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Writing, writing
Dec. 26th, 2021 12:39 pmThe year of 2021 has mostly been about me making small steps to improve my life, both the parts that were upended by the pandemic and the ones that were messed up independent of it. To that end, I’ve just signed up for Get Your Words Out for 2022, at the Basic pledge level. This means I’ve committed myself to writing 548 words a day, which sounds pitifully low to me, but realistically it accommodates things like D&D night, illness, and vacations.
This puts me on a clock for getting an outline done, though the challenge doesn’t require that I write my words on any particular project, or that the words on any particular day show up in a final draft somewhere. I could write some quick scenes that end up not fitting anywhere and they would satisfy the challenge. This isn’t about me getting a novel written in X amount of time, it’s about me rebuilding the habit of writing on a regular basis. Once I get that habit back I will see what I want to do next.
This puts me on a clock for getting an outline done, though the challenge doesn’t require that I write my words on any particular project, or that the words on any particular day show up in a final draft somewhere. I could write some quick scenes that end up not fitting anywhere and they would satisfy the challenge. This isn’t about me getting a novel written in X amount of time, it’s about me rebuilding the habit of writing on a regular basis. Once I get that habit back I will see what I want to do next.