Even though you say it's not the book you need at the moment, I was just thinking thoughts along those lines. Not every human endeavor can be "optimized" in the same way that a factory floor can (and maybe it's not even entirely optimal for a factory floor, but that's a question for another day). Invention and imagination don't operate on a so-many-units-per-time-interval schedule.
How about microfiction? I feel like, for me, that's been a great way to get in a small, inconsequential, yet satisfying bit of writing each day, and it lets me assess ideas, too. ... Although if I'm honest, the fiction that I've written recently that isn't my main WIP hasn't directly risen from the microfiction, so that's more of a theory on my part than an actual practice... And maybe the exercise value of writing in a very short format isn't actually that useful for longer work, IDK.
But it's definitely true that with microfiction there's no difficulty in finishing a thing, and it does let you play around with stray ideas you might not want to invest time in otherwise.
Frankly, though, eight stories in the hopper sounds GREAT to me.
Re: letters to penpals, I have one on the kitchen table that I started a week-and-half ago (*sob*). It'll get to you one day.
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Date: 2025-05-23 01:27 pm (UTC)How about microfiction? I feel like, for me, that's been a great way to get in a small, inconsequential, yet satisfying bit of writing each day, and it lets me assess ideas, too. ... Although if I'm honest, the fiction that I've written recently that isn't my main WIP hasn't directly risen from the microfiction, so that's more of a theory on my part than an actual practice... And maybe the exercise value of writing in a very short format isn't actually that useful for longer work, IDK.
But it's definitely true that with microfiction there's no difficulty in finishing a thing, and it does let you play around with stray ideas you might not want to invest time in otherwise.
Frankly, though, eight stories in the hopper sounds GREAT to me.
Re: letters to penpals, I have one on the kitchen table that I started a week-and-half ago (*sob*). It'll get to you one day.