game time. I do this though with a heavy heart.