What Jami Attenberg's 1000 Words of Summer Taught Me...
About writing and myself
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Dear Friend
How are you feeling? And how is it Sunday all over again? This time last week I was hosting a Rest & Read retreat in wild West Wales. But this Sunday, I’m staying in my pyjamas ALL day. I’m actually writing this essay while in bed, because I’m trying to keep up momentum with a writing challenge.
So here’s the thing about me and setting myself a challenge. They have a funny way of teaching me lessons I wasn’t expecting to learn.
On the 31st May, I signed up for
’s 1000 Words of Summer with grand plans. Fourteen days. Fourteen thousand words. Simple maths, right? Write 1000 words every single day and boom - challenge conquered. Or maybe not quite as plann…