The act of writing — using your imagination and your skills and your soul all at the same time — can feel like a small miracle. And I don’t know about you, but I could use a miracle or two right now. In these times.
Jami--yesterday I used my writing time to sit down with All This Could Be Yours and map out the structure. I'm finding that I can see the characters of my own novel idea in my head, know loosely what's happened to them and what will happen, but I wanted to really see how a novel WORKS. I sat for the whole afternoon, studying, writing down the beats, the character desires, the POV shifts. My story is very, very different, but I found this exercise immensely helpful, and your ideas/writing/plotting so smart and inspiring. So thank you for that!
Just completed 1001 words! I love this line, "Don't you want to engage the magic too?" I know that not everyone gets that feeling when they read something, but I am constantly wondering, especially reading something great, how can I do it and maybe I should just try it.
1031 for me. I overachieved yesterday, but dragging my ass back to the desk today's enough of an achievement for today—enough of a miracle. Thanks for calling the soul into it, Jami—that's the part I too often forget to involve.
Yesterday's 1099 were lovely and impressive, but today's 667 (so far) have been torturous. Stepping away for a couple hours and coming back to it later to finish up for the day!
Yes! We all need a little magic, at least, I do. It's still early in New Mexico (where I will be for the next two weeks) and I'm about to write my 1000 words. 🤗🤗🤗
Thanks for reminding me about the **magic** I forget about it after looking under the hood of the story for so long. I am usually used to writing about 500 hundred words a day, so this is definitely a challenge to my attention and endurance, and I think I'll probably go back to my cute 500 words a day after this challenge, but it's good to know I can write 1030 words on this story in one sitting.
Just finished. I too had some issues and I used the writing to deal with it. No solutions, and none of the problems were new. But writing about it, getting it down, seems important. Meaningful.
It's a long story, but I'm writing to Kate Bush, thanks to the show Our Flag Means Death, about my late father and flying. And it started in one place, and ended up in another, and in between, a bunch of questions that I hope showed me the way to a larger piece. And I'm crying today. And that was and is perfectly okay, my miracle of moving my fingers across a keyboard. 1038 words.
Working on edits for Liliana and the Kid 4,182 words so far today.
Jami--yesterday I used my writing time to sit down with All This Could Be Yours and map out the structure. I'm finding that I can see the characters of my own novel idea in my head, know loosely what's happened to them and what will happen, but I wanted to really see how a novel WORKS. I sat for the whole afternoon, studying, writing down the beats, the character desires, the POV shifts. My story is very, very different, but I found this exercise immensely helpful, and your ideas/writing/plotting so smart and inspiring. So thank you for that!
1032, and much less of a slog than yesterday. Let’s go!
Just completed 1001 words! I love this line, "Don't you want to engage the magic too?" I know that not everyone gets that feeling when they read something, but I am constantly wondering, especially reading something great, how can I do it and maybe I should just try it.
Done! Thank you Jami. You and all these lovely people got my butt in the chair today. Bless you.
1031 for me. I overachieved yesterday, but dragging my ass back to the desk today's enough of an achievement for today—enough of a miracle. Thanks for calling the soul into it, Jami—that's the part I too often forget to involve.
Yesterday's 1099 were lovely and impressive, but today's 667 (so far) have been torturous. Stepping away for a couple hours and coming back to it later to finish up for the day!
1014. Thank you.
Yesterday's #1000words resulted in this post on my Substack which includes my review of 1000 Words. I'm getting ready for today's installment. Write on, everyone! https://honeymoonatsea.substack.com/p/when-your-heart-says-go-and-1000
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Yes! We all need a little magic, at least, I do. It's still early in New Mexico (where I will be for the next two weeks) and I'm about to write my 1000 words. 🤗🤗🤗
Happy writing everybody!🩷
1050 for me and I'm calling it. :)
Thanks for reminding me about the **magic** I forget about it after looking under the hood of the story for so long. I am usually used to writing about 500 hundred words a day, so this is definitely a challenge to my attention and endurance, and I think I'll probably go back to my cute 500 words a day after this challenge, but it's good to know I can write 1030 words on this story in one sitting.
Thanks for the one small miracle to write through the pain.
Just finished. I too had some issues and I used the writing to deal with it. No solutions, and none of the problems were new. But writing about it, getting it down, seems important. Meaningful.
It's a long story, but I'm writing to Kate Bush, thanks to the show Our Flag Means Death, about my late father and flying. And it started in one place, and ended up in another, and in between, a bunch of questions that I hope showed me the way to a larger piece. And I'm crying today. And that was and is perfectly okay, my miracle of moving my fingers across a keyboard. 1038 words.