Where I give myself a writing challenge
I was recently lamenting the fact that my writing is the one thing suffering still after my diagnosis almost two years ago. I just can't sit down and write fiction like I used to.
And I'm sick of that fact, I miss it. So, I'm setting myself a writing challenge. I want to write fiction again, and I will start with something that has been a great love of mine in the past (may it become that again): micro fiction.
Telling a story in a few words used to be such a passion of mine. I even have a book with 100 stories in 100 words dwindling away on my hard drive, waiting for me to edit it (which it needs, extensively.
I'm going to do this (trying is no longer an option, dang it!). My therapist says I need to set times for a challenge, and I will do it for a week. After that, I hope to pick up longer fiction, maybe the short Mastodon fiction vibes will trigger some longer form fiction too!
I'm going to give myself ten minutes each day, to write and post a story, and I think Mastodon is the perfect spot for it.
And as I need some inspiration, maybe, I give myself seven words for prompts. I went with a witchy springtime vibe.
These prompts are:
- Blossom
- Rain
- Seedling
- Meadow
- Basket
- Nectar
- Dawn
I turned it into a pretty graphic too, to share on socials.
I'm posting these stories on this blog, and I will link them below.
Allons-Y!