Last year, my challenge was to draw inspiration from one
song a day and create a blog post. It proved to be a daunting task, but one
that forced me to have discipline and focus. I don’t know if I became a better
writer because of it, but I did write more.
I didn’t want to continue doing that in 2026. First, while
it was interesting to see what I conjured from each song, there were days when
inspiration was low or the song choices didn’t strike a nerve. The end results
often felt forced. Second, I am not sure any posts spurred me into bigger ideas
for longer pieces. Third, I wanted to get back to writing more fiction, so my
new challenge needed to either include more fiction writing or editing of
existing pieces.
So, after a week away, I’ve decided that I want to write a
new piece of fiction, a poem, or an essay each week. Obviously, the lengths will
vary, and I don’t doubt that some pieces will start and may never reach a satisfactory
end.
My thought is that the blog pieces will either be portions
of these creations, or some sort of discussion about the writing process, such
as the inspiration, or issues I encounter, or so forth. I hope to post once or
twice a week.
What about this week!
Well, I haven’t written anything yet, but I do have a
niggling idea. Last week, I started using a CPAP machine, and for the most
part, it has been a miserable experience, but it did give me an idea.
What if a character has sleep issues, gets a machine, but the
machine is somehow magical or something? What would the magic be? What would
the results be?
That’s as far down the rabbit hole that I’ve gone. Most of the time I just need write to get the ideas flowing. Hopefully, I’ll have an update near the end of the week.
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