Made it, 1200 words. A bit of a tangent from the novel but I connected with the themes of the story while giving the MC a way to explore her passions and reveal a bit more of herself, perhaps to the reader, but defniitely to me. Thank you for this - I have a structure of a short story, a novel, smething in place where before there was just one image.
1044, late at night after getting emotionally wrecked in a Zoom performance of August: Osage County. Can’t believe I’m still keeping up my word count. All the gratitude for this last push.
1121 – half for my draft, half for a writing fellowship application's artist statement, which, I think, is good, but maybe not exactly what they're asking for. Only time, etc. I wrote about a character's mother, which I think will prove to be important; tomorrow, though, I'm definitely taking someone on a walk!
I went to the gym after months of omicron-hiatus and had many distractions afterwards that kept me from writing. I thought I might just crash tonight, after the big burst of activity of the last few days, but after a hot bath I sat down and did a little character development, fleshing out a character and a neighborhood, words for which had been coming to me as I walked around for the last few days. I did 1184 words, which weren’t brilliant but they’re there, waiting to be polished on my next edit. So, I’m tired in a good way.
"Words saved the day yet again." Wow, YES. I thought I wasn't going to write at all today. I tried to bake a cake for a friend's birthday. It failed. I tried it again and it turned out better. Then I hurried out to meet a new friend for tacos, with my husband. The new friend is really cool. We had a great time. They were headed to a parade, but I came home and looked at the messy drafts I had printed last night. I knew that what I'd been working on over the past few days had completely changed how I thought about the beginning of this story. So ... I sat down and rewrote the beginning. 1203 words. Words that kept me going, and will keep me going tomorrow. Thank you for getting me there.
1019, Tomorrow I am writing early. Partly because I'm signed up for a Write-In thing at 10 am which is early for me. Processing a lot this week- looking at all the stuff I've gotten, it's all a little grim....
1051. A hard day. Big mistake for me to keep putting this off; as the day wears on, the dogs, the spouse, the teens, all want more of my attention. Interruptions seem to be just par for the course the later it gets. Not really happy with my words today, like the proverbial pulling of teeth.
I still don't know exactly what it is I'm writing about.
Did it - a lot of it turned out to be a sex scene that I didn't know was going to be what I wrote today when I sat down. The character is loosely based on my great-great-great aunt, and even though I didn't know her, it feels a little weird to be writing a sex scene with an older relative in it. Time for some wine!
I finished the story I was working on this week (yay!) after only 400 words (boo!). I put the last 600 in to my journal and am now taking a long walk to brainstorm for tomorrow. Thank you for running this, Jami!
Hello All, I am glad to do the Winter Mini 1000, despite the fact that I only managed to reach 1000 words once. I "showed up" every day, but travel and other things got into my way. Yet, I felt so much better when I sat down to type at least a few hundred words. I feel connected, centered and at ease during writing and afterward.
I also loved to read the comments today. Thank you Jami for your encouragement, thank you All for sharing.
My writing started in the morning at the library. One hour between appointments was plenty of time to start the next scene. I couldn't wait to get to my computer and continue until I finished the scene. 1,106 words and this time I cried reading the chapter. I wish we could do this challenge together every day, but I am most grateful for this week. Thanks, Jami. Cheers to each of you.
Today it was hard to get to my desk and hard to get the words to come. But I didn't give up and in the middle when I wanted to Google something I kept writing and I got to the end. Maybe I'll try again later, too!
Today was a sort of distracted writing day, but I got it done. Hoping for a little more clarity tomorrow, perhaps a little more writing tonight. I think this is also probably a good forum to tell people (/ the author herself) that I Came All This Way To Meet You has really been inspiring me re: prioritizing my art, as well as what it means to be an artist (/semi-itinerant person). So, thank you for this forum and also for that inspiration.
Gave myself the gift of 1,013 words on my 47th birthday. (After an enormous bagel, of course.) I took Jami's advice and put one of my characters in a new place, and it yielded new insights, if not sparkling prose. Now it's time to day drink. Happy Friday, and happy writing, team!
This is how day 1 started for me, but it got me going again because I have been stalled with an essay for about 4 weeks, and the biggest challenge was structure. And then - was it day 2? - the post about structure and that essay started to fall into place. Funny (funny odd, not funny hah ha) how that happens sometimes. Anyway, also reading "I Came All This Way to Meet You" this week.
Made it, 1200 words. A bit of a tangent from the novel but I connected with the themes of the story while giving the MC a way to explore her passions and reveal a bit more of herself, perhaps to the reader, but defniitely to me. Thank you for this - I have a structure of a short story, a novel, smething in place where before there was just one image.
1044, late at night after getting emotionally wrecked in a Zoom performance of August: Osage County. Can’t believe I’m still keeping up my word count. All the gratitude for this last push.
1121 – half for my draft, half for a writing fellowship application's artist statement, which, I think, is good, but maybe not exactly what they're asking for. Only time, etc. I wrote about a character's mother, which I think will prove to be important; tomorrow, though, I'm definitely taking someone on a walk!
I went to the gym after months of omicron-hiatus and had many distractions afterwards that kept me from writing. I thought I might just crash tonight, after the big burst of activity of the last few days, but after a hot bath I sat down and did a little character development, fleshing out a character and a neighborhood, words for which had been coming to me as I walked around for the last few days. I did 1184 words, which weren’t brilliant but they’re there, waiting to be polished on my next edit. So, I’m tired in a good way.
"Words saved the day yet again." Wow, YES. I thought I wasn't going to write at all today. I tried to bake a cake for a friend's birthday. It failed. I tried it again and it turned out better. Then I hurried out to meet a new friend for tacos, with my husband. The new friend is really cool. We had a great time. They were headed to a parade, but I came home and looked at the messy drafts I had printed last night. I knew that what I'd been working on over the past few days had completely changed how I thought about the beginning of this story. So ... I sat down and rewrote the beginning. 1203 words. Words that kept me going, and will keep me going tomorrow. Thank you for getting me there.
1019, Tomorrow I am writing early. Partly because I'm signed up for a Write-In thing at 10 am which is early for me. Processing a lot this week- looking at all the stuff I've gotten, it's all a little grim....
1051. A hard day. Big mistake for me to keep putting this off; as the day wears on, the dogs, the spouse, the teens, all want more of my attention. Interruptions seem to be just par for the course the later it gets. Not really happy with my words today, like the proverbial pulling of teeth.
I still don't know exactly what it is I'm writing about.
Did it - a lot of it turned out to be a sex scene that I didn't know was going to be what I wrote today when I sat down. The character is loosely based on my great-great-great aunt, and even though I didn't know her, it feels a little weird to be writing a sex scene with an older relative in it. Time for some wine!
I finished the story I was working on this week (yay!) after only 400 words (boo!). I put the last 600 in to my journal and am now taking a long walk to brainstorm for tomorrow. Thank you for running this, Jami!
Hello All, I am glad to do the Winter Mini 1000, despite the fact that I only managed to reach 1000 words once. I "showed up" every day, but travel and other things got into my way. Yet, I felt so much better when I sat down to type at least a few hundred words. I feel connected, centered and at ease during writing and afterward.
I also loved to read the comments today. Thank you Jami for your encouragement, thank you All for sharing.
My writing started in the morning at the library. One hour between appointments was plenty of time to start the next scene. I couldn't wait to get to my computer and continue until I finished the scene. 1,106 words and this time I cried reading the chapter. I wish we could do this challenge together every day, but I am most grateful for this week. Thanks, Jami. Cheers to each of you.
Today it was hard to get to my desk and hard to get the words to come. But I didn't give up and in the middle when I wanted to Google something I kept writing and I got to the end. Maybe I'll try again later, too!
Today was a sort of distracted writing day, but I got it done. Hoping for a little more clarity tomorrow, perhaps a little more writing tonight. I think this is also probably a good forum to tell people (/ the author herself) that I Came All This Way To Meet You has really been inspiring me re: prioritizing my art, as well as what it means to be an artist (/semi-itinerant person). So, thank you for this forum and also for that inspiration.
You're always so inspiring Jami!
Gave myself the gift of 1,013 words on my 47th birthday. (After an enormous bagel, of course.) I took Jami's advice and put one of my characters in a new place, and it yielded new insights, if not sparkling prose. Now it's time to day drink. Happy Friday, and happy writing, team!
This is how day 1 started for me, but it got me going again because I have been stalled with an essay for about 4 weeks, and the biggest challenge was structure. And then - was it day 2? - the post about structure and that essay started to fall into place. Funny (funny odd, not funny hah ha) how that happens sometimes. Anyway, also reading "I Came All This Way to Meet You" this week.