10 Minute Tales

Jan 31 - End-of-Month Blog, January

Hi, guys! A bit of a shake up for the end-of-month story, as I'm going to be writing for 10 minutes, reflecting on how I think I've done with this resolution!

Okay, so, January's the month of beginnings, and I've tried to focus on that with the spreading-out of stories. I'll likely try and figure out a way to condense the stories I've split into a sort-of list for easier pickings, but for now it is as it is. I've heard feedback from a couple of real-life fans that they're frustrated at how I don't continue particular stories, which I'm guessing is a good sign.

I've definitely learnt that I need to at least finish my thought. I didn't give it much thought on day 1, but day 2 onwards I try and leave it somewhere I would be able to just pick it up again. Something as simple as finishing a sentence makes a whole world of difference! Just for transparency's sake; the first one was going to continue to describe how the Roller was larger than Izzy was. Nothing to worry about on that one, I hope.

As for the topics of the stories themselves, I have to admit I'm kinda worried because I didn't really PLAN to go back to any of them, Jan was going to be a month just to get used to writing daily. Some days have been kinda tough (more on that later), but at least I HAVE been able to post every day thus far. It's not easy, I won't lie, but at least it's getting done! Starting Feb, I'm going to pick/make a story and try to stick to it for all 4 weeks. I don't expect it to be easy, I wouldn't ask it to be, but at least I'll be able to expand more into it. A couple of the stories I've been writing so far have kinda been going that way already, with particular interest on "The Murky Depths" and "Dragon at the Fair". Both are working titles, but I feel as though with a bit of focus and editing, either might become a piece of prose that's potentially publishable! But hey, I don't know how the literature market is, so I guess we'll find out.

Okay, so, two things I'm proud of, and one I want to work on... well, ignoring that I'm proud of the resolution's progress so far, I guess I'm proud of my ability to enrapture people into the world I make with about 500 words (That's the closest 100 I average out to), and that I'm enjoying the writing. Something so simple as having a bit of fun is making this whole thing so much easier to deal with! The thing I want to improve on, however, is my focus. A lot of the later ones have been untimed because I've let myself be distracted with YouTube and the like, and I've focused on it over the writing for longer than I'd've liked to. I have been writing during this distraction, at least, and I try to make sure I have the rightish amount of content (yesterday's was a literal wordcount, so it was a bit cheaty, so sorry about that).

So, I'm looking at the timer and I have a little over a minute left. I suppose I'd better wrap this up. Thanks for reading so far, and for any feedback you've given me thus far, be it by person, via Discord, or as a comment on Tumblr or Wattpad (or even Facebook, if you're coming from that direction!) I hope I've been impressing you so far, and if I have, please consider showing me to other literature fans who might be enjoying it! It's been fun so far, and I want to keep this up. Phoenix out!