I have been wanting to write a book for a long time now. I’ve read lots of Fantasy novels and I’ve always wanted to try to write one of my own. I’ve gotten started on several, but nothing ever has come of it, or at least nothing that I feel noteworthy. Terri over at Terri Terri Quite Contrary is someone who I discovered (or is it whom?) through another blog and after going over and reading her daily posts, I put her blog in my RSS Feeds in Outlook and I read her stuff every morning while I’m trying to find the bottom of my coffee cup and my brain first thing in the morning.
One of the common themes we share on our blog is our desire to write SOMETHING. I have noticed that with working out, if my boss and I don’t guilt one another into going, we don’t go. Now I’m not suggesting I guilt Terri into writing, but I thought of something more interesting. What if I start a story – a few paragraphs of something off the top of my head, and then leave the last line open so she can continue it. I’ll put a link to her blog at the bottom so people can go to her blog and read the follow up to my post. See if we can play storyline pingpong for a while and see what becomes of it. I figure if we begin to get something going, or we finish a storyline and want to start another, we can grab each other’s posts and put them in a story section, except all in the same place. I’m kind of working this out as I write it, so if anyone has any suggestions, please comment below.
Okay, I’m just going to start writing the first storyline in a new post and see what happens. Who knows…:) Stay tuned for the first storyline.
I love the “guilt each other into it” theory and it’s just the kick in the butt that I need. I can’t wait to see what we can do with this. GREAT idea!
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This is an awesome idea. I read Terri’s stuff on a daily basis as well. I’m anxious to see what you two come up with. I’m sure it’ll be great.
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Very nice to hook up this way. Great way to motivate both of you…
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I have no idea if it will even get to the next chapter, but it’s fun, and it’s been making my writing gene interested in more. Now if I could only put aside an hour or two every day to do this, it’d be great.