While I am away for nearly 8 weeks in Europe, I’d like to continue doing my daily writings.
I’m hoping that by the end of my time spent in Europe, I will have a collection of words large enough to convert into a short story or novella. Essentially, I’d like there to be some sort of theme or throughline between each writing, connecting the dots along the way in a manner that is both engaging and meaningful.
The most obvious answer for this question is that the theme should be centered around travel. It should be focused on being abroad, visiting new places, meeting new people, trying new foods, experiencing things that I haven’t experienced before. While I think all of these topics are interesting and will naturally influence the writing I do over the next 60 or so days, I feel that there is an opportunity to create something slightly more unique. Travel has been done before. There are countless blogs, books, movies, Instagram accounts, YouTube channels, and more centered around travel.
So this brings me to my next idea: the writing that I do over this period should be in some way fictional. The concept would be that each daily writing is a serialized snippet from a larger story. Since people love a good story, I have a feeling that this approach could be more captivating. However, it creates a tricky problem. How will I tie it all together in a way that is meaningful at the end?
Most authors don’t know where the writing process will take them. Since I’ve never completed a larger body of work, it feels foreign to approach something that is so open-ended. What if it doesn’t come together? What if it meanders in the wrong direction, rendering it unsalvageable before it even gets off the ground? What if it’s boring?
Well, so be it. It’s an experiment. If it sucks, hopefully I’ll have learned something along the way that I can implement for future projects. The most important thing for me is that I stick with my goal of writing daily for 6 months straight. Ironically, my last day in Europe will be the same day that I complete this goal (if I’m able to stick with it, which I have every reason to believe that I will be able to).
Lastly, I feel that this will help me combine the best of both worlds. Most of my writing thus far has been centered in reality—my observations, my thoughts, my learnings. But I have also dabbled in some fiction writing along the way. This will allow me to merge both styles, crafting the details of my experience with a fictional tale. If I am going to treat my travels like a true adventure, then it should be reflected in my writing.
And so, come Friday when I leave, I will embark on this journey. The daily writings will no longer be written on a whim, but instead will be tied together. Let’s see how it goes.
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While I am away for nearly 8 weeks in Europe, I’d like to continue doing my daily writings.
I’m hoping that by the end of my time spent in Europe, I will have a collection of words large enough to convert into a short story or novella. Essentially, I’d like there to be some sort of theme or throughline between each writing, connecting the dots along the way in a manner that is both engaging and meaningful.
The most obvious answer for this question is that the theme should be centered around travel. It should be focused on being abroad, visiting new places, meeting new people, trying new foods, experiencing things that I haven’t experienced before. While I think all of these topics are interesting and will naturally influence the writing I do over the next 60 or so days, I feel that there is an opportunity to create something slightly more unique. Travel has been done before. There are countless blogs, books, movies, Instagram accounts, YouTube channels, and more centered around travel.
So this brings me to my next idea: the writing that I do over this period should be in some way fictional. The concept would be that each daily writing is a serialized snippet from a larger story. Since people love a good story, I have a feeling that this approach could be more captivating. However, it creates a tricky problem. How will I tie it all together in a way that is meaningful at the end?
Most authors don’t know where the writing process will take them. Since I’ve never completed a larger body of work, it feels foreign to approach something that is so open-ended. What if it doesn’t come together? What if it meanders in the wrong direction, rendering it unsalvageable before it even gets off the ground? What if it’s boring?
Well, so be it. It’s an experiment. If it sucks, hopefully I’ll have learned something along the way that I can implement for future projects. The most important thing for me is that I stick with my goal of writing daily for 6 months straight. Ironically, my last day in Europe will be the same day that I complete this goal (if I’m able to stick with it, which I have every reason to believe that I will be able to).
Lastly, I feel that this will help me combine the best of both worlds. Most of my writing thus far has been centered in reality—my observations, my thoughts, my learnings. But I have also dabbled in some fiction writing along the way. This will allow me to merge both styles, crafting the details of my experience with a fictional tale. If I am going to treat my travels like a true adventure, then it should be reflected in my writing.
And so, come Friday when I leave, I will embark on this journey. The daily writings will no longer be written on a whim, but instead will be tied together. Let’s see how it goes.
