Last week, I committed myself to something crazy and hard and scary and wonderful. I signed on to a writing challenge called 52 Stories. I’m going to be writing a story a week for an entire year!
Right now, I’m posting first draft work. I’m putting them up over on my creativity and writing blog. I’m taking a deep breath and just doing it. And it is terrifying! And it feels amazing! And as soon as I wrap this up, I’m going to give myself some time to work on this week’s story before I go to sleep, and I can hardly wait to get to it.
My friend Anna Alexander wrote today about creating your own content (and she even mentions me in there!), and I realized that’s exactly what I’m doing. I’m stepping out and doing things that add what I want into my life. I think that’s why it feels so great.
Go check out Anna’s article and ask yourself, “What can I do to add content to my life?” Let your subconscious play with that for a while. I think you might be pleasantly surprised by what your brain tells you.
I think a story a week is a great idea! My problem is that my ideas never seem to stay short… so that even if I committed to something like that, I’d simply end up drafting 52 scenes for a novel.
Mustn’t get distracted! Must edit current novel first!
I’ve been running into the “that’s too long for a short story” problem a bit. But I’m enjoying the challenge.
Hmm…a scene a week sounds like a good challenge, too. Maybe that will happen after this one?