This week’s goal was 150 words a day, 1050 words total.

Last night, I couldn’t think of anything worthwhile to write, but earlier in the week I had been introduced to a fantastic source about Show, Don’t Tell. So I took a paragraph from a story I had written that had SO much tell in it and tried to make it better. I think it turned out well, considering what I had before. Still needs some work, but that’ll be for the next revision. Check out my February 11th post if you want to see the comparison.

February 05: 152
February 06: 0
February 07: 251
February 08: 154
February 09: 203 + 88 (two separate pieces)
February 10: 169
February 11: 209
Total: 1226 words

Reading total: 28 pages (better than nothing?)

Weekly Writing Goal:

1226 / 1050 words. 117% done!

Yearly Writing Goal:

4694 / 250000 words. 2% done!

Reading goal:

235 / 4500 pages. 5% done!

Also brought to my attention by the community the writing pen are two fiction contests. One is fantasy, while the other is general fiction. I have two stories in mind that will work for both. I may ask from some critiques before I submit them. Those critique entries will be friends only, so feel free to leave a comment if you want me to include you in the critique. For all those random readers of this journal? Har…

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