If you’re a frequenter to this blog, you have probably heard me talk about how important momentum is to stave off creative block. You can read the whole post here, but I’ll summarize my point here: write every day.

I mean it. Every fucking day. Even if all you can give yourself is 20 minutes and 40 words, just write something. Stay in the habit.

I recently took the ultimate plunge and quit my day job at a bank as a sink-or-swim effort to figure out how to pull off this whole writing thing full-time. Hurray for me, but unfortunately, writer burn-out is a real thing, and I’ve learned writing every day doesn’t always mean writing creatively.

So, taking my own advice, I decided to find a way to keep my creative momentum moving. How? I went to Twitter. Obviously.

I’m playing with an idea daily microfiction stories to challenge myself. What do you guys think? If I posted them to my blog, would you read them? #writing #writerlife

— Moira King (@de_moira_lize) July 29, 2020

And, naturally, I got some great feedback because my Twitter peeps are the best:

Like any good muscle, writing requires practice to grow stronger.

I'd say go for it. I've written a few short stories when I wasn't feeling good about the WIP's direction. Usually it helped get things moving in the right direction.

— Neal Romriell is querying! (@RomriellNeal) July 30, 2020

They are awesome to read and write, and boost one's creative confidence as you can see the light at the end of the tunnel in one writing session. Happy writing!

— J. Alejandro (@jwriterec) July 29, 2020

So what’s microfiction? Well, it depends on who you ask. Some people say they’re the same as flash fiction– short super stories under 1000 words. Others say they’re shorter than flash pieces and don’t exceed 300. Some even say they’re even shorter:

Maybe make them so micro they can be tweeted. That would be a challenge!

— Kathleen Tyler (@MktylerM) July 29, 2020

For the stake of this challenge, I’m going to go with a max of 300, since that’s my go-to daily word count goal, though maybe I’ll try for a tweetable one now and then. I’ll (hopefully) post one every morning, first thing, so make sure to subscribe with your email to get them sent straight to your inbox to read with your morning coffee.

If you are one of my wordy friends needing a kick in the ass to get moving, I challenge you to take the same journey. Plus, my friend Sam said this:

do iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

— Sam Ikner (@snekbaby) July 29, 2020

So you know you gotta.

Happy writing!

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