Today I made the most progress in writing, but I think I only feel that way because I managed to finish one story arc. The portion of the story following the title character, Parsley, is finished. It needs a lot of polishing, but I will be focused on the second story arc now. As long…
Day 7: Following Joan Didion’s Writing Routine
It happened twice. Yes, Day 7 happened twice because unfortunately, I couldn’t continue with Day 7 after receiving the news that someone I knew had passed away. After the shock wore off, I was emotional. I was in no place to work and the only thing I could get up to do was eat because…
Day 5-6: Following Joan Didion’s Writing Routine
Day 5: Failure Day five was a failure. Between work and plans, I was unable to get any writing done, but I thought resolved to do better on day six. I realized that while seven days was a good amount of time to follow a routine, this doesn’t leave any room for mistakes or undertaking…
Day 4: Following Joan Didion’s writing routine
Today was difficult because I worked in two different locations today. My morning shift was rather slow so I was able to write out more about the main characters I want to introduce. I feel like today was the day I was least able to follow the routine. I wonder what daily life is like…
Day 3: Following Joan Didion’s writing routine
Today I woke up later than I anticipated but started work immediately. I’m still drinking these little bottles of Coca-Cola which is only serving to make me dislike the taste more. Given that at this point, I’m following the routine loosely so that it can fit into my schedule, I should consider stopping that part….
Day 2: Following Joan Didion’s writing routine
The second day of this journey has me convinced that Coca-Cola I’ve been drinking has been having a strange effect on me. That effect is becoming thirstier. I focused today on mostly research and getting down a few lines of what the story might look like. I decided to have five council members for this…
Day 1: Following Joan Didion’s writing routine
Hello, my name is Nerissa! Welcome to the first day of my writing experiment. Writing is something that I do as a hobby and like most of my hobbies, it gets put aside for whatever else I have going in my life. I realized that if I want to maintain my hobby it would help…