Writing Is Hard
Sep. 2nd, 2017 09:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingIt's time for me to start taking writing seriously!!1! I proclaim here on Dreamwidth, but that's easier said than done. I'm constantly perplexed that I am absolutely unable to motivate myself.
One of the tricks people use to encourage themselves is to set small, concrete, and reasonable goals. I think that, if I'm going to get anywhere with this whole "writing fiction" business, I'm going to have to take things one step at a time.
Let's say that my first goal is to table at the DC Zine Fest next summer. I order to do this, I need to have a zine. I already have several left over back from when I lived in Indiana (during which time I sold them at Quimby's in Chicago), but I want to make a new zine with new material. Specifically, I want to write ten pieces of flash fiction and accompany each story with a small illustration. I'm going to need to figure out formatting and printing, and I'm going to need to figure out what to do about the cover, and I'm also going to need to figure out whether I'll use my own stupid name. The first item on the agenda, however, is to write the fucking stories.
The theme of the zine is going to be "ghost stories," which I think is going to be the title as well. What I need to focus on now is writing ten pieces of less than five hundred words that fit the theme, and I'll worry about the rest later.
One of the tricks people use to encourage themselves is to set small, concrete, and reasonable goals. I think that, if I'm going to get anywhere with this whole "writing fiction" business, I'm going to have to take things one step at a time.
Let's say that my first goal is to table at the DC Zine Fest next summer. I order to do this, I need to have a zine. I already have several left over back from when I lived in Indiana (during which time I sold them at Quimby's in Chicago), but I want to make a new zine with new material. Specifically, I want to write ten pieces of flash fiction and accompany each story with a small illustration. I'm going to need to figure out formatting and printing, and I'm going to need to figure out what to do about the cover, and I'm also going to need to figure out whether I'll use my own stupid name. The first item on the agenda, however, is to write the fucking stories.
The theme of the zine is going to be "ghost stories," which I think is going to be the title as well. What I need to focus on now is writing ten pieces of less than five hundred words that fit the theme, and I'll worry about the rest later.
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Date: 2017-09-02 10:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-09-04 01:16 pm (UTC)Sometimes I wonder how anyone finds the motivation to do anything. Thank you so much for your encouragement!
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Date: 2017-09-03 08:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-09-04 01:10 pm (UTC)DETERMINATION!