100 Words in 100 Days

I recently read an article by Jody Wallace which gave me a much-needed inspirational writing boost. She gives writers an assignment of writing 100 words in 100 days; if you don't complete 100 words, you have to re-start your day count, even if you were at Day 99. So, in the car on the way to the Outer Banks on Friday, I decided to test this 100 words thing (I wasn't driving, by the way -- although I have written while driving, only at red lights or with my eyes clearly on the road, which makes reading what I had written impossible since each word is on top of the other or all looped together in one run-on sentence.....anyway, I wasn't driving while I wrote this).

I wrote a 2 paragraph description. Was it 100 words? Yes, over 100 words actually. And it was very rough, not fleshed out at all.

So I think that starting either late this week or early next week, I'll be writing 100 words for 100 days. I have much of the story complete (it is a stage play I'm turning into a manuscript -- I need to change some POVs and add more prose description) but I think I'll be able to complete it in less than 100 days. Don't hit Vegas just yet to bet on me though, because sometimes motherhood and the job that pays the bills get in the way. Both interruptions are okay. I now know I only need moments to write a little bit each day.

Also, while I was in the Outer Banks, I thought up a snippet for another story. I'm going to begin researching that today (by checking out some books at ye olde public library) and creating some character sketches. It doesn't matter what I write, as long as I'm writing, right?