![]() ![]() My new goal was to write one short story per month and publish it on Writers Write. ![]() I resurrected the idea a bit and realised I had to make it more public for accountability’s sake. ![]() In 2014, I nobly promised to write one short story per month for 12 months. I realised a story a week might be a tad hectic, but then I remembered a list of New Year’s resolution I once made. It’s not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.’. I had always loved short stories and there was a Ray Bradbury quote that says, ‘ Write a short story every week. I wished I could go into 2017 with that kind of plan, but what could I do? I had pretty much exhausted every creative writing topic ever, and I wanted something that would make me excited once again. Go check it out on Writers Write.Īnyone who has ever blogged will know the value of having your blogging content planned out 52 weeks in advance. He wrote a series of posts called: How to Write your Novel in 52 Weeks. Some months the blogs were all I wrote and I wanted to stop I was tired.Īlso, in that year, my esteemed, talented, and wise colleague Anthony Ehlers, had a great idea for his blog posts. I was at my wits end and couldn’t imagine having to face another month-never mind another year-of blogging. So, to overcome my November self-loathing, I write short stories and enter them into as many competitions as I can-usually with mediocre results, because you can imagine how rushed they are.Īnyway, I was repeating my little cycle of despair. I also call November short story month because there are so many short story writing competitions around that time of year. It’s the month when I look back at my year and realise how dismally I have failed at producing anything in terms of writing. I get to teach writing, talk about writing, write about writing, talk to other writers about writing I write a blog about writing, read books about writing… But the infuriating thing about it all was that I wasn’t doing any of my own writing. Do you want to join me?Īt the end of 2016, I was exhausted, overwhelmed, and really frustrated with my own writing. I am going to write one short story per month. So, I have decided to make it a year-long project. I have been writing a lot of short stories lately and I have been having so much fun. You are invited to a short story writing challenge… ![]()
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