Made it to 1K! This morning (when I usually write) went off the rails a bit, so for the first time in a long time I sat down to write in the evening after an exhausting day teaching. I used to do that all the time, and somehow I'd convinced myself that since I'm fresher in the morning, I should write in the morning. Why not both?! I feel a momentum I've been craving for months coming on.
HA! HA! Torrey Peters' letter is so damn liberating! It kind of makes me feel right-size and big-size...ego in check and chest puffed out despite the insults. Bring it! On target today with words and thrilled to have the space for a good chuckle. Thank you, Torrey and Jami!
1000 words of summer should be STUDIED. The way I prioritize my writing out of fear of disappointing Jami Attenberg belongs in the DSM-5-TR. (and by that I mean ‘thank you’ for getting and keeping me going.)
Yeah, we forget: this is the ultimate act of vulnerability, aka Asking For It. On another subject, has this ever happened to you? This morning, I did my stint and saved everything as I usually do, and then, when I went back to fix something, today's pages were GONE. Vanished. Not on USBs, unfindable in versions. Yes, friends, I remembered enough to reconstruct some, probably not all, of it, but I'm still reeling.
This piece from Torrey was such a highlight for me, still thinking about it now ❤️
Meee toooo
Thank you for all of this as I ponder what a saccharin life it would be were I to never be insulted!
God, I love this.
Day 3, 1014 words
Made it to 1K! This morning (when I usually write) went off the rails a bit, so for the first time in a long time I sat down to write in the evening after an exhausting day teaching. I used to do that all the time, and somehow I'd convinced myself that since I'm fresher in the morning, I should write in the morning. Why not both?! I feel a momentum I've been craving for months coming on.
1000 words of summer is getting me through everything right now.
1140 words--my most so far--on what I expect to be my busiest of the entire challenge.
Day 3. 1146 words. They have little shape but they feel like something.
1,028. Glad to have a new perspective on being insulted especially after someone in my writing today insulted me. This is the way.
1,116 today!
Loved this and I thoroughly enjoyed Detransition Baby. Thank you, Torey, for the words of wisdom!
1292 words for the day!
Excellent! I crossed the link over 1000 words, too! Go us!
HA! HA! Torrey Peters' letter is so damn liberating! It kind of makes me feel right-size and big-size...ego in check and chest puffed out despite the insults. Bring it! On target today with words and thrilled to have the space for a good chuckle. Thank you, Torrey and Jami!
well put!!
this is too effing hilarious and true. thank you, torrey and jami, for adding some acid and levity to this writing day!
1000 words of summer should be STUDIED. The way I prioritize my writing out of fear of disappointing Jami Attenberg belongs in the DSM-5-TR. (and by that I mean ‘thank you’ for getting and keeping me going.)
lol! I'm so glad!!
Yeah, we forget: this is the ultimate act of vulnerability, aka Asking For It. On another subject, has this ever happened to you? This morning, I did my stint and saved everything as I usually do, and then, when I went back to fix something, today's pages were GONE. Vanished. Not on USBs, unfindable in versions. Yes, friends, I remembered enough to reconstruct some, probably not all, of it, but I'm still reeling.
I’ve definitely lost and rewritten and it’s been even better than it was before. But yes that sucks!
Not sure it is better, but at least I jumped right back in!
Oyyyyyy... so sorry this happened!!!