“If I’d have a choice, I’d be a storm.”, Neve whispered. The blood-red leaves of the bushes shivered and shook with his breath and as they floated down on Seuss, Neve curled closer into the beings scaled tail. His hand traced circles over the pattern of his upper body, wiping the leaves off as he followed the veins and scars.
“Why so?”
Neve smiled, but it faded almost immediately; as if the gentle breeze of the night had stolen it away.
“It’s the closest to the stars, isn’t it?. I could shake them, rattle them. And then one will fall down and you can make a wish on it.”
His raised hand high into the deep night, only to let it dwindle down with a soft thudding noise. Soon, it got swallowed by Seuss’ rumbly chuckles.
“My fool might be the sweetest out of all of them. I’d want to be leaves then. You can not part wind and leaves, after all.”
it’s definitely not a weekly post but these two really give me feels right now
I was scrolling through my dashboard a couple minutes ago and came across a post that said something along the lines of:
“This is page 364 of 365. Ready to finish the book?”
And I got to thinking, and somehow this little idea was born. Let’s talk about a 2019 writing challenge.
The “365 Page Challenge” (sure we’ll call it that) is all about consistency, and building the habit of writing every day. And seeing as we’re focused on consistency, this is your chance to create the most ridiculous story you’ve ever thought of. Here are the “rules”, though the challenge can be changed in whatever way you want:
The average book page has 250-350 words. Every day, write a minimum of 250 words and a maximum of 350 words in the same project.
Let’s embrace spontaneity! (Or whatever level you’re comfortable with.) Start your project with little to no planning and let your brain create the story as you go. You’ll be surprised at how much your mind might have in store for you!
And... that’s pretty much it. Remember that the 365 Page Challenge does not pressure you to publish any of your progress, because I’m openly encouraging you to make your stories as ridiculous as possible.
However, at the beginning of every month, I’m going to do a little check in with my own progress where I’ll post my favorite line, but there’s no pressure for you to do the same. So while it’s not required or anything, I would also love to see what you guys write!
If you have any questions, feel free to send me an ask! Keep in mind if you’re doing this challenge and want someone by your side, there will always be at least one person you can turn to (hello!). I’m going to use and track the tag #365pagechallenge for any challenge-related happenings.
So, no worries if you don’t want to, but I would love to know who’s going this challenge with me! Or, if you’re not interested, a signal boost would also be much appreciated :D
I started this year with a lot of ideas on what I wanted to do with my time. One of this was to participate win @sunnydwrites’s #365pagechallenge.
Unfortunately, I think I bit off more than I could chew. I’m really far behind and have very little interest in that story (Graphite) right now. Plus, I went in with no planning and am now realizing that this was a poor decision.
So, I am going to give up. This isn’t a sad thing. I am stepping back to allow myself to spend my time on other projects without too much guilt. I still learned a lot about the struggle of writing consistently and how I need to plan more.
Perhaps I can participate in this next year, with a WIP that I care about a bit more and have spent more time planning.
I know this 365 page challenge is supposed to help you write 300 words every day for a year but I‘m doing something wrong,,,, when I write I write like 4k words and then I‘ll stop completely for five days until I write another 2k and that’s more than I‘d write without the challenge but it‘s still not correct ksjdkdje help
Thanks @sunnydwrites for the challenge! I just saw it, so I’ve got a little catching up but hey, here we go!
I decided to write Ezra’s story, a character I’ve had bouncing around for awhile now. It’s an urban fantasy story, so hopefully all goes well, but main premise: Ezra’s a Witch with a common, slightly weak, Gift. Threadweaving. But he’s more than he appears, or maybe less. He hasn’t figured that out yet.
It’s almost 2 am, and my laptop is dying so I’m at 284/750 to catch up. Good luck to everyone attempting this!
I‘ve just started this 365 pages challenge thingy even though I‘m a few days behind and I already love it. I‘m just writing???? without the endless thinking and it can be super silly and stupid bc I did not spend entire months outlining it just to ruin a brilliant idea when writing, so there‘s really no pressure???
I started my first page with death nervously chewing on his lower lip while eating a can of ravioli in a secluded motel in ohio. we‘ll see where that goes
the 365 page challenge is not going well...... I was actually going to give up because of writer’s block like I hadn’t written in weeks and I have like 36 pages and I‘m on day 70, but today I decided that it canNOT END LIKE THIS so I wrote a few hundred words. I won‘t be able to keep up but who cares right??? IT‘S A CHALLENGE doesn‘t mean I have to win skskskskjsjs
remember that 365 page challenge thingy I‘m doing,,,, well,,,,, I might have, kind of, pretended it didn‘t exist for two weeks so now I‘m 16 pages behind, but, hey!!! not every novel is 365 pages long it might just be a little less skejskjdd
