We’re rounding the last turn of 2017, and The Write Stuff isn’t steaming along quite as well as I hoped. Goal 1: Finish four short stories in 2017 I’d love to meet this goal, but the harder I push to come up with an idea, the less creative my brain seems. I’ve been relying on…
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The Write Stuff: Well Color Me Surprised
Month eight of The Write Stuff finds me in the middle of peak season at work. I can’t concentrate on anything for more than a few minutes, so I’m gobsmacked to report that I finished my third story. Um, what? via GIPHY Goal 1: Finish four short stories in 2017 Look at this. Look at…
The Write Stuff: Excuses, Excuses
As The Write Stuff wheezes itself into month seven, I’m having trouble focusing. I’ve done a lot of adulting lately (e.g., moving, writing large checks, and talking with my husband endlessly about “house stuff”), which is apparently worse for my creative output than even my negative self-talk. Goal 1: Finish four short stories in 2017…
The Write Stuff: Halfway Home
I’ve been on The Write Stuff journey for six months. Let’s see how it’s going! Goal 1: Finish four short stories in 2017 Not much official movement since last month. I’ve incorporated most of the edits I got on the third draft of “Beginnings,” but I got a couple bigger pieces of feedback that need…
The Write Stuff: Back in the Game
We’re sliding into summer like a greased pig, and The Write Stuff is back on track. Goal 1: Finish four short stories in 2017 Look at that! We’ve got movement in row four. It felt good to get the second draft of that chapter posted and critiqued. And most of the feedback was pretty nitpicky,…