Day 6… and 7… and Now 8

Welp. Today is Day 8 of the Kris Spring Writing Thingy. That may or may not be the correct name of it so i’ll link to it here.

Anyway, every day we get an email update of where Kris is on her challenge and how she got there. I’ve opened every email but i just scroll to the bottom to read her word count for that day.

That woman is non-stop!

As you can see, she averaging 2,400 words a day! And with my current restart, i’m at 1,500 words a day.

Now, this is a dangerous thing for us writers. Comparing ourselves to others. Kris has published millions of words and sold millions of more copies and i just finished book nine in my writer’s journey. Full novels i should say. I’ve also started to focus more on the short story format which i’m really digging.

Anyway, if i compare myself to Kris, i can become a sad puppy. She’s writing 800 more words than me per day and has written 6,000 more words total than me.

Now, if i was to get a case of compare-a-itis, i’d feel like a big loser. Furtuanlty, my case is mild since i know that she’s sold tens of millions of books and i’ve sold tens of tens of books (hot dang, that’s a good joke i stole from that Progressive commercial).

But compare me to most would-be artists i’m actually killing it! I’m probably in the Top 1% of writers on Earth this month. Not a lie. I haven’t started Day 8 and in 7 days eg one week, i wrote 10,000 words! That’s insane.

So, yeah, i’m a little bummed that i’m not keeping up with Kris (You should go on a ski trip to Antarctica this week, Kris. Heard its beautiful this time of year 😉) i gotta be honest, this has been the best i’ve spent on myself in a long time.

Yesterday, i finished another book/short story that was 16,000 words in total! Usually, these would take me about six months. But since i’m writing a half hour to an hour a day, i finished a project in a week that otherwise woulda taken me months. And now, i get to finish and work on my second story/book. And at this pace, i see no reason why it won’t be done next week or even this week. That is wild.

So, this is just a big thank you to Kris. Kris and her husband Dean, two of the greatest writers to have graced the Earth, make writing seem easy. Kris could have chosen to keep this writing funk to herself. Remember, there is no such thing as writer’s block, just Project Block. One deserves to be a proper noun and one doesn’t, that’s how serious i am. Instead, Kris chose to go public and show that she’s—gasp!—human! And as she and her husband Dean teach in their workshops, one of the most important things to do is to be accountable. We all know the negatives of social media and i honestly believe there is next to nothing good about it, but it is a fantastic motivator. And Kris decided to open up her restart with others so we could join her.

I was going to write that they even made money on this but they’re giving everyone one credit for another class or two classes if you keep up with her. So, even though i’m not gonna get those two classes, i will be getting one. All because Kris and Dean wanted to do with me what they’re doing with other writers: making them believe in themselves and their writing again.

God i love 2024. I love how happy everything is and i think this year is God’s way of saying good job on surviving 2020.

So, tl;dr Thanks, Kris.

Okay, gotta get back to work and then get some words in tonight after the j.o.b.

Peace!

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