I am entering a short story contest.
I don't know which one... but I'm going to enter one.
Why? Because my dad heard about one on the radio, which got me thinking. So I looked some things up on the internet and... I didn't find a contest I wanted to enter.
HOWEVER, I did read some inspiring stuff. One guy said that he entered an excerpt from his novel. While he didn't achieve first place, though in the top five, he was able to contact publishers. And, using the bit of 'fame' he got from the contest, he actually got published.
So I don't have hope for something that big, though it would AWESOME to actually win something. Though I don't have hopes for that either.
Anyway, as most of you may know, I've just killed some WF (Writer's Flu), and in the meanwhile defeated its ally, Procrastination. Now I'm hunting for some inspiration.
But I don't necessarily need inspiration. I need a drive. Something to strive for.
NaNoWriMo was perfect. I wrote more in one month than I could have ever before. 60,000 words. Just think, 60,000 words is like... like an army. An army of words.
Enough of that though. As I was saying, I need to have a drive to write, a dead line (you know, where you get to it or else you're dead, the most serious kind of dead line), and I also need some hope.
While the May deadline for the NaNoWriMo books is making me anxious, I just can't focus on that. I've spent a whole month dedicated to writing 2,000 words each day, I need something fresh, and I've found that taking the month of December off didn't help me.
So... I am going to 'host' my own Short Story Contest. Why? Just for fun. But, if you do write a short story, send it to me using my email -> scoutofdunnwood[AT]gmail.com <- And I'll give you a badge. (:D) (If you don't want to send it to me, it's just fine, I'll give it to you anyway).
A second post coming later today... or early tomorrow.
"Thy word is thy weapon. Use it with caution." -Me
The WordWeaver
I don't know which one... but I'm going to enter one.
Why? Because my dad heard about one on the radio, which got me thinking. So I looked some things up on the internet and... I didn't find a contest I wanted to enter.
HOWEVER, I did read some inspiring stuff. One guy said that he entered an excerpt from his novel. While he didn't achieve first place, though in the top five, he was able to contact publishers. And, using the bit of 'fame' he got from the contest, he actually got published.
So I don't have hope for something that big, though it would AWESOME to actually win something. Though I don't have hopes for that either.
Anyway, as most of you may know, I've just killed some WF (Writer's Flu), and in the meanwhile defeated its ally, Procrastination. Now I'm hunting for some inspiration.
But I don't necessarily need inspiration. I need a drive. Something to strive for.
NaNoWriMo was perfect. I wrote more in one month than I could have ever before. 60,000 words. Just think, 60,000 words is like... like an army. An army of words.
Enough of that though. As I was saying, I need to have a drive to write, a dead line (you know, where you get to it or else you're dead, the most serious kind of dead line), and I also need some hope.
While the May deadline for the NaNoWriMo books is making me anxious, I just can't focus on that. I've spent a whole month dedicated to writing 2,000 words each day, I need something fresh, and I've found that taking the month of December off didn't help me.
So... I am going to 'host' my own Short Story Contest. Why? Just for fun. But, if you do write a short story, send it to me using my email -> scoutofdunnwood[AT]gmail.com <- And I'll give you a badge. (:D) (If you don't want to send it to me, it's just fine, I'll give it to you anyway).
A second post coming later today... or early tomorrow.
"Thy word is thy weapon. Use it with caution." -Me
The WordWeaver
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