I’ve been told recently that I write too slowly. I will admit, my process is meticulous. I follow in the footsteps of Tom Robbins (swoon)* in which I try to make the most perfect sentence possible before moving on to the next one. There’s all kinds of research that happens and word-associations and trials and retrials. I realize that this flies in the face of most writing process advice, which is to just get as much down on paper and then edit afterwards, but I have to admit, that’s just not the way it comes out for me.
Lately, I’ve been trying to exercise my “sprinting” muscles a little bit more and one way of doing this is with oneword. It’s lovely for speed-thinking and writing and a nice little way to start a story.
So, here’s my challenge. Go on oneword, write for the sixty seconds that they give you and use something you write in those sixty seconds as the start or end of a story.
Ready? Go!
*It has recently come to my attention that for years I’ve been fostering a schoolgirl crush on a 77-year-old man. I am not sure how I feel about it, but Switters would be proud.
Nymphs, goddesses, apsaras, maenads! It’s May. There’s a fresh exhilaration in the air. Mother’s Day is coming up. I have been incredibly inspired by all those bloggers who did the A-Z blogging challenge in April. These things all fit together nicely in a little challenge that I am setting for myself. This month, I am endeavoring to write about 26 strong, creative women from mythology. So, the goal is to write 26 short stories, one based on a female mythological figure for each letter of the alphabet. Feel free to join me, or to set your own goal for this month. New growth and new beginnings are in the air!
