How I've always wanted to spend May
Thanks to @gracebrierwood I've decided to try something new next month. Want to join me?
Story A Day in May
The rules:
Write (finish) a story every day in May.
The details:
*Stories may be any length (50 words? 5,000?) but they must be stories (they must take us or the characters somewhere).
*Stories may be fiction or non-fiction (but if you’re already blogging in non-fiction or keeping a journal, consider trying fiction)
*You get to decide what “every day” means. If you need to take Sundays off, go for it. You make your own rules, but you are encouraged to set them up early, and stick to them!
*Sign up as part of the community here, and get your own blog at storyaday.org/yourname. Or don’t. But please do get a username and join in the groups and comments.
*You can post your story at your site or here or you can simply post an update in the Victory Dance Group saying that you completed that day’s story.
The point:
*To foster creativity
*To come out with 31 first drafts, nuggets, chapterettes, ideas, and
*To prove that you can craft a story. Lots of stories. To practice that craft
I've got a new story idea (that grew out of a challenge I tried earlier this month) that I need to "story out" so instead of trying to do it in one long story, I want to short story it. This way I won't have wasted WORDS when the idea isn't formed. I doubt these stories go anywhere but I'll have the basis for the larger, REAL story that's locked inside the granite my muse has set up on the table.
My goal is to write six days out of seven. That gives me four days grace (which is a whole different music group than Three Days Grace but just as lovely, I'm sure) but it will make me work. I need the goal and I need the kick in the butt.
Whoo-hoo! I'm excited! I found out about this at lunch today and I'm chomping at the bit to get started!
Story A Day in May
The rules:
Write (finish) a story every day in May.
The details:
*Stories may be any length (50 words? 5,000?) but they must be stories (they must take us or the characters somewhere).
*Stories may be fiction or non-fiction (but if you’re already blogging in non-fiction or keeping a journal, consider trying fiction)
*You get to decide what “every day” means. If you need to take Sundays off, go for it. You make your own rules, but you are encouraged to set them up early, and stick to them!
*Sign up as part of the community here, and get your own blog at storyaday.org/yourname. Or don’t. But please do get a username and join in the groups and comments.
*You can post your story at your site or here or you can simply post an update in the Victory Dance Group saying that you completed that day’s story.
The point:
*To foster creativity
*To come out with 31 first drafts, nuggets, chapterettes, ideas, and
*To prove that you can craft a story. Lots of stories. To practice that craft
I've got a new story idea (that grew out of a challenge I tried earlier this month) that I need to "story out" so instead of trying to do it in one long story, I want to short story it. This way I won't have wasted WORDS when the idea isn't formed. I doubt these stories go anywhere but I'll have the basis for the larger, REAL story that's locked inside the granite my muse has set up on the table.
My goal is to write six days out of seven. That gives me four days grace (which is a whole different music group than Three Days Grace but just as lovely, I'm sure) but it will make me work. I need the goal and I need the kick in the butt.
Whoo-hoo! I'm excited! I found out about this at lunch today and I'm chomping at the bit to get started!