Procrastination a Day in May
Well, the good thing about failing miserably at Story a Day in May is that it makes writing a short story every week seem a lot more doable. Only a minuscule amount of new fiction was written last week. But the good news is that I’ve got several pretty decent story ideas to develop, plus a handful of stories written that I think are salable. One of them (about mobster plants) makes me laugh so hard, and is full of awful plant puns.
I really want to finish the stories I’ve started this month, some of which feel a lot longer than flash fiction. I might also try to outline a story idea a day for the rest of the month, since actually writing them seems a bit beyond me at this point. Kudos to everyone out there still excelling at Story a Day!
And despite failing just about every one of this year’s insane challenges, I think this has been one of the most productive years I’ve had short story wise! 17 stories completed for about 30,000 words. Not too shabby!
Plant puns! And it looks like you’re on target for your story submission goal. And 17 stories written! Awesome!
You haven’t failed. You’ve succeeded on a smaller scale than you’d anticipated. 🙂
The plant story sounds great–can’t wait to read it somewhere!