Hello hello, and welcome to our now 13th (XIIIth) writing club update. My dictionary explains that the meaning of “thirteen” is:
One more than twelve.
Truly words to live by. Shuffling around my books for a more inspirational bit of numerology, I find the chapter in Mervyn Peake’s “Titus Groan” book, wherein we’re introduced to the outsider “Keda” who is to be a wet-nurse for the titular prince of Gormenghast. I’m not sure how that relates to what we’re doing here, but it’s a pretty weird, and cool, book.
Speaking of weird and cool…!
As always, all are extremely welcome to participate in the writing club, regardless of whether they’re in the list above.
For my goal, I said I wanted to write another blog article for my realname website. So while I didn’t do that… I did manage to scratch out a half dozen or so rough drafts 🙈 I’ve been struck by the curse of creative restlessness haha, and so I find myself overflowing with ideas, starting little projects, jotting down many outlines; but ultimately finishing nothing.
In a way, I’m building up my own rough version of a story seed library. It’ll be fun to pick over them and see what’s worth cultivating later, when I’m a little less restless.
Oooo I love the idea of a story seed library. It lets you harness that creative energy while its there :)
Im glad you’ve had an inspired month, even if it hasn’t resulted in a finished project lol
I think I do something quite similar, although in different form. When I get an interesting idea, I put it down in an “Ideas’ Drawer” and let them rest. If after two years they’re still interesting, then they’re worth writing a novel out of.
Now, this is not financial advice, but this method of sketching the prompts and see what grows can work very well and I support it!
I heard of the sci-fi writer Orson Scott Card (problematic fellow, but had some decent notes on writing) having a similar process of letting ideas germinate–I think for two years exactly, too.
But yes, I love poring over my old notes for inspiration. It’s so cool leafing through them and coming across an idea that you’d forgotten and getting inspired by it.
Oh, so like a short story collection? Sounds very exciting!
Haha it’s closer to a collection of snippets that might become short stories or other projects.