Felt a little lost & panicky this morning. Procrastinated with some craft books accumulated over the years. In a copy of How Fiction Works by James Woods were a couple of postcards I used as bookmarks that felt like much needed signs, in particular ‘Army of Me’ - a painting by the artist Amy Cutler.
Deborah Rose
#1000WordsOfSummer
Day 8: 1,657
Rock
Deborah Rose
On Day 7 of #1000WordsOfSummer I wrote 1,164 words. So fried, so pleased 🫠
Deborah Rose
#1000WordsOfSummer Day 5 (yesterday), 1,041 and Day 6 (today), 1,017.
I have never ever ever written 1000+ words on six consecutive days. Ever.
So glad I signed up for this challenge - thank you for the forum, the community and the encouragement @jamiattenberg.bsky.social ✨
Deborah Rose
Day 4 of #1000WordsOfSummer. 1,007 words intermittently over four hours. Slow going. Almost gave up at 750. Made a killer soup and ate a fuck ton of bread. Sat back down and slogged it out. But it doesn't read as sloggy. Think I've hit on a tone and register that feels right, which is encouraging.
Deborah Rose
Day 3 of #1000WordsOfSummer I wrote 1,041 words. First draft of a short story that's been on my mind for a few months. Feels good.
Deborah Rose
Day 2! 1,549. A mix of journalling & a blog post. Easy to generate lots of words when writing about myself & what I already know. Much harder when it's fiction & pure invention. So tomorrow I'll focus on my novel & push through the blocks that inhibit words from flowing when I'm writing fiction.
Deborah Rose
First day of #1000WordsOfSummer I wrote 2475 words. Yikes!
(I had the whole day to myself, which will not be the case for the rest of the week)
(About 250 of those words made their way into what I'd call fair to middling, salvageable sentences)
(But, still... Yikes!)
