As the weather has improved I’ve noticed attendance for the weekly write-ins has gone down, with only three of us in attendance today. People are no doubt vacationing and such, but I think there’s also a bit of that “Do I really want to sit in a room and write for three hours when I could be lazing in the sun/swimming/[random sporting activity] instead?”
I once more attempted tackling my Camp NaNoWriMo 2017 project, a 5,000 word short story that would be “spooky.” After a few minutes I tried something I’d done before (but failed to get any traction on): write a story about someone having trouble writing. I even gave it the same title, the ever-so-imaginative “Writer’s Block.”
But this time something clicked and I managed over 2,400 words with a premise that promises to be all sorts of Twilight Zone creepy and out there. If I stay on pace I could conceivably finish the story next week, then have another week to polish it to a brilliant shine. Or at least polish it so its edges can no longer gouge innocent readers.
In all, a successful session and weirdly it wasn’t nearly as cold in the store as the previous session, though both of the other attendees agreed it was still cold.
Also, this particular Waves store moves/removes furniture every week for no reason I can fathom. It’s strange and could be the basis for a weird tale all its own.
