Serendib Writing

I think I’ve figured out that what’s most challenging about writing at the moment isn’t fear of failure (which is what I’d sort of been assuming), but is actually discouragement (both personally and with the industry as a whole). That’s helpful. Knowing what the actual problem is makes it much easier to start effectively problem-solving.

Writing sprint, 40 minutes, 450 words. “Her fingers were…prickly? As if they wanted to be doing something, but she didn’t know what. And sometimes when she touched things – a door handle, a bit of wall, Shanthi felt a little jolt, like static electricity. She settled on the porch swing, laced her fingers together in

Writing accountability: So, Lori and I decided to meet up on weekdays to try and keep each other writing. Initially, my goals are very modest — write SOME fiction. A sentence counts. We’re meeting to check in at the start of the hour, and again to check out an hour later. So far, so good.

I’ve been thinking a lot about failure recently. I’m sure that when people look at my posts, what they see is something that looks like success, mostly because I’m a fairly positive person by nature, and I tend to frame things in that way, both in my head and on the page. But it’s only

Hey, folks, I could use a writing buddy / accountability partner. But very specifically, I’d like to get myself back to starting the day with writing, and doing it early. So I’m looking for someone who would be up for jumping on a Zoom with me Mon – Fri at 7:30 or 8 a.m. CST.