Flashing

A couple of years ago I did a year-long project that I dubbed the Moose in the Closet. I wrote an autobiographical story every Monday-Friday for a little over a year. I ended up writing 263 stories starting on January 19th, 2005 and continuing until the end of February 2006. I took two weeks off to go on vacation but I had guest writers for those two weeks telling their own stories. Over that time I wrote 207,744 words for this project alone. I also wrote a 50k word NaNoWriMo partial-novella (never completed) and worked on two comic books (Elk’s Run and Western Tales of Terror). It was, beyond a doubt, the most productive year of my life and it was a great experiment that helped me grow as a writer.

I am now preparing to undertake a similar writing experiment. I plan on writing flash fiction every Monday through Friday for a full year but with a twist. Every story will have the same exact set-up but each day will tell the story using a different form or genre. So that’s 260 complete stories, each under 1000 words, and each one will be a unique take on the same exact story.

I feel like I need this. After being creatively lost for a full year, I need some kind of “all for me” project like this one. I’m hoping that my writing improves over the year, and that I can entertain a couple of people in the process. I realize that coming up with 260 different literary genres and forms might sound kind of impossible but my list is getting awfully close to that number (I just need to make sure I space the similar genres out).

I will likely be starting on March 23rd. I am taking a week off from work for final preparations. I really hope I can make it a full year, and any encouragement and support you can give me would be much appreciated.

So that’s that. Until that project starts you can still find my daily internet love letters on this blog but that’ll be all, most likely. I’ll be continuing the love letters through the year, although they may be pretty short at times.

Wish me luck!

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