Good morning, everyone. Are we going to write 1000 words today? Fuck yeah, we are. Because writing these words can cause all these magical little shifts. When things click together in our work, it can feel like things click together inside of us. I hunger every day for those little shifts. Moving things into place, at last.
A truly wonderful message that I needed. I moved this summer and my days have been spent looking at, then finally wading into organizing my life again.
Hi! I wrote! For/from my heart! I am a very happy camper right now. My day-to-day is usually filled with hours of fixing or translating other people’s words. I can’t remember when I last wrote just for the sheer pleasure of writing about stuff I’m interested in. I discovered both you and your joyous mini1000 a few days ago and am thoroughly enjoying this. Joy. My mantra today. Joy and more joy. Thank you Jami :)
Finished my 1000 words of editing before work! Was a little bit more focused than yesterday (and than I've been this past month or so). For me, writing first thing (well, after coffee) functions as an explicit reminder of what I want to be prioritizing.
Yesterday I tried to switch mediums--from handwriting to computer. I got 700 uninspired words, but they are words. My point, however, is that the tiny shift didn’t pan out in terms of the day’s work, BUT it did solidify what I had been doing, how I had been approaching my work, which is a big win in my book.
Late yesterday (Atlantic time) after a packed day I finally sat down at my desk. At the end of it I had found my way through a scene that has been festering for weeks. Yay!!
Thank you for creating the #1000WordsofSummer and this mini 1000! I’ve been following your blog and these challenges for years now and have managed to become very accountable with my time for writing because of these challenges and your blog.
Like many other readers/writers in your comments, I also just got over Covid. The entropy it forces on you due to fatigue is a real challenge. Just getting my act back together this week and looking forward to writing today!
The accumulations! I've been thinking of this at the very old rental house where I'm staying on Cape Cod. These walls are maybe stuffed with everything everyone who's been here shed. And yet this is a blank slate, every day, for me and my friends to figure through: blues of water, racing clouds, the boiling world. What the heck can my writing do? I'm not sure, but I'm so glad for the encouragement of this group, and your missives to us. Thank you!
I just recovered too. Your posts, your writing inspires me. I look forward to to these 1000 word sprints with you and this group like I looked forward to cookie day when I was little. Thank you thank you for your words and sharing of your journey these days of 1000 words
I got Covid over two weeks ago and have still not regained my strength. Hoping to get some words on the page today to light a little spark. Good luck to everyone!
Oh my. We are adding a master bedroom addition onto our house and right now the plumbers are coming in and out of the house tracking mud to connect the sewer line. We cannot run any water, and of course can’t use the bathroom. I forgot and washed my hands, and the face of the plumber that peaked around the door of my writing room was not a cheerful one. After reading what you’ve been through I now know I’m having a picnic. You are a trooper if ever there was one. Thank you for doing this for all of us I “went to town” for the first 14 days and went way over my limit of 1000 words a day and was so proud of myself. Then I stopped dead in my tracks. Had not written another word until you shook me again. If I have to pee in a bucket, I’m gong get my thousand words a day.
Yesterday was awful. We received devastating heartbreaking news about our 34-year-old son. I managed to write only 152 words. The bad news stands but today I took comfort in writing and managed to put 1,072 words on paper. Thank you!
Well, I’m still stuck in those 2K words I wrote yesterday, editing and rewriting them today, hoping the solution to my little problem will come to me. I seem to be teasing it out thread by thread. I went through all the words, while rewriting, and can’t tell how much I added or subtracted now in total, but I’m just glad to be here. :)
I finished my 1,000 words. No editing (this is my motto and so hard to resist). At times I wanted to write "I am meandering and have no idea what's happening or where this is going or what to put here." There is repetition and subject matter I don't know enough/anything about. But my words are on the page, nonetheless. Gotta tell myself to relax; I'm not saving lives, I'm just trying to find the story (and the characters and the plot and...).
A truly wonderful message that I needed. I moved this summer and my days have been spent looking at, then finally wading into organizing my life again.
Hi! I wrote! For/from my heart! I am a very happy camper right now. My day-to-day is usually filled with hours of fixing or translating other people’s words. I can’t remember when I last wrote just for the sheer pleasure of writing about stuff I’m interested in. I discovered both you and your joyous mini1000 a few days ago and am thoroughly enjoying this. Joy. My mantra today. Joy and more joy. Thank you Jami :)
Finished my 1000 words of editing before work! Was a little bit more focused than yesterday (and than I've been this past month or so). For me, writing first thing (well, after coffee) functions as an explicit reminder of what I want to be prioritizing.
Yesterday I tried to switch mediums--from handwriting to computer. I got 700 uninspired words, but they are words. My point, however, is that the tiny shift didn’t pan out in terms of the day’s work, BUT it did solidify what I had been doing, how I had been approaching my work, which is a big win in my book.
This was the perfect message for my discouraged self to read this morning. And I know it’s true. Thank you.
Glad you have at last tested negative & that you got a perfect house out of it♥️
Late yesterday (Atlantic time) after a packed day I finally sat down at my desk. At the end of it I had found my way through a scene that has been festering for weeks. Yay!!
Thank you for creating the #1000WordsofSummer and this mini 1000! I’ve been following your blog and these challenges for years now and have managed to become very accountable with my time for writing because of these challenges and your blog.
Like many other readers/writers in your comments, I also just got over Covid. The entropy it forces on you due to fatigue is a real challenge. Just getting my act back together this week and looking forward to writing today!
Thank you, Jami!
The accumulations! I've been thinking of this at the very old rental house where I'm staying on Cape Cod. These walls are maybe stuffed with everything everyone who's been here shed. And yet this is a blank slate, every day, for me and my friends to figure through: blues of water, racing clouds, the boiling world. What the heck can my writing do? I'm not sure, but I'm so glad for the encouragement of this group, and your missives to us. Thank you!
Starting is so hard when we load ourselves down with big expectations - today I'm excited to write my way into some tiny, magical little shifts!!
Thanks, Jami - I'm rooting for you, too!
I just recovered too. Your posts, your writing inspires me. I look forward to to these 1000 word sprints with you and this group like I looked forward to cookie day when I was little. Thank you thank you for your words and sharing of your journey these days of 1000 words
I got Covid over two weeks ago and have still not regained my strength. Hoping to get some words on the page today to light a little spark. Good luck to everyone!
Oh my. We are adding a master bedroom addition onto our house and right now the plumbers are coming in and out of the house tracking mud to connect the sewer line. We cannot run any water, and of course can’t use the bathroom. I forgot and washed my hands, and the face of the plumber that peaked around the door of my writing room was not a cheerful one. After reading what you’ve been through I now know I’m having a picnic. You are a trooper if ever there was one. Thank you for doing this for all of us I “went to town” for the first 14 days and went way over my limit of 1000 words a day and was so proud of myself. Then I stopped dead in my tracks. Had not written another word until you shook me again. If I have to pee in a bucket, I’m gong get my thousand words a day.
Yesterday was awful. We received devastating heartbreaking news about our 34-year-old son. I managed to write only 152 words. The bad news stands but today I took comfort in writing and managed to put 1,072 words on paper. Thank you!
Well, I’m still stuck in those 2K words I wrote yesterday, editing and rewriting them today, hoping the solution to my little problem will come to me. I seem to be teasing it out thread by thread. I went through all the words, while rewriting, and can’t tell how much I added or subtracted now in total, but I’m just glad to be here. :)
I finished my 1,000 words. No editing (this is my motto and so hard to resist). At times I wanted to write "I am meandering and have no idea what's happening or where this is going or what to put here." There is repetition and subject matter I don't know enough/anything about. But my words are on the page, nonetheless. Gotta tell myself to relax; I'm not saving lives, I'm just trying to find the story (and the characters and the plot and...).