No matter what else happens today I still get to celebrate meeting my goal of writing and posting one short story every day in August. And that’s a really great feeling!
I probably wouldn’t have made it this far if it weren’t for the friends who reached out to talk about my writing during the process. I’m so grateful to have people in my life who support me wholeheartedly, and who encourage me to pursue my actual dreams and goals instead of getting swept up in the expectations of others. I’d love to hear what stories you liked most, or what you’d like to see more of from me in the future, but to wrap up, here are my top 5 favorite stories that I worked on this month:
Some stories took more than just one day to write, and this came from an idea I’d been working on for a few months. It’s not quite as done as I’d like it to be, but I was pleased with the characters I was able to come up with, and the premise of the fireworks causing some loss/obscuring of memory. I’d love to write a truly scary story one of these days, and this was my first attempt towards that.
2. Day 7
Author Michael Lewis often talks about the entertainment of writing, and tells stories about his family hearing him laugh from his office while he works on a new draft of a novel. I just really enjoyed writing this story, and literally didn’t stop laughing about the dog thinking coffee is poop the entire time I was writing.
3. Day 11
I’m proud of myself for posting this story because, along with a few others I posted, I was worried about this piece being misunderstood and possibly offending someone. But I stand by my writing of it, and the importance of allowing ourselves to not be ok when things truly aren’t ok. Also, I’m super obsessed with punching someone, there, I said it. I just really want to punch someone, not out of anger as portrayed in the story, but with all my might just to see what it feels like. Goals?
4. Day 16
I honestly don’t know why I liked this story so much – I’m not much of a fan of writing fantasy, but I kept coming back to this idea and wanting to work on it. This is definitely one I’ll be refining more in the future.
5. Day 26
This story was inspired by a conversation with a friend, and it was something I worked on almost the entire month of writing. I knew I would never get it quite where I wanted it to be, but I liked all the things I was able to bring together there.