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By madpoet, December 12, 2011 4:45 pm

Back in the writing saddle, that is.

Hearing Matt Forbeck’s goal of writing 12 books in 12 months is both scary and inspiring. Basically, Matt is shooting to do a NaNoWriMo-length novel of 50,000 words every month in 2012. It’s made me sit down and start calculating what it would take to hit a million words in 2012. The number is surprisingly small – 1000000 – four NaNoWriMo projects (200,000), minus the shorts I’ve already written for MPF (just north of another 52,000) = about 750,000. Divide by the number of writing days I’ll have in 2012 (313) and I come up with 2,400 words a day. Wolfram Alpha puts it at 2396.16. But what’s 3.84 words among friends?

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By madpoet, June 21, 2011 6:17 pm

Here’s the Emerson quote: Abide in the simple and noble regions of thy life, obey thy heart. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
And here’s the prompt: Write down your top three dreams. Now write down what’s holding you back from them.

You know, there’s an old quote that’s attributed to Joseph Campbell. Campbell, if I remember correctly, wound up regretting that he said that. According to wikipedia, because people used that quote as a justification for hedonism, he’s later reported to have grumbled “I should have said ‘follow your blisters.’” So, to realize success – which I will hereby define as being able to provide food, clothing, shelter, + a little extra for some fun, your dreams – your bliss or whatever – needs to coincide with the needs of the marketplace.

Yes, I’m a capitalist. But as Danny Elfman said, “There’s nothing wrong with capitalism.” (YouTube link)