So I’ve decided to take a stab at writing a book. A fiction piece that I’ve already outlined. A kind of twisted romance story. Aside from what I’ve told a couple people, that’s all anyone will get out of me until I’m ready for people to read the first sharable manuscript. I feel like I’ll work stronger without initial story criticism because things will likely change as I sit down to write. It will be humorous, to be sure, but also romantic and devastating and poignant. I’m excited.

I’ve written a wedding, comics, plays, short stories, a musical (unfinished…just the words at this point), a screenplay, and countless other things. There’s a scale to this project that’s daunting and exciting. I intend to write 1,000 words a day (not much more or less), which isn’t a HUGE time commitment, but we’re looking at months of work. I’ve never been good with projects that take me longer than one session, but I have to in this case. Having outlined it, I’m quite excited about it.

David is writing a book, too. His is in a different vein, but we both decided we’re decent enough writers to hold people’s interest for a book-length piece of time. I think it’s going to be a bit of a race to the finish as we’re going to start on the same day, but it’s not a competition in the sense that our topics are pretty different. The tone of our stories (mine, at least…who knows what David’s going to hammer out) will be nothing like what we’ve been co-drafting over at These Stories Are True (plug!).

I’m thinking about keeping a word count tally here on the site as I bang away at the story. I think that might be a good way to keep myself going. Prodding from others if they don’t see increase at a rapid enough rate should motivate me. We’ll see. It’s going to be a lot of work.

So that’s it. The next big thing. These Stories Are True will still continue. And other projects. But this is the big one. My ramp to becoming an internationally-recognized famous writer. Or just another guy with a terrible manuscript. Only THE FUTURE can decide!

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