Writing Stuff – Write From Karen

For those of you just tuning in, (WELCOME btw!), I wrote a 12-part story throughout, and DURING, my 2008 blog-a-thon experience. This was the first time I’ve attempted anything like this and I must say, my brain simply SHUT DOWN after the experience; it sucked every last creative cell I had remaining and those cells stayed dried for a few days afterwards.

I wrote “Welcome Home” on the fly, which means I wrote it a few hours before I actually posted it. This was both foolhardy and exciting: foolhardy because the more tired I became, the more I think it sort of rambled on, but also exciting because it was an adrenaline rush to write, to be so PRODUCTIVE in such a short amount of time. And then to go public with what I wrote, with my rough draft … I should get a medal for laying it all on the line (or online in this case) for the entire world to see, that wasn’t easy, let me tell ya. 🙂

At any rate, if you would like to read this story that I wrote “on the fly” without having to toggle through the rest of the blog-a-thon entries, I’m supplying links to each part for your convenience. (In addition, I’ve uploaded the entire story to Scribd if you want to read it that way.)

Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Part Six
Part Seven
Part Eight
Part Nine
Part Ten
Part Eleven
Part Twelve

I have to admit, that in addition to sharing the link love on an issue that is near and dear to my heart (Supporting Our Troops), speaking as a writer, and having written the Welcome Home story, which was 24 pages and 8,409 words long in a 24-hour period, was EXHILARATING! And I’m totally tempted to do it again, just to challenge myself. Maybe I’ll devote one day a month to doing more stories like this.

That’s a big maybe.

Also, while we’re on the subject of writing – ATTENTION MY FICTION-WRITING FRIENDS! Lynn Viehl, over at Paperback Writer, is holding a week-long fiction-writing workshop. And not only is the information she’s sharing with us invaluable, she has a whole slew of links from other writers who are holding similar workshops at their blogs, too. REALLY worth checking out if you’re curious to learn more about the art of writing. Tell them Write From Karen sent you over! (And don’t forget to dedicate your first book to me. 😉 )

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