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Post by elizabethtwist on May 1, 2018 20:05:14 GMT -5
Remember this jerk of a challenge? storyaday.org/I think I attempted this many years ago when I was both (1) excessively optimistic about what I could accomplish and (2) for some reason bound and determined to write REALLY complicated stories each day, which resulted in (3) washing out on the idea of a story a day really early on and (4) washing out completely after about eight days. BUT I think I have a better sense of what's possible in the course of a day's worth of writing, I've got a few pieces of extremely short fiction under my belt, and I really, really feel a need to shake things up on the writing front. There are long projects I should be tackling instead. There are responsibilities I should not eschew. There's a sense that this is definitely, absolutely, an impossible challenge. There's also a burning need to do something completely different this month. I want to shake things up. I really would love to emerge from the month with a bunch of new story drafts. The rules are flexible: you can write only on weekdays, or write only on the days you know are going to suit you, but the whole point is, you write on the days you've committed to, and you write a beginning, middle, and end on those days. Any takers?
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Post by fwg on May 2, 2018 10:30:45 GMT -5
Well, I'm officially in. I confess it might only amount to An Outline A Day In May as that's all I have so far for May first. But even if I can accomplish that, I'm sure it would generate at least a few completed drafts of the entirely ugly sort and maybe a couple deserving polish and editing in some future month.
How did it go for you on Day One, Twister!
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Post by elizabethtwist on May 2, 2018 22:20:57 GMT -5
A full accounting (with word count stats!) will be in the Projects thread, but it went really well? The Day One prompt was clever, I thought, and I mucked about with it and got a pretty fun superhero story out of it. Entirely or at least mostly ugly, as drafts go, but finished! As I type this I'm about halfway through Day Two's story? Must stop writing at night...still, writing is happening!
*shakes fist at the gods of Circadian Rhythms*
I love your outline adaptation! Really smart! I hope whatever drafting you're doing is going swimmingly.
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Post by elizabethtwist on May 4, 2018 17:00:01 GMT -5
Still going with this (day! four!) in case anyone wants to join me in the projects thread. Let me know how it goes!
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ceruleanblue
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Post by ceruleanblue on May 6, 2018 10:53:37 GMT -5
Thank you so much for sharing this challenge! I saw it first now but I'm in! Will have to check how I did on day 1 to 5...
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Post by elizabethtwist on May 6, 2018 16:39:57 GMT -5
YAY!
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Post by fwg on May 8, 2018 9:24:34 GMT -5
Heyo -- I am still on board. Been keeping up with the outlines but still stuck on the first story. Yikes. I know. Progress to come though! I will get caught up in the projects thread.
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Post by elizabethtwist on May 8, 2018 12:34:16 GMT -5
An outline a day sounds just perfect!
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ceruleanblue
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Nothing that happens to a writer--however happy, however tragic--is ever wasted. (PD James)
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Post by ceruleanblue on May 9, 2018 12:00:23 GMT -5
I'm still on board, too. I did well on all days but May 1, so far!
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Post by elizabethtwist on May 9, 2018 12:58:34 GMT -5
I'm hitting that Day Nine fatigue--I like my story but I no longer have any idea what I'm doing and I'm sort of writing on autopilot at this point? Blindly following the prompts? Isn't there a NaNoWriMo Week Two slump? Or is that Week Three? What week is it? What's my name?
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ceruleanblue
Isaac Asimov
Nothing that happens to a writer--however happy, however tragic--is ever wasted. (PD James)
Posts: 337
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Post by ceruleanblue on May 9, 2018 14:06:57 GMT -5
No, it was indeed always in week 2, but your name is Elizabeth Twist, so you'll get through week 2 even on autopilot! I believe week 3 was the one when all most of what we assembled before started to make a lot of sense together again. Wasn't it like that?
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Post by elizabethtwist on May 9, 2018 15:14:10 GMT -5
That sounds about right!
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