GYWO signup time

[owlmoose]

[img: notebook paper with "GYWO 2021" printed in large black
letters with a blue shadow. under that, "writing decathlon" in
handwritten black letters with an orange shadow.]
GetYourWordsOut: Year Thirteen!
Pledges & Requirements | getyourwordsout.net

If you've been following my writing goals posts, you'll know that I missed my goal for 2020 by rather a lot. On the one hand, it would be easy to just throw up my hands and say "well, 2020", but that feels a little too easy. I think my intentional break from fic was a huge part of it; while I still think that was the right choice, journal writing and writing for LB just didn't fill the void as I had hoped. Again, in part because world on fire, and also working at home five days a week instead of commuting to an office four days a week messed with my writing schedule pretty hard. Not to mention that I'm now working more hours and have less flexibility (it's hard to remember sometimes, but I only made that change a year ago and was still adjusting to it when everything went topsy-turvy).

All that said, I feel like I need more continuity and structure in the new year, not less. So I will sign up for GYWO again, and I will do the 240-word habit pledge again. But I may need to be more disciplined and intentional about how I strive for that goal.

Other folks who are signing up, or thinking about signing up, let me know if you want to create some sort of side support group -- regular check-ins and chats here, or setting up something else. Since I'm no longer active in any specific fandom communities really, I want to do a better job of reaching out here and other places where I do have community. I think it will help, not just with writing but with my quality of life in general.

Comments

[worlds_of_smoke]

I'd be interested in a writing support group. ^^ The community just goes way too fast for me to keep up with it. A smaller group would be easier for me to work with.

[owlmoose]

I probably wouldn't create a whole new group, but maybe I'd post check-ins and other accountability posts here. Something along those lines.

[worlds_of_smoke]

That works for me. ^^

[wordweaverlynn]

I'd never heard of this before, but I'm seriously thinking of signing up. And I'd definitely be interested in a support group, too.

[lassarina]

I'm down.

I'm actually shrinking my pledge next year, from 240 to 120, but instead of counting all of my writing, I'm only counting original fiction.

[owlmoose]

I have been mulling this concept over ever since you mentioned it, and I'm finding it very intriguing. I wouldn't count only original fiction, of course, but the idea of pledging for a smaller goal, while being more intentional about what counts as a writing day, has interesting implications. I'm very curious if that would work for me.

[lassarina]

Yeah, I find that I'm doing a lot of....not great flailing around in an attempt to hit a specific number of days, and I want to see if I can get better quality out of being more focused.