Today, I start the 1000 word challenge. I’m not super excited about it. In fact, I’m wondering if I should still try to start today, or if I should focus on my newest obsession, “On Writing” by Stephen King. As everyone in the whole world knows, Stephen King is a master storyteller, but this book shows his humanity well.
Why is it that fame, success, power, etc. make people seem more than human at times? Authors, musicians, actors… people pay for their used trinkets. Its weird. Anyway, this book is wonderful for really seeing how normal, everyday events can shape our lives.
I just finished the first section of the book, which mostly consisted of personal details and stories of King’s life before writing became his full time job. The next section is supposed to give tips and advice to writers and those of us aspiring to become writers. I’m excited, but I know I’m supposed to write too.
Maybe I will throw out a bedtime story tonight. Those are fun and easy to write. My daughter has a candybar fundraiser for her school which will take a few hours tonight too. I typically hate fundraisers, but yesterday she got her first box. We decided to take the box with 60 bars in it to the entrance of a local grocery store. Guess how many she sold in about 90 minutes? 55 bars! Our family did buy 5 of those, and the pizza delivery guy bought 4, but the rest were store patrons. It was amazing. She can now get the keychain prize. (Which probably costs 50 cents if you were just buying it, but you have to sell $60 worth of stuff for it).
Ok, kids are home. I’d better get busy.
ummm… I just did a post that was 1,400+ words without thinking about it at all… but no pressure… I wont do it every day… nobody reads those long ones anyway…
I’m trying to do real writing of 1000 words, but so far I’m spending more time reading King’s tips than writing. I did manage a little today, but reading is vital to writing too, so I’m not going to beat myself up over it.
I am going to try the Nanowrimo thing and do a whole novel in a month… with no preplanning at all. Maybe I will do a new part of the sci fi series.
I’m sure you can do it. The bedtime stories come quickly to me, but a whole novel? I wish you luck though.
We can both do this.
I try to keep each post about 300 words or so, so 3 posts would just about do it!
That makes sense. I typically like writing short posts. I need to write my books though, and they require more words than blogging does. 😉
Ohhh you are going to love the rest of the book, one of Kings best work. Even I felt like writing after this one…
I love his openness and humor in this book. It is wonderful to find an author as successful as King is who doesn’t mind spending a little time getting real about writing.