ROW80 Check-In 5-22-11 and Journaling...Back Up

I'm back in the swing of things, sort of! Although I didn't accomplish much on two of my goals, I am very proud to say that I ROCKED the journaling.  I journaled every day since Wednesday! Guys, this is a major accomplishment for me! I owe a debt of gratitude to C. Beth at The One-Minute Writer.  Her daily one minute writing prompts are doing wonders for my daily journaling.  (you can read today's journaling below)

So, I'm sticking with my same goals:
1 to 1.5 hours daily:
--researching WIP
--reading books on the craft, even if only one page
--journal daily

Today's One-Minute Writer prompt is:  Back Up--do you have a back up plan in case you do not fulfill one of your dreams/goals?

My dream is to be a published author.  My back up plan was pursuing a degree in my other passion, history.  Unfortunately, that was sidelined last year when my student loan funds ran out.  I do hope I will be able to find a way to continue and finish my degree.  I was SO close!

Want to see how others are doing in the ROW80 writing challenge?  Go HERE

Journaling...Twist

Today's One-Minute Manager prompt is:  Twist--Think of your life right now. If it was a movie or book, what could happen that would bring a twist to your plotline?

The woman sits in the chair, sadly reflecting on what has gone wrong in her family's life.  Losing the house, not able to find a job, everything financial snowballing toward a disastrous end.  She hears a knock at the door.  She answers it and it's Publisher's Clearing House....

Journaling...Friday Fiction: Nurse

Friday Fiction at The One-Minute Writer.  Today's prompt: Nurse-write a brief bit of fiction using the prompt,

The nurse crept up to the sleeping patient, syringe in hand.  Slowly, she injected the air-filled syringe into the patient's IV.  Another soul saved from suffering.

Journaling...Phrase

Today's One-Minute Writer prompt is:  Phrase--Write about an unusual phrase or saying one of your parents/guardians liked to say when you were growing up.

There was an after-school special about never giving up and in it, they would say to the main character, "You can do it, Duffy Moon!" My mom used to say it to us all the time...and still does!

ROW80...I'm Back!...and The One-Minute Writer

Well, I tried to make it back earlier in May, but...you know.  We did finish our moving.  Still have A LOT of unpacking to do.  We're talking 3000+ books here, people! But I'm ready to jump in again and see if I can salvage what's left of this round.

So, here are my goals once again:

Spend 1 to 1 1/2 hours daily on the following:

--researching WIP
--reading books on the craft, even if only one page
--daily journaling

Part of my journaling will be participating in this new journal prompt site I found, The One-Minute Writer.
Every day, C. Beth posts a writing prompt on the blog and we have one minute to write on it.  She even has a nifty little timer on the blog for us to use!



Today's prompt was Unexpected -write about something unexpected you experienced yesterday.  Here's what I wrote:

My son came home without his homework.  First, he said he didn't want to bring it.  Then, he said, "I didn't have time to get it!" Grrrr! It turned out that he just didn't want to get it.  More work for Wednesday!


I will be posting my One-Minute Writer journals here every day...after I've written it in my journal.

And how are you doing on your ROW80 journey?

ROW 80 Check-In--4/17/11

I'm taking a short hiatus from ROW80 until early May (hopefully).  We decided to give up our house in December and while we are already moved into our apartment, we still do not have everything moved out of our old house.  We found out recently that the house will be auctioned on April 28th.  We're not sure if we have to have everything out by then, but we're not taking any chances.  We still have the rest of my books to move and we have a lot of stuff to put in storage over at my mom's house.  My husband and I are doing this by ourselves and it's a lot of work so I really have to focus on that right now.  My plan is to jump back in with ROW80 the first week in May, if all goes well.  We shall see!

Hope everyone else is having a successful time this round!

ROW80 Goals--Round Two

I am SO ready for this round because I feel that I'm better prepared and ready to really get some work done this time out.

Here is my list of goals:

• one hour daily--devoted initially to research, later to be devoted to the writing
• 1/2 hour daily--reading about the craft (Thanks, Liz!)
• daily journal entry

I think these are modest and manageable goals.  We'll see how they evolve as round two progresses.

Cheers to the other writers participating this round.