Just Create - Spelling Edition

[silvercat17]

What are you working on? What have you finished? What do you need encouragement on?

Are there any cool events or challenges happening that you want to hype?

What do you just want to talk about?

What have you been watching or reading?

Chores and other not-fun things count!

Remember to encourage other commenters and we have a discord where we can do work-alongs and chat, linked in the sticky

Comments

[angelofthenorth]

I'm writing at least 750 words a day on 750words.com as my morning pages.

I've done some research on medieval wine for 1290 and I've booked a day at the National Library of Wales to read some books for my research at the beginning of February.

I can't let go of my ego and do a shitty first draft (per Anne Lamott) of 1290....

[mistressofmuses]

That is a great quantity of words to write per day!

Congrats on the research!

I feel you on struggling with the shitty first draft advice, ha.

[angelofthenorth]

I know it's the way forward, but I've realised I need more thinking and research before I commit to the Lamott advice.

[dianec42]

Mmm, medieval wine. And yay for a field trip!

Can you do a deliberately silly first draft? I don't know, some way to sneak up on it somehow...

[angelofthenorth]

I tried, but it was so awful I had to bin 5k words