Now, this is potentially an ill-advised decision, not least of all because I’ll be at a cottage with week and I’m sure not how much quality writing time I’ll be getting (though I will have Internet access, so that won’t be the problem).
But, hey, if there’s one thing I excel at, it’s making things harder for myself than they need to be.
I’ve been trying to do one of these month-long daily writing exercises every quarter of the year. I’m not sure if that’s going to be true of every year, but I at least want to do it that way for 2022.
I could hold off until September, but I’m really hoping I’ll be working full-time by then and that will be a bigger impediment to writing than cottage week.
So, here we go, a new short story every day in August!
The month’s first scene is here:
And, incidentally, my previous month-long daily writing challenges are available here:
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