Prepping for a two-week writing challenge
My plan for "1000 Words of Summer"
Here’s this year’s FAQ for 1000 Words of Summer hosted by
at her newsletter Craft Talk. If you sign up, you’ll get an encouraging daily email for each of the 14 days written by a guest author. (They really are inspiring!)Here’s a link to Jami’s also very inspiring book 1000 Words: A Writer’s Guide to staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round.
Jami has a recent post on How to Prep for #1000wordsofsummer.
I also mentioned (and recommend!) Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts by
. Check out his wonderful Substack filled with fiction writing exercises: No Failure, Only Practice.Back in October when I took up the Inktober challenge of daily ink drawings, I wrote in a bit more detail about setting up a system to achieve my goal: Atomic Habits…of Art.
Thanks for reading The Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick. I love writing and drawing these posts and am grateful to everyone who follows along. I am the author of four award-winning books, including the graphic memoir, The Keeper, which is 40% off at the place that rhymes with Damn!-a-zon. I also co-edited The Field Guide to Graphic Literature, which is about making all kinds of comics, graphic poetry, and literary collage. Thanks for your support!
this is so helpful, Kelcey! I've done #1000words a couple times, but this year I'm using it to start a new project and am feeling pretty nervous, so seeing your steps here is really great. (and a great reminder that I have Refuse to be Done, which I'd start reading in the middle of writing a different book, then put aside--so I will get it back out as I start this new thing!)
This sounds very motivating! I can't start mine until mid June though. But it's an idea I'll keep in mind.