Entry #1

Hi, my name is Eliza Gibbs as you may have seen, over the next two weeks I will be doing a blog challenge that pushes my ability to write. I am going to create a novel from start to finish by working on it everyday after school and during weekends. I am worried I am going to procrastinate and all the writing I need to get done in two weeks will be rushed into one day. I tend to do this a lot with homework or projects due in school, so I hope this helps with that problem as well. Besides procrastination, Writer’s Block is another issue I am worried about. I am afraid it will hit me the first week and I will struggle to finish a page. But, although I am worried, I am still very excited to expand my writing and learn to finish a story even though it is out of my comfort zone. My challenge will be based off a warm-up we did in class called “Enter Mysterious Stranger”. I enjoyed this warm-up a lot and decided to continue my short story from that. My goal is to reach at least twenty pages in my novel. Keep in mind, this is my goal, hopefully I’ll get somewhere around eleven pages. One of my friends told me how many words to write per day and let me tell you, the number was a bit astonishing. I decided on starting out with somewhere around 400 words to start and not tire me out the first day. But hopefully towards the next couple of says I will get to the number she told me. Also, knowing what I know now, my blogs will get lengthier each entry as I begin this challenge. Anyway, thank you for following me on this 2 week challenge. I’m excited to see the outcome! 🙂