One Page Per Day

I am ashamed to say that, besides what I do in NaNoWriMo, I hardly ever get any writing done.

I mean, sure, I am known to pump out a short story or a poem once and awhile, but that hardly ever happens anymore. I often find myself sulking and procrastinating while I try to think up something to write, and when I do start to write, I only get a couple sentences down. It’s a shame really, because last year, I started so many writing projects, but I don’t think that I finished eleven twelfths of them.

Not this year. This year, I am going to take part in a year-long challenge of my own creation, entitled “Page-A-Day” Basically, I’m challenging myself to write at least one full page (around 500 or 600 words) per day. It doesn’t have to be part of the same project. You could work on a novel one day, write a poem the next, and start a short story the next! Really, the only rules are that blog posts and such don’t count, it should be a fiction piece (well, it doesn’t  have to be, but that’s what I’m doing. Still, no blog posts) and you are not allowed to delete your work after you hit the one page mark, for all your days to count, you have to save each and every page until the end of the year. You can do the writing in whatever format you like, on the computer, in a notebook, on a typewriter, if you have one (if you do, LUCKY.)

In preparation, I have began writing random outlines for novels, stories, and other works of writing art. One of the ones I’m really excited about is The Unusuals (better title to come later), which was inspired by an image I found on one of my favorite things ever, Pinterest! I hope to have lots of new ideas by January first, which is when my project will officially start!

I think that this will be a great way to get me writing in 2014! If any of you are interested in doing Page-A-Day, please comment below and tell me, perhaps we’ll be able to help each other out!

Thanks so much for reading my blog! You are amazing!

Do you have what it takes for the Writing Apocalypse challenge?

If you’re loosing your mind with worry that you’re behind on your novel, sit down for a nice long writing session. And I mean SERIOUSLY long, as in 2 or 3 hours minimum. This is a writing challenge the can be done solo or in a group, and is guaranteed to boost you up thousands of words! Don’t worry if you can’t finish all of this challenge all at once, I’ve only managed to get it up to part two, I’m going to get into part three tomorrow, as I’m super tired right now, and then chip away at it throughout the rest of NaNo. Good luck!

 

1.The apocalypse is coming! It’s inevitable and the only thing you can do is try to be prepared… time to start prepping! Race to 100 words to try to gather as many supplies as you can!

2.You find shelter. It’s a decent, well secured area and you have a good amount of supplies. You choose to stay put for a while. Word war for 30 minutes.

3.You’re under attack! Someone found out about your supply stash! Not everyone was as prepared as you and now they want to take your supplies! Fight them off! The battle is fairly quick, so word war for five minutes. If you get over 150 words, you win. Under 150 and you lose!

4.If you won the battle: Great job, you were born for this! You’re practically an apocalypse natural… are you sure you didn’t plan this!? Never-the-less, it’s probably time to move on now that the raiders know where your camp is. Go on an hour long word war in search for a new camp, far, far away from the raiders.

4.If you lost the battle: Write an extra 50 words to try to regain some health and supplies. Those raiders hit you pretty hard. Once you’re done, get out of there before the raiders come back to finish you off! You don’t have transportation means, so it’s gonna take a while to get away. Walk for an hour during an hour long WW.

5.The area you find looks all right for the night, but you definitely don’t wanna stick around too long… the field is pretty open, after all… word war for ten minutes and then get outta there!

6.Time to find a new permanent camp! Make sure it’s a good one though, so word war for twenty minutes.

7.Congratulations on the new camp site! Celebrate with a word race to 500 words!

8.Time to fortify your camp! Race to 1,000 words this time to compete for the best supplies!

9.Let’s have a music word war! Music always raises morale, even during apocalyptic times… just don’t play it too loud, wouldn’t wanna attract any hostiles! Word war for the length of a chosen song!

10.Oh, no! The enemies heard your music anyways! Fight them off in a 15 minute word war!

11.Wait it out! Word race to 750 words while you wait for things to clear up!

Congratulations! You survived the apocalypse!