Welcome to the sixth writing club update!

I hope everyone has had a good November (and part of December (these posts keep taking me longer and longer into the month to post - they’re basically mid-month posts now lol)). These increased indoorsiness is often good for the types of projects we’re embarked on.

So without further ado, here are our dashing Participants for the month!

Have a great December and new year!

  • grrgyle@slrpnk.netOPMEnglish
    3·
    4 days ago

    For my update, while I have not got much progress on my actual short story, I did manage to do a good bit of writing. I tried this “morning pages” approach, and was surprised to get a couple of chaotic paragraphs out of it. Anyway, I managed to do that 8 times, and feel really good about it. Feels like I might actually be working the practice of writing back into my daily life.

    Here’s a link to one of the more voluminous outputs. I wish I could reign in my wordiness somewhat, it’s a bit of a shield, and limits the kinds of characters I can portray. Just a matter of practice, I suppose. :)

    For my next goal, I think I will continue tugging on this thread of seat-of-the-pants / almost stream-of-consciousness writing. So, since my last update I did 8 “sessions” - so just for fun, I’m going to put a number to my goal: I will complete 10 to 13 similar writing sessions, producing at least… 3 paragraphs each.

    • hazeebabee@slrpnk.netEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      I’m glad the sessions approach has been useful for you :)

      And i liked the little snippet too. I dont think it feels overly verbose when reading, it more so feels like a stylistic choice. I think it works especially with the frame of being an internal monolog.

      Also any tips for using etherpad (the app you used to share your writing)? It looks really cool & I’ve never used it before.

      • grrgyle@slrpnk.netOPMEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Thank you! I would still like to get better with other types of voices, but I’m glad this one works for this situation.

        I’m still new to etherpad myself, so I’m sure I’m using it pretty bluntly. The documentation online z looks like it was made for a pretty technical audience, so is not super inviting, but for the most part it looks like you use it like a typical text editor, like you’d see when sending an email.

        The ability to track revisions does look cool. I think you bookmark a “version” of your text by pressing the star icon. Would be need to see a snippet evolve over time this way, idk.

        • hazeebabee@slrpnk.netEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          I like your voice, but i also understand the appeal of having different modes of writing. It’s a good way to grow as a writer and explore different ways of communicating. Itll be cool so potentially see you experiment with new voices in the future :))