Writer Life: Day Sixty
Mostly just for me, but maybe you’ll find it interesting, too.
Sixty days. Wow. I think I’ll write a post tomorrow about what I learned from 60 straight days of keeping a writer’s log. And why I think you really should try it. Maybe less publicly — unless you’re an over-sharer like me.
This afternoon I watched The Goonies, which is a movie that absolutely inspires pretty much every middle grade story I tell. But it particularly inspires my current work-in-progress. I didn’t really realize until today how much Tessa (my MC) reminds me of Mikey Walsh (one of the The Goonie’s MCs.) Not in a plagiarism way. Just — the inspiration is definitely there.
I made some progress on my second editing pass today. My goal is to get through it by the end of the day Wednesday. I’m going to be okay if I need to stretch that to Friday, but no later.
I’m working on my Hubpages experiment. I wrote about it today.
One thing that interests me is that they have a whole layout for posting recipes. I love to cook and I’ve had a food-type blog in the past. I’m excited to give posting recipes to Hubpages a try, because they don’t do well on Medium.
I transferred one recipe that I posted here (that, like I said, kind of bombed) to Hubpages today. I’m kind of notorious in my family for taking pictures while I’m cooking, so I can blog the recipes. It’s been a long time and I’m excited to get back to it.
This morning I answered a comment that someone left on one of my Medium posts — about not waiting until you’re good enough to write.
Today’s Commonplace Book Project post is Mikey from The Goonies on adventure.
I’m posting my WRITER Framework progress here for a while. For accountability. ❤
WRITE: I worked on my Milk edits — made good progress on round two. READ: I’m still working on Demential Reimagined. IDEATE: I thought of 10 things I want to do now that winter is finally over. TALK: I talked to my friend Jackson online. I need to get out tomorrow. EXERCISE: Took a walk. REGROUP: This post.
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Shaunta Grimes is a writer and teacher. She is an out-of-place Nevadan living in Northwestern PA with her husband, three superstar kids, two dementia patients, a good friend, Alfred the cat, and a yellow rescue dog named Maybelline Scout. She’s on Twitter @shauntagrimes and is the original Ninja Writer.
