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Day 2,025: And they’re off

I sent off my Story Grid Editor certification materials today. Whew. I hope they like them.

Taking a break tonight from writing StoryGenius 3000. I’m really, reeaalllyyy tired. After sending off that 19-page document, I probably could have slept for the rest of the day, but it was also the first BIG day of the SFWA Nebula conference down the street, so I packed up and went down there to listen to some fellow “genre” writers talk about writing.

I’m going back tomorrow for day 2.

Hopefully, mor...

Day 2,024: But, what?

If you could write any story, Gary, what would you write?

I dunno. A good one? What kind of question is that?

I didn’t mean to upset you.

Who’s upset? I just don’t understand why you’d ask me a question like that. Any story. I’d write all of them. As long as they were good.

But, where would you start?

…

If you had to pick a place to start. Where would you?

Fuck me. Where would you start?

I think…I’d just pick a story. Whatever came to me.

Okay. You’re the StoryGenius. What is coming to you?

I...

Day 2,204: But, what?

If you could write any story, Gary, what would you write?

I dunno. A good one? What kind of question is that?

I didn’t mean to upset you.

Who’s upset? I just don’t understand why you’d ask me a question like that. Any story. I’d write all of them. As long as they were good.

But, where would you start?

…

If you had to pick a place to start. Where would you?

Fuck me. Where would you start?

I think…I’d just pick a story. Whatever came to me.

Okay. You’re the StoryGenius. What is coming to you?

I...

Day 2,023: No Keyboard

There was no keyboard.

Gary sat on the floor, cross legged and hunched, surrounded by packing foam that clung to his ratty clothes like snow.

The StoryGenius 3000 too sat on the concrete floor. It looked like an old TV, the kind from a century earlier, with the rounded corners to the square screen, and the oak casing. No wonder it had been so heavy. The wood was rounded, too, and lacquered so you could see the grain. It was all very retro. Very expensive.

But, there was no keyboard.

Gary real...

Day 2,022: StoryGenius 3000

It came on a particularly shitty Tuesday.

A simple brown box. No markings. As advertised.

It was smaller than Gary had expected, barely shin height, and it was two days earlier than the promised delivery date.

“You gonna sign for it?”

Gary closed his mouth. He could tell from the way the delivery woman was looking at him that he’d flung the door open way too fast, and he’d been gaping. She’d taken a half step back off the porch, startled probably. A built woman, frizzy hair poking out of her...

Day 2,021: Eye Ballz

Damn. I scratched my eye, I think. It’s all red and weepy rn. Hard to see and type.

Le sigh.

I had a solid day today. I’m working the building again, which definitely threw me out of sorts a little bit…but honestly, it was totally fine. Bear, you set me up for success. Can’t tell you how much I appreciate that.

My Story Grid Certification materials are alllllmost done. Finished formatting them all today, and filling in some answers I’d missed the first time around. They need a good edit from...

Day 2,020: GoT

Man, Game of Thrones tonight.

Oof.

Won’t say more than that.

Have to cut this one short because it’s sleepy time, and I have a long day tomorrow, but I think I’ve learned something watching how they’re ending this show: write a story, especially a long epic one, at your own peril if you don’t identify a hero.

A maaaajor reason Lord of the Rings is such an enduring classic is that it was really super, suuuuper simple: Frodo must destroy the one ring at mount Doom. And guess what? He does.

That...

Day 2,019: Woah

Entry number 2,019. In the year 2019. Crazy. This entry will never happen again.

Well, I mean, obviously this entry will never happen again because we’re not repeating numbers here

Day 2,018: Waaaaarriors

Man.

The Warriors game tonight was

Day 2,017: The Magic Foot

I have a magic food aiding this entry tonight. It comes to me courtesy of the Coco.

I haven’t really posted about this yet on my social media’s because I suppose I just don’t feel quite ready to push it yet…but Josh and I are doing regular podcasts now about the creative life for our Patreon supporters, and we got some truly amazing feedback today about it from one of our listeners.

It was an episode about Comparisonitis, and this individual shared with us that they feel the pain of that quit...