365 day writing project

Lazy writer here. Forcing myself to write every day for a year. Shooting for a 500 word count each day to begin with. I won't bore you with those words on this blog, as this is just being used as a tracking device. Wish me luck.

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why are buses inspiring?

It was a trying weekend for writing.  Friday night was especially difficult as I had to leave a party, find a room, and crank out my required words for the day.  Most of what I wrote was filler words.  I used the word "maybe" and "probably" at the start of nearly every sentence.  Clearly, this was inspired writing.  

Saturday I rode a bus for about an hour and inspiration flooded my small brain.  As soon as I sat down I had all these ideas.  Why do buses have this effect on me?  I'm worried I'll have to ride buses on the weekends for hours at a time to get stories finished.  This could get costly if I'm on the city bus, but I found a better way to go: the free casino bus.  Better seats and less people.  I wish inspiration would strike every time I sit down on the living room couch instead...

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I hate writing, I love having written.

-Dorothy Parker

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moving, but barely

Today is day 6 of my writing challenge.  Most of what I've written is total crap, but I don't care, because it goes toward my word count.  Mostly I've just been trying to come up with story ideas.  Many of which involve a woman who is stuck in an office job and dreams of a better life.  I know what you're thinking - that must be my life - and you'd be right. 

So we'll soldier on.  Hoping at some point all of the crap in my head will just dry up and then brilliant things will spring from my brain.  And now, back to watching youtube videos about beauty sample subscription services.  It's a horrible new addiction...

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she wrote

And by she, I mean I.  I wrote yesterday and I'm going to write today.  Operative word being "going".  But I can change that to "will" or "have written" in no time.  Learned I have a wandering eye to the word counter.  

Did you know you can write 500 words in about 10 minutes?  That's a problem.  Because of the gibberish I spewed onto the page in that short amount of time, I need to up my word count to 1,000 words a day.  Maybe the longer word count will force me to produce something of note.  I'm going to guess not, but I'll let my mind think otherwise. One day into the project and already I'm making these difficult for myself.  

Since I'm already being a bastard to myself, I might as well keep the ball rolling.  The blog posts don't count toward my daily word count.  Which is why this blog post is now over.  Must save words!