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Kati Kate Katherine's avatar

I didn't get all the words before my eyes started closing. I did get a good start on my next newsletter edition.

So, I've got that going for me... Which is nice.

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Jennifer Ng's avatar

1188 words on how I ended up in San Francisco. I am impressed especially after an exhausting day at work and...election day! But made it and feeling good about my own accountability.

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Shawnee's avatar

704 and I'm probably going to call it for the night. My body is rebeling against me today.

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AM Reyes's avatar

1111. I’m late in starting as I was preoccupied preparing for a photo gig. Glad to show up for myself and get the work in.

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Todd C. Frank's avatar

Okay, I'm stopping at 1,111 words for today and I'm happy it's not midnight (yesterday I finished with 8 minutes to spare- I am bound and determined to hit all 7 days). Thank you for the prompts, Jaime...while I didn't dig into yesterday's, today's gave me a perfect direction to take a concept I was unsure how to include; the weather made for a perfect metaphor. And I did weave in some dialogue today. See you in the AM tomorrow!

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Joanna Rakoff's avatar

I spent the entire day working on an overdue essay and ended up writing about 2500 words, I see now that it's turned in, not including the 1000 plus words I wrote and cut. (Does this make up for my missing the first day of the mini due to travel?)

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Rich Watson's avatar

Got off to a slow start this week, but I’m still in the hunt. Last time I did a stream-of -consciousness attempt. This time I’m actually writing stories. Taking longer but I’m doing it.

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Sandra de Helen's avatar

Making great progress now on the novel in progress. #1000words really helps motivate me.

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jane's avatar

1019 for today! Came easy. Went fast. Thanks for the prompt :)

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Shawnee's avatar

684 today so far

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Kari Luna's avatar

1115 words, complete! Love getting fun words in before writing a long, technical thing today. Your weather prompt opened up a description about a sweater, which was fun. Happy writing!

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Olivia Barry's avatar

822 words so far. Taking a break. My day just started and I need fuel. Caffeine. Food. ❤️ In the meantime, I send a little love❤️ to everybody.

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A.M. Goodhart's avatar

Slow brain this morning, but I got it done. Lots of self doubt today, but I do still get to put a sticker on my calendar for doing the work.

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Deepshikha Sairam's avatar

2180, more than I expected myself to write. This will also become an article right here on Substack and a podcast. I feel like I am winning at multitasking today 😂

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Blyth Meier's avatar

Yesterday got away from me, but I still wrote 50 words to not let myself off the hook. Rebounded with 1239 this morning, and feeling inspired for the next two days. Jami, I have no idea how you wrote 1177 ON YOUR PHONE! Heroic.

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Kate Zellmer's avatar

1045 for day 4! I’m feeling excited and confident about my novel for the first time in a long time- this challenge is coming at the perfect time!

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