#i wrote 200 words a day for a month and it was so uneventful they didn't even give me a t-shirt

[crushcandles]

200 Challenge:

Days: 31/31    Words: 8424/6200

Not only did I manage to do 200 words every day in May, it felt (mostly) good and (mostly) very achievable. Makes for an anti-climactic final round-up, but whenever I'm trying something new, I generally set the bar so low an ant would stub a toe on it as a confidence-building mental trick. And it worked. Writing every day doesn't have to be a long jump or a mountain climb, I don't have to fly past 1k to be writing. Every word counts, even if it's "only" 200 words.

I wrote every day, resisting the urge to "buy" free days by writing more. I wrote even when I was out of town in the middle of the month, on a tablet, which I found out I am not a fan of, but I did it anyway. I wrote on eleven discrete things. My Dune fic was the big one, but I also wrote a tiny slice of Witcher fic, and explored nine original ideas, some multiple times, a few just once.

If you pay any attention to me talking about writing, it's obvious how important routine is to me. At this point in my life, it's how I creatively thrive. I'm forever exploring how to build a sturdy, safe, inspiring home to write in, as often as possible, and this month was such a boon to me in that endeavor. By the 31st, it felt really normal to think, Time for my 200s at lunch or the end of the day with no resistance, just a sense of comfort.

May is over and I'm free to do as I please now, but I'm going to try and keep this streak up, and hopefully, once the 200s groove is deep and smooth enough, I can explore how to sharpen the challenge again.

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Daily progress visual under the cut because I am not immune to a proverbial gold star sticker.