Hi friends. Today we will write 1000 words. Because we love what we are doing. I’ve been seriously focusing on being a writer for nearly twenty years now. I sold my first book in 2004. The best piece of advice given to me at that time about having a career as a writer was to recognize that the odds of me making a living at it were slim, and that I should use my publication as the opportunity to open other doors for myself. And that if I were really lucky I would get to keep writing things that I was interested in and loved. Money and career stuff, that was secondary to making shit I believed in.
Dear All, it was such a treat to be part of this group. I did not get many words done yesterday, 501 so far. But I will make up what I missed in the beginning. ...and continue to write. I am looking forward to the next 1000! Jami, thank you for putting in all this work, for your inspiration, and advice!
6514! I am amazed and sad and looking foward, to the next one, to Your Memoir, to my own progress, to holding my own story in my hands someday!🥲
Shout out to author Sara Novic for mentioning this in her newsletter! Thank you Sara! Thank you Jami for all the wonderful "fucking" inspiration!😆I love it!
I am so sad this mini 1000 is over, mostly because I will miss Jami's daily words. But I am over 6,000 words deeper into this novel. Thank you, Jami, for the pushes and inspiration.
Well then! I knew I had these stories in me, but I didn't for sure know they had to come out, or that I was the one to tell them. They came roaring out, there are more in there, and I think I have to tell them! I haven't read anything I've written, but will. Thank you so much for organizing this. I needed the accountability.
Thank you, Jami. I wrote 1,082 for this last Mini day. This week, I wrote what I'm certain are the 6,400 most painful words I'll ever write in my life. I bawled the entire way through every writing session, and i'm so glad they're written now. They'd still be inside me without your push to show up every day and get it done. Looking forward to more crying—I mean writing—in October, and I'm preordering your book right now. Thanks so much!
Pshew! 1072! After staring at the screen this morning for an hour and writing almost nothing, I took a dance break, did some work, and came back to it. My brain needed to figure a few things out before writing these two scenes. We're also having a heat wave and it's smoky, which sometimes makes things weird. But I had to get my words in, and I did! Total for the week: 9,016 words. Got through a stuck part, wrote new surprises, and am on track to keep doing this and stay in it until I type THE END again, hopefully at the end of next week. It's been so nice to write with all of you! Thank you, Jami! Your letters are the best. Pre-ordering your book, now. Congrats, friends!
Thanks for this, Jami! I’m so grateful when I read about how you and the other writers here make their way through the crazy maze of getting a novel from brain to page!
Today I wrote 1,086 words, including an alternate opening scene for the book. Left a bit undone so I know where I'm going next. Wrote with some lovely friends online for some magical energy, Thank you, Jami, for this fabulous week. xo
Jami, thank you for this second summer bout of 1000 words! It kickstarted me just when I needed it. I've reached 43,227 words of the first draft of My Fucking Book and there's no stopping now. See you for the October session when I'll be working on the book proposal and second draft! And I'll definitely be pre-ordering your new book!
Jami, thank you so much for the gift of this week. It's soupy and sticky here in Brooklyn, and it would have been very easy to binge-watch silliness in the air-conditioning instead of putting words on the page. But no! Instead, you really motivated all of us with an amazing, insightful, encouraging set of letters. 1,093 for me today with lots of character development and the growth of a plot thread related to one of the concerns I keep returning to in my writing over and over again. Maybe you should be getting a cut from everyone who publishes work that germinated during a 1,000 Words session? (I'm only half kidding . . .) THANK YOU!!!!
Jami
I just ordered your book on Audible. I can't wait to listen. xooxo
Dear All, it was such a treat to be part of this group. I did not get many words done yesterday, 501 so far. But I will make up what I missed in the beginning. ...and continue to write. I am looking forward to the next 1000! Jami, thank you for putting in all this work, for your inspiration, and advice!
6514! I am amazed and sad and looking foward, to the next one, to Your Memoir, to my own progress, to holding my own story in my hands someday!🥲
Shout out to author Sara Novic for mentioning this in her newsletter! Thank you Sara! Thank you Jami for all the wonderful "fucking" inspiration!😆I love it!
I am so sad this mini 1000 is over, mostly because I will miss Jami's daily words. But I am over 6,000 words deeper into this novel. Thank you, Jami, for the pushes and inspiration.
Well then! I knew I had these stories in me, but I didn't for sure know they had to come out, or that I was the one to tell them. They came roaring out, there are more in there, and I think I have to tell them! I haven't read anything I've written, but will. Thank you so much for organizing this. I needed the accountability.
Thank you, Jami. I wrote 1,082 for this last Mini day. This week, I wrote what I'm certain are the 6,400 most painful words I'll ever write in my life. I bawled the entire way through every writing session, and i'm so glad they're written now. They'd still be inside me without your push to show up every day and get it done. Looking forward to more crying—I mean writing—in October, and I'm preordering your book right now. Thanks so much!
1603 and I am deep in the new chapter. This system is annoying and it works and I love it. Thanks, Jami.
Pshew! 1072! After staring at the screen this morning for an hour and writing almost nothing, I took a dance break, did some work, and came back to it. My brain needed to figure a few things out before writing these two scenes. We're also having a heat wave and it's smoky, which sometimes makes things weird. But I had to get my words in, and I did! Total for the week: 9,016 words. Got through a stuck part, wrote new surprises, and am on track to keep doing this and stay in it until I type THE END again, hopefully at the end of next week. It's been so nice to write with all of you! Thank you, Jami! Your letters are the best. Pre-ordering your book, now. Congrats, friends!
Thanks for this, Jami! I’m so grateful when I read about how you and the other writers here make their way through the crazy maze of getting a novel from brain to page!
Thank you-thank you! I appreciate this Jami!
Thank you, as always! Your newsletters are such a welcome calm spot in the often choppy seas of life.
Thank you, Jami. This was fun hard work! See you in October.
Today I wrote 1,086 words, including an alternate opening scene for the book. Left a bit undone so I know where I'm going next. Wrote with some lovely friends online for some magical energy, Thank you, Jami, for this fabulous week. xo
Jami, thank you for this second summer bout of 1000 words! It kickstarted me just when I needed it. I've reached 43,227 words of the first draft of My Fucking Book and there's no stopping now. See you for the October session when I'll be working on the book proposal and second draft! And I'll definitely be pre-ordering your new book!
Jami, thank you so much for the gift of this week. It's soupy and sticky here in Brooklyn, and it would have been very easy to binge-watch silliness in the air-conditioning instead of putting words on the page. But no! Instead, you really motivated all of us with an amazing, insightful, encouraging set of letters. 1,093 for me today with lots of character development and the growth of a plot thread related to one of the concerns I keep returning to in my writing over and over again. Maybe you should be getting a cut from everyone who publishes work that germinated during a 1,000 Words session? (I'm only half kidding . . .) THANK YOU!!!!
“Write what you love, not what you think you should write. It’s your fucking book.“
That really resonated with me. Thanks, Jami!