EVER since going broadband,
I have updated, added on, downloaded and generally had a blast with the
computer. It's so fast. It's so sleek. It's like a
Corvette, whereas I had been driving a Ford Pinto.
I updated to IE 7.0 last week, and was pleased to see that MSN had
blogs. They even have a desktop blogging tool that is much like a
word processor. If you don't want to open up IE for surfing, just
go to the writing tool! That little writing tool has inspired me
to set a challenge for November-December. Amazing, isn't it, what
sparks the mind.
My goal for November-December is to spend a designated amount of time
writing, not blogging, and the purpose of the exercise is to teach
myself discipline. I cannot tell you the number of poems started,
novels begun, short stories sitting in My Documents in need of
polishing. If they were paper, I could start my own recycling
center.
There are quite a few of you out there (B R O A D hints) who Have What
It Takes to produce some superb work...So, taking a cue from Martha
here...would any of you care to join in the challenge? We could
do an hour a night, or 45 minutes, or decide how many pages we want to
turn out in a time slot.
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Man, I'd love to join your challenge but I just can't squeeze in the time right now. I have to make myself stay away from the computer during the week. Maybe I'll join in some weekends as hoilday stuff allows. Hope you're going to post some of your work as you complete it. I'm going to send my daughter a link to this entry. She's very much a writer. I think she'd enjoy it.
Martha :-)
I'm Martha's daughter, and I would love to join in on your challenge! I've already got a novel in progress - 8,000+ words accomplished, aiming for 2,000 more per day, which is a bit much for most people. I once had an English class where the teacher said that 500 words per day is a reasonable goal for everyone. It's enough for seasoned writers to accomplish something and get motivated to write more, and it's little enough that people who are new to writing won't be too intimidated. But whatever you decide is fine with me!
Thanks for coming to my journal! I'm hoping we might both get a chance to learn about writing from each other in the months ahead. I've got a couple of ideas I'll probably post in my journal sometime, but right now I'm too worried about the 42,000ish words I have left to write this month!
Yes! However did I miss this entry? I'm glad I checked to see if I'd caught up completely on your journal. I just posted an entry in Dusty Pages, just a few minutes ago, listing as one of my goals for December making sure that I spend a significant amount of time each day writing. So are we setting a minimum time goal or a minimum number of words goal?
Lori
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