#WritersCoffeeClub 3 - Have you ever done a writing challenge? How did it go?

I've had a successful #NaNoWriMo in 2014 but burned out from the experience. https://ljwrites.blog/posts/nanowrimo-experience/ I've also completed the first draft of the big WIP Book 1 with a #dailyWriting habit, which was more to my pace but took a lot of energy. I'd like to make creative writing/research a part of daily routine again as life settles down.

I've done contests and exchanges for #fanfic, original fic, and #poetry. A few I'm particularly proud of are two short works of #historicalFiction and an Eliza/Charlotte one-shot (Pride and Prejudice). They were good opportunities to stretch myself and produce new work such as sonnets and English-language sijo, which I wouldn't have done on my own. Fundamentally I think my best work comes from self-driven projects, but I welcome new challenges when I have room for them.

#WordWeavers May29 - Have you ever doubted you'd finish a draft? If so, what kept you going?

I almost always doubt I'll finish, and in fact I have a lot of unfinished drafts lying around, a few for fiction and especially non-fiction such as blog posts. When I pushed through to the end of difficult drafts it was some combination of really really wanting to see the end product, my circumstances allowing it at the time, and for particularly long drafts like the first draft of my big WIP (250K+ words...!), a settled routine. I've discussed my #dailyWriting routine in this blog post, https://ljwrites.blog/posts/2022-writing-review/ and that habit led to a finished draft near the end of 2023. Unfortunately I haven't touched it since 😝 though I've been doing more thinking and research. #LjWrites

A new Doclopedia theme has started on my blog: Unusual Small Towns. #TTRPG #DailyWriting

Rainy Writing Sunday Afternoon

Much #creativeWriting has taken place. More in the works. Plans have been laid like tracks for future trains.

#indieGameDev #creativeWriting #gameDev #dailyWriting

https://mindcreatesmeaning.com/rainy-writing-sunday-afternoon/

#creativeWriting #dailyWriting #gameDev #indieGameDev

During my writing process, I come up with a lot of one-off lines or concepts that I will never use.
To that end, I started a Bluesky account that I publish them to, with the premise being that these are the opening lines to stories that I will never write.
You can check it out over at https://bsky.app/profile/unusedopenings.bsky.social

#writing #WritingPrompts #DailyWriting #WritingCommunity

Happy to have attended two #creativeWriting #meetup groups this weekend. 7.5 #dailyWriting pages completing a 13.5 page #shortStory. ​ …

https://mindcreatesmeaning.com/a-writers-weekend-win/
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#Community #creativeOutput #creativeWriting #creativity #dailyWriting #meetup #shortStory #writingCommunity

A Writer’s Weekend Win

Happy to have attended two #creativeWriting #meetup groups this weekend. 7.5 #dailyWriting pages completing a 13.5 page #shortStory. ​

https://mindcreatesmeaning.com/a-writers-weekend-win/

#Community #creativeOutput #creativeWriting #creativity #dailyWriting #shortStory #writingCommunity

Why I write every day

https://makertube.net/videos/watch/7c0f082e-2b7e-40fc-b9c5-880549405ceb

Ces derniers jours, au réveil, avant que je ne quitte le lit, heureux à l'idée d'embrasser la nouvelle journée, je pense un bout à l'affaire Mazan, et ça me fiche la chair de poule. 

À écouter les hommes autour de moi, à les voir en vidéos, à lire leurs commentaires sur les réseaux, on croirait vivre à l’âge d’or. 1/12

#microfiction #art #MastoArt #writing #writer #affairemazan #Mazan #ecriture #diary #notallmen #dailywriting #autofiction #reflections #reflexion #pelicot #affairepelicot

A reminder that https://750words.com/ exists and is a fun and secure place to journal online.

#journaling #DailyWriting #writing #750Words

Over 1600 111-word texts from 2020 to 2024. #111Words #Counting #DailyWriting #DailyProse https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/01/over-1600-111-word-texts-from-2020-to.html