Last year during Lent I completed a self-reflective exercise, looking at my character flaws, and also considering my thoughts around work fulfillment. I'm not planning to do that again this year. I hope I haven't developed more flaws...and I'm not sure how well I've managed to over come the ones I identified last year.
Instead, I was thinking about doing a short story project. I'd aim for two short posts a week (between 250-500 words), starting this week, and going until Easter (April 20th--yeah, it's really late this year).
The slight hitch in my current plan is I don't have a story idea yet. No characters, no plot, nothing. So, I'd love suggestions! I'm not looking to make this religious or a self-discovery journey, it's meant only to exercise my writing skills. I'm willing to go for comedy, tragedy, romance, speculative, young adult, or older adult, whatever!
If you have a suggestion, feel free to comment here or on Facebook, or even Twitter, if that's how you'd prefer to correspond.
Then I'll see what I can come up with.
Ciao,
Andrea
2 comments:
Sounds a bit like a serial! Except with no requirement for each instalment to stand on it's own. As to what you should choose - if you're looking to exercise the skills, maybe try something you haven't tried much of before? As I recall, you recently stretched yourself on the romantic side. How about suspense or mystery, which I only really mention because you didn't?
Alternatively, pick something more familiar but try writing it in a different manner. Like from a male perspective, or the perspective of a piece of furniture, or in first person plural or something. Really, it has to come down to what you want to try out, otherwise you may lose interest or focus.
A bit like a serial, but only to be 6 weeks long. I was thinking about doing a short piece from one of my neglected, unfinished manuscripts. So either an anti-hero female who can fly, or a dystopian world with a male protagonist.
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