Posting For Five Weeks Straight | PEDIA+
Granted, I can't really count it as five weeks until I upload tomorrow and Sunday but I have got those chapter updates mapped out and since I have been able to stick to my schedule so far, I'm feeling fairly confident in my abilities. When I made the challenge post on the 1st of August, I explained how this was my most ambitious writing challenge yet, and I'm so incredibly proud that I made it to the end of it (well, almost, but you know).
Over the last few years but since the end of 2016 in particular, I have been uploading quite a lot of writing onto the Internet. It's not something I would have imagined myself doing, say five years ago, but it's something I enjoy immensely. I push myself; I use my creativity to make characters, universes, storylines and everything. I sit with a blank page in front of me and create an entire other world with just words.
I've loved stories for a very long time. I can't thank my mother enough for forcing me to read that summer when I was eight or nine years old because it created an appreciation for the world of books that I'll always treasure. If I hadn't fallen in love with books from such a young age then I probably wouldn't be writing as much as I have right now. In 2017, throughout the whole year, I uploaded over 475,000 words across various platforms (for reference that's about the amount of five decent sized novels). In this August, in just this one month, I have uploaded over 130,000 words. It's the most I have ever published within one month, beating my old record of 105,000 words from last December during my last writing challenge.
It's absolutely insane. Mind-boggling. And as usual, which I do not take for granted at all, people have responded with likes, kudos, reblogs and comments. It's been so freaking cool and I have over 200 comments in my AO3 inbox that I'll try to get back to, finally in this weekend and I'll just get to feel all the love all over again while I reply. Some of the stories did much better than I thought they would and it was such a pleasant surprise and I'm happy that I decided to dig some out story ideas out of the draft folder and give them a full-fledged story. I have been writing for over twenty hours each week and it had been taking up so much of my time and it has been frustrating and difficult at times but now it also comes with a huge sense of relief and pride to have done it.
I can look over the things I have written and smile at all the adorable characters and the certain pieces of great dialogue that somehow sprung into my mind while I was all caught up in the writing process. I love being able to follow my story from the initial spark of an idea and notes to thousands of words that people can read and hopefully enjoy. It's something quite special and writing is such an integral part of my life.
I want it to continue to be so. I feel a sense of calm when I get lost in my fictive stories or my contemplative personal thoughts and pressing down on the keys of my trusted MacBook Air is some special kind of haven to me.
The month wasn't without its challenges. I had a ten page exam that needed to be written and handed in on the 17th and I managed to do it, and I'm happy with the end result, even if I'm still anxiously awaiting the mark. I was also an absolute idiot and I was walking with both my open MacBook and a glass of water and I lost balance a bit and the water got on my computer and into it and it just cut out completely. I thought everything might have been lost and I was crushed but thankfully, I got it to a repair shop quickly through my insurance and they replaced the Logic Board and now it is functioning as new again and I did not lose any of my data. I can't describe how happy that made me.
I've had this computer since January 2015 and it has been my trusted pal for so many years. I'm using it upwards of ten hours a day, most days, and it's still working great. On my keyboard, the E, A and S have even started to rub off slightly after so much extensive use and maybe it would bother some people but that just makes me love it even more. It's a sign of the many words that I have typed on it. It's a reminder of all of the stories and university assignments I have written in the last three and a half years. To me, it only makes it more beautiful and it's a sign that it's well-loved.
I wrote five different blog posts in the five weeks representing PEIDA+ (Posting Every Day In August + 4 days around it). Four (soon to be five) chapters were added to a story I was already writing with weekly updates. I started a new chaptered story, which will continue past these five weeks with the weekly uploads. I wrote three new chaptered stories with four or three different chapters. I wrote four different one shots. I wrote an interactive story. I wrote four different ficlets.
The aim for this challenge was to work on some of the ideas for stories that I had never quite gotten around to writing and I can only say that it's been a great success in that respect. And as usual when I'm writing a whole lot, it got my creativity flowing and new ideas have been formed, some of which made it into this month and others might be projects for the future. I've pushed myself to try new writing styles, I've written for new fandoms and I got to grant some of my old stories a sequel. It's been a pretty cool month and while it's great that it's over from a stress perspective, I have a feeling that I'll miss the extensive writing sessions I've had this month.
But I'll have to take a step back. You can't keep driving and driving without any chance to refuel and reassess (that being said, I do have the two chaptered stories which will be continuing with their weekly uploads). Also, we're about to enter September and with that month university is back on and I need to focus on my last academic year and now my last semester of proper classes. I've seen the reading material and the exam dates and it will probably be a challenge as well. It's good to challenge yourself in different ways.
If anything, I continuously prove to myself that I'm one stubborn human and if I set myself a goal, I can complete it. As long as my heart is in it, I become determined and stubborn and I push myself. And my heart is in writing. It has been for years now. I think writing may always have my heart because I have yet to find something that can make me anything like how I feel when I'm writing fiction or personal thoughts.
Over the last few years but since the end of 2016 in particular, I have been uploading quite a lot of writing onto the Internet. It's not something I would have imagined myself doing, say five years ago, but it's something I enjoy immensely. I push myself; I use my creativity to make characters, universes, storylines and everything. I sit with a blank page in front of me and create an entire other world with just words.
I've loved stories for a very long time. I can't thank my mother enough for forcing me to read that summer when I was eight or nine years old because it created an appreciation for the world of books that I'll always treasure. If I hadn't fallen in love with books from such a young age then I probably wouldn't be writing as much as I have right now. In 2017, throughout the whole year, I uploaded over 475,000 words across various platforms (for reference that's about the amount of five decent sized novels). In this August, in just this one month, I have uploaded over 130,000 words. It's the most I have ever published within one month, beating my old record of 105,000 words from last December during my last writing challenge.
It's absolutely insane. Mind-boggling. And as usual, which I do not take for granted at all, people have responded with likes, kudos, reblogs and comments. It's been so freaking cool and I have over 200 comments in my AO3 inbox that I'll try to get back to, finally in this weekend and I'll just get to feel all the love all over again while I reply. Some of the stories did much better than I thought they would and it was such a pleasant surprise and I'm happy that I decided to dig some out story ideas out of the draft folder and give them a full-fledged story. I have been writing for over twenty hours each week and it had been taking up so much of my time and it has been frustrating and difficult at times but now it also comes with a huge sense of relief and pride to have done it.
I can look over the things I have written and smile at all the adorable characters and the certain pieces of great dialogue that somehow sprung into my mind while I was all caught up in the writing process. I love being able to follow my story from the initial spark of an idea and notes to thousands of words that people can read and hopefully enjoy. It's something quite special and writing is such an integral part of my life.
I want it to continue to be so. I feel a sense of calm when I get lost in my fictive stories or my contemplative personal thoughts and pressing down on the keys of my trusted MacBook Air is some special kind of haven to me.
The month wasn't without its challenges. I had a ten page exam that needed to be written and handed in on the 17th and I managed to do it, and I'm happy with the end result, even if I'm still anxiously awaiting the mark. I was also an absolute idiot and I was walking with both my open MacBook and a glass of water and I lost balance a bit and the water got on my computer and into it and it just cut out completely. I thought everything might have been lost and I was crushed but thankfully, I got it to a repair shop quickly through my insurance and they replaced the Logic Board and now it is functioning as new again and I did not lose any of my data. I can't describe how happy that made me.
I've had this computer since January 2015 and it has been my trusted pal for so many years. I'm using it upwards of ten hours a day, most days, and it's still working great. On my keyboard, the E, A and S have even started to rub off slightly after so much extensive use and maybe it would bother some people but that just makes me love it even more. It's a sign of the many words that I have typed on it. It's a reminder of all of the stories and university assignments I have written in the last three and a half years. To me, it only makes it more beautiful and it's a sign that it's well-loved.
I wrote five different blog posts in the five weeks representing PEIDA+ (Posting Every Day In August + 4 days around it). Four (soon to be five) chapters were added to a story I was already writing with weekly updates. I started a new chaptered story, which will continue past these five weeks with the weekly uploads. I wrote three new chaptered stories with four or three different chapters. I wrote four different one shots. I wrote an interactive story. I wrote four different ficlets.
The aim for this challenge was to work on some of the ideas for stories that I had never quite gotten around to writing and I can only say that it's been a great success in that respect. And as usual when I'm writing a whole lot, it got my creativity flowing and new ideas have been formed, some of which made it into this month and others might be projects for the future. I've pushed myself to try new writing styles, I've written for new fandoms and I got to grant some of my old stories a sequel. It's been a pretty cool month and while it's great that it's over from a stress perspective, I have a feeling that I'll miss the extensive writing sessions I've had this month.
But I'll have to take a step back. You can't keep driving and driving without any chance to refuel and reassess (that being said, I do have the two chaptered stories which will be continuing with their weekly uploads). Also, we're about to enter September and with that month university is back on and I need to focus on my last academic year and now my last semester of proper classes. I've seen the reading material and the exam dates and it will probably be a challenge as well. It's good to challenge yourself in different ways.
If anything, I continuously prove to myself that I'm one stubborn human and if I set myself a goal, I can complete it. As long as my heart is in it, I become determined and stubborn and I push myself. And my heart is in writing. It has been for years now. I think writing may always have my heart because I have yet to find something that can make me anything like how I feel when I'm writing fiction or personal thoughts.
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