progress&challenge
Since writing The Virgin hasn’t been easy (considering that I’m editing on the side etc., probably that’s understandable), so I needed a little nasty whip to urge me on. Hence the nice little “250 word challenge” widget from Inkygirl.
For the record – I’ve written 400+ words yesterday and 500+ words today (edit: Whoa, I just checked my spreadsheet and figured it’s 900+! In 45 minutes!). This far, I like what I’ve done but I have to brace myself for days when I write something that I know is a drivel just to move things forward.
I can do this though.
Hi Ieva.
I notice you’ve not been talking about short stories as much lately, what with bigger projects occupying you. I’d had a question up on HTTS about differentiating between short story & novel ideas and hoped you’d tell about your experience. Now the thread’s kind of buried, but I was wondering how you know when an idea would be better served by one form over the other. I have so little experience with both that I just have to kind of randomly pick…
Wendy
Oh. Yea, I’ve been neglecting short stories lately, basically because I can’t multitask *that* much. That’s a pity, but I am not going to force it.
Your question is a very interesting one, I think I’ll conjure a blog post from it. Hang on!