Write more often

I’ve written almost every day for the past week, thanks to it being August. I should try to remember to actually advertise my August Writing Challenge here next year…

Today while I was at the gym, the sports channel was showing the national firefighters competition. Not only was it totally inspiring in getting me to work out, but it also gave me an idea for a short story about a boy who believes his father is a firefighter. So I wrote the beginnings of it today, but it’s kinda long, and still needs some work. I will work on it tonight and also maybe tomorrow and Thursday.

So I sat and wrote again this morning. There’s a noticable theme in my writing, but I guess that’s to be expected, really, all things considered. This one may need more polishing than I have time to give it this evening. We’ll see…

Today I wrote a poem. I like it. It’s about the process of making art. Writing on Mondays is working for me, but I need to start out with a clearer idea, I think. Just expecting inspiration to hit on Monday morning isn’t a good long-term strategy.

I did it. I typed and edited and posted my first Monday’s writing. Now the hard part is going to be doing it again next week.

Today after going to the gym I sat in a coffee shop with my notebook and wrote for an hour. I wrote a little piece of short fiction that I’m going to type, edit, and post to my LJ tonight. I’m going to try to do this every Monday morning after the gym.