Day Twelve: 153 new words.
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So I’ve written 153 new words. That’s something. I’m living in a Stephen King novel. Do not recommend.
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Day Eleven: Sick Day
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I actually wrote almost 400 words today. But I think I ate something that didn’t agree with me. So short post today to keep the streak going.
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Day Ten: A Test Post
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This is just a quick post to see this changes anything. I’ll be interested to see what happens. I appear to change the time zone will be interested to see if the change takes..
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Day Nine: Technical Difficulties
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I wrote a blog post on here yesterday and posted it before midnight. Somehow the post didn’t appear until 3 o’clock in the morning. This is another post I’m posting after 11 PM. I’ll be interested to see when the post goes live on the blog. It happened again. I end up having to change
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Day 8: 3 Dimensions of Conflict
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One of the many problems I have understanding how fiction works on the page/screen is this false idea that a character always needs to be in conflict in a story. This is not true. You need depth to establish character. Depth is a character in a setting. You achieve depth by letting your character experience
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Day Seven: Another Filler Post
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Here’s another filler post. My sister and my niece have been up to the last days and life around here has been hectic. Check in again tomorrow.
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Day Six: In Search of a Title
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I wonder if I should make this a not writing blog. No fiction words today, though I am keeping this blog up. The thing is when you make writing important it stifles the creative voice somehow. You know after almost 20 years I’m beginning to see what Sandra my acting teacher meant when she said,
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Day Five: The Importance Of Courage
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It’s a funny thing. I set up an 84 day challenge to jumpstart my writing. I still haven’t written any fiction words during these five days. But my blog streak keeps going. The problem is when you set up a writing challenge and then you don’t write anything, you run out of easy things to
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Day Four: The Perils of Perfectionism
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I’m writing this blog mostly for myself. People may find it in the future, and if it’s helpful great. But this blog is mostly to help me get back in the habit of writing. That said, no writing yesterday. Today and tomorrow I will have the house to myself so I should be able
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Day Three: Keeping the Streak Alive
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I had a rough night last night. This is just a filler post to keep the streak alive. No fiction words yet, but at least I’m keeping this blog going.