The beginning of the week is full of possibilities and opportunities.  At least that is what I like to think.  Despite the horrible human behavior and natural disasters in the world.  I am still optimistic enough that I like to believe that Sunday, the first day of the week, can be the start of something great.

I am looking to join another writing community.  In my search, I came across accountable Thursday, the idea is to write out the plans for the next week, then post it.  The people in the group will help you maintain consistency and keep you the lazy, procrastinating, fearful writer accountable to the work you have dedicated yourself to do.   I like accountable Thursday, but I have not written out my plans.  I owe the JC Henry Universe blog, two inspirational or health/wellness quotes for the week and 3 post essays of 100 words or more.  There are reviews, for romance book series, because that is what I’m into right now, and at least 2 anime reviews both are classics or new classics, in draft form.   I have the makings that could keep this blog happy for the next couple of months and a half.  It I stick to my plans – write, edit, revise and post the content for the blog. Then the Universe will be happy.

There is also my creative fiction, the writing projects. I have started and put on hiatus many writing projects. I have decided that by my birthday I will have complete the story I started in Camp Nanowrimo. I am not happy with the working title so I will just call it WIP #2020 her. The other writing project is in development stage. I am learning the characters and it is a romance. In the romance establishing the characters might seem simple. However, since I want these characters to have believable wants and desires, I have to think about what I want for them. Sometimes wants and desires are easy, it is the needs, what they really really need, that can stump me.   It can’t only the be the love of suitable pleasing-to-the-eye partner, it can be that and something else.  I like to read stories with that outcome better than the other.  I am giving myself a little over a month to complete the development stages and that is estimated for mid-September.  So, there it is my Sisyphus boulder, that I carry them always with me, in my mind and sometimes get them done.  But eventually they roll down the bottom of the hill.  When I am reading trash stories or watching dramas and anime, these are the things I should be doing.

Huh, without realizing it, I’ve made Sunday and accountable Sunday.

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Falling behind in writing is easy.  It is something that happens with many procrastinators like myself.   It is one of the many reasons I have yet to win a nanowrimo.  It is one of the many reasons, I don’t have a book out.  The path goes like this fall behind, lose focus, delay starting again, then give up.   Apologize to self and possible readers, then start again on new project.    I wrote in a previous post that I will be writing “At Least 100 words” and post them every day.  I didn’t add that the exceptions will be the weekends.  I didn’t consider my other writing projects. 

 Strange enough I estimate I write at least 500 new words a day, in various places not meant for readers.   These words are usually in my morning page journal.   Every writer has one, sometimes we call them different names, but we all need the brain dump.  To clear our minds before creating readable fiction or non-fiction.  Mine is a Baron Fig hardcover notebook.  Last years book was dark gray, this year’s book is light gray.  It is dotted instead of lined.   I never thought I could write words on a dot grid page, but I find that it is easier than the lined book, sometimes.  Bad penmanship is a peeve of mine.  However, it has to happened sometimes like brain dumps, so the good penmanship and writing can follow.   The pages of the notebook are really nice, I bleed-through proofed or something. I am not getting anything from Baron Fig except the notebooks, planner and bag I paid for. There are other decent quality notebooks in the world, my kid likes moleskin and there is Leuchtturm 1917, Rhoda and others that can work for anyone’s journal/writing/planning needs. Some even cost under $20.00. The brands mentioned above are $20.00 above depending on size. It all depends on what you are willing to spend for yourself. All the books have pros and cons, I use BF and will use it as long as I can but there are things I wish they would add to product, like two ribbons in planner, and pockets at the end of book.

“At Least 100 Words” need to have some reason to be posted besides the random thoughts of an unpublished writer.  I am willing to take suggestions from anyone place them in the comment, below.

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Starting this challenge is difficult. I had an idea to randomly expound on but then decided to get some facts. My desire to inform and educate is working against me. I had stated in previous post that I like to write objectively instead of subjective. However, most of my post are subjective. It is mostly about me and what I’m doing, thinking etc. Well I’m fascinating and you would know that if you read any of my blogs.

When I made the bold statement to write and post at least 100 words on the JCH Universe. I didn’t think about how and what I would be writing about. So,

I got stuck. This second idea for this post was supposed to be on writing prompts. Tried and true method to tap into a writer’s flow.  I searched far and wide for one that felt would be good for the next 100 words.  I soon realized that like almost everything else in the world, there are good prompts and less good prompts.  Which means it is a tomato/tomaato type thing.  I have borrowed and collected prompts from all over the internet.  Some of these entries will be prompts and everyone will get their props.  Because I am not a thief.   

Hopefully I would develop better skills with this project.

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