A reminder that you can get #1000wordsofsummer t-shirts and mugs today and tomorrow and then they will disappear for a long time, possibly forever! Check them out here. Hey everyone, Y’all ready to write 1000 words today? I am.
Thanks, Jami. Your words give me hope and remind me that even if my writing isn't working right now that doesn't mean it won't in the future. I know there is still something there in the book I've been working on for 6 years but it needs a rest right now. I've started something new that is fun for me and the other work will be there when I'm ready to get back into it.
Hello! After a long day, I finally finished today's entry. 1,620 words. I have over 40K in total. I am stunned. What I wrote today will become the end of my book on urban gardening -- I'm thinking of it as a memoir of summer. I have a lot of work to do to reorganize the whole thing and to fill in the gaps, but the frame is there. I am grateful for this space, where I can share this journey. Thanks, Jami and all!
As always, thank you! My novel is progressing from a newborn to an infant now, as I write 1000 or more words a day. Not sure how much of this will make the thousand cuts of rewriting, etc., but I am enjoying watching it unfold and seeing where it goes. This mini thing is great!
Once again, the perfect words for me today. I am “old” & it’s easy to feel washed up, like I have nothing more to say, that I’m done. I know this isn’t true, but sometimes I believe it & have to talk myself down. Or up. I know it’s an endless process of identifying the ennui & proving it wrong. I just had this conversation with someone. And here you are saying “We contain an ocean of words within us.” Thanks again.
Thank you! Constantly struggling with the editor in my head telling me it's all crap. Telling it "of course," and going back to the writing. Please skootch the dog for me.
Thanks, Jami. Your words give me hope and remind me that even if my writing isn't working right now that doesn't mean it won't in the future. I know there is still something there in the book I've been working on for 6 years but it needs a rest right now. I've started something new that is fun for me and the other work will be there when I'm ready to get back into it.
Thx for all you do Jami & I loved what you said about accrual!
1,098 words, just barely eking them out, but I would like to know how it ends, so on we go.
Hello! After a long day, I finally finished today's entry. 1,620 words. I have over 40K in total. I am stunned. What I wrote today will become the end of my book on urban gardening -- I'm thinking of it as a memoir of summer. I have a lot of work to do to reorganize the whole thing and to fill in the gaps, but the frame is there. I am grateful for this space, where I can share this journey. Thanks, Jami and all!
Thank you for this. Today’s thousands thousand words were like pulling teeth out of a mad cat. But I stuck with it. I know tomorrow will be easier.
You are the best. ♥️
Friends, do NOT miss out on the merch!!! It's so good. That gold crewneck sweater is going to shine like the sun in the winter months.
Last night I went to bed feeling deflated. Only a few hundred words yesterday. This message brings me back to hopeful. Thank you!
Yes&yes: “Don’t you want to know how it all turns out in the end?”
Thank you for the perfect timing of these words on the wind to nudge me along. And harder before easier. It’s just true!
As always, thank you! My novel is progressing from a newborn to an infant now, as I write 1000 or more words a day. Not sure how much of this will make the thousand cuts of rewriting, etc., but I am enjoying watching it unfold and seeing where it goes. This mini thing is great!
Once again, the perfect words for me today. I am “old” & it’s easy to feel washed up, like I have nothing more to say, that I’m done. I know this isn’t true, but sometimes I believe it & have to talk myself down. Or up. I know it’s an endless process of identifying the ennui & proving it wrong. I just had this conversation with someone. And here you are saying “We contain an ocean of words within us.” Thanks again.
“What if today is the tipping point?” I LOVE that! I missed yesterday, but hope today will be fruitful.
Thank you! Constantly struggling with the editor in my head telling me it's all crap. Telling it "of course," and going back to the writing. Please skootch the dog for me.