Hi friends. This is just a reminder that the second Mini 1000 will start one week from tomorrow on Oct 2. One thousand words a day for six days straight. We will write every day in a quiet and focused way, as if we are all sitting in the same cafe with our headphones on, giving each other the occasional nodding and supportive glance, except we will be on the internet, linked together with the occasional online check-in and cheer. The vibe is the same though. We are doing this work together.
Excited for this, too! I'm so glad we get a second shot at 1000 words. I have a week's worth of flash (mix of fiction and essays) that I'll be working on. I'll be at a residency for the month, which means I will actually get time to write these first drafts before I switch gears and edit my novel. Thank you, Jami, for doing this again! ❤️
Started the note that will contain my topics in a handy checklist format this morning! I've got to make some headway on the 2nd draft of my book, and this is coming with perfect timing as I've been pretty discouraged this week.
Hi Everyone. I've never participated in this, and I'm super excited! I'm going to be working on my novel. Like Gabriela, I am going to be at a residency at the time. I feel very lucky that I'll have the space and time to give this my best. Looking forward to it.
Excited for this. I’ll be working on my novel—I’ve made good progress this past month but am starting to slow down, and would appreciate the boost from some communal encouragement!
Yes, blending my memoir with my search for my long-lost cousin, and turning it into unapologetically and very thinly veiled fiction. Since my family will hate me for the truth, I might as well have fun and put in some stuff that should have been true, too.
Got some encouraging feedback doing practice pitches with some agents at an IN PERSON (still can't believe it, and I was there!) writers conference over the weekend. So now I guess I'll be working on actually finishing the thing.
So thrilled to have this motivation. I'm finally starting the novel that has been kicking around my brain and heart for the past 20 years. Thanks for the nudge!
Thanks, Jami, for doing this and sharing it with us. I will be working on a revision of a section in Part One of my novel. My group workshopped it a month ago, and their rigorous ideas to improve it have given me a tall task. I started with handwritten notes, and now I feel ready to go full steam ahead. BTW I do a bi-monthly newsletter, and today we sent out September. I gave your summer challenge a plug—the Next Chapter by Rosemary Porto. I cannot figure out a way to send you the link, and it isn't on my website yet. To be continued...
Excited for this, too! I'm so glad we get a second shot at 1000 words. I have a week's worth of flash (mix of fiction and essays) that I'll be working on. I'll be at a residency for the month, which means I will actually get time to write these first drafts before I switch gears and edit my novel. Thank you, Jami, for doing this again! ❤️
I am working on three essays for a fellowship and am so excited to have this guidance and community!
LFG.
Oh yeah!
Started the note that will contain my topics in a handy checklist format this morning! I've got to make some headway on the 2nd draft of my book, and this is coming with perfect timing as I've been pretty discouraged this week.
I will be ready! Going away for the weekend and will be compiling my writing prompts. Love this encouraging atmosphere.
Hi Everyone. I've never participated in this, and I'm super excited! I'm going to be working on my novel. Like Gabriela, I am going to be at a residency at the time. I feel very lucky that I'll have the space and time to give this my best. Looking forward to it.
Excited for this. I’ll be working on my novel—I’ve made good progress this past month but am starting to slow down, and would appreciate the boost from some communal encouragement!
Yes, blending my memoir with my search for my long-lost cousin, and turning it into unapologetically and very thinly veiled fiction. Since my family will hate me for the truth, I might as well have fun and put in some stuff that should have been true, too.
Got some encouraging feedback doing practice pitches with some agents at an IN PERSON (still can't believe it, and I was there!) writers conference over the weekend. So now I guess I'll be working on actually finishing the thing.
I don't know yet, but I will by Monday.
I *finally* made myself sit down and figure out my plot problem, so now is a perfect time for this. I need to rebuild my momentum.
So thrilled to have this motivation. I'm finally starting the novel that has been kicking around my brain and heart for the past 20 years. Thanks for the nudge!
Ready! First half = last chapters of a revision, second half = fun new story. Thanks for doing this!
Thanks, Jami, for doing this and sharing it with us. I will be working on a revision of a section in Part One of my novel. My group workshopped it a month ago, and their rigorous ideas to improve it have given me a tall task. I started with handwritten notes, and now I feel ready to go full steam ahead. BTW I do a bi-monthly newsletter, and today we sent out September. I gave your summer challenge a plug—the Next Chapter by Rosemary Porto. I cannot figure out a way to send you the link, and it isn't on my website yet. To be continued...