Writing Challenge: Timed Writing

[Nessa Arandur]

Timed Writing

What is timed writing?



Timed writing is the act of sitting down somewhere comfortable, jotting down the time, and then simply writing for a set amount of time, writing anything, without stopping to fix, or edit, or clarify, rephrase, or delete. You let your mind run free of the sometime burden of wanting perfection and give your imagination free reign.



Your challenge:



Read this article by Holly Lisle: Timed Writing, and then do some timed writing for ten minutes. Write about whatever you want (keep it clean, please, because you have to post it here at some stage). Just keep writing and don't stop for anything.



When you're done, read what you've written, and revel in the fact you didn't have to make it perfect. Do that for as long as you'd like. ^_^



Then, go and do something else for a while. Read a book for a bit. Hang the washing out. For goodness' sake, feed your hungry pet!



Later, come back to your piece and read it. See where you might want to change this or that. What would make it read better? If it's a story scene, did it have change, and closure? If you didn't actually finish anything in the ten minutes, that's okay. See what it might take to finish the scene. When you've had a break, come back again, and edit your Timed Writing piece. Polish it and make it look pretty. If you're a super-Timed-Writer-person and you've written a lot in that ten minutes, or if your polishing and editing extended things somewhat, then feel free to only use a portion of it for this challenge.


Reward: Earn a maximum of 10 Honor Points based on your excerpt's word count.

100 words or less = 10 Easy Points
101-300 words = 10 Medium Points
301-500 words = 10 Hard Points

Have fun!

[bilance]

190 words. I kind of just went with it in the rawest form of writing. Kind of a shame too since i ran out of time. Wanted to write a bit more for the ending. Let me know what you think about it. I would love to know how you saw this story visually.


[Sugar free gummy worms $2 $0.60] A...aaaah! I held up the last packet in my shaky and clammy hands. It was so worth leaving school at lunch period to buy this amazing candy. Everything I need to tide over today was in my hands. The amazing out of the world comfort snack that is gummy.

I zipped over to the counter where a lady with dark circles around her eyes waited for me. I handed her the bag of gummy and my father's credit card. She slid the card and an error beeped onto the display. No way, I refused to believe it. I will not let a machine stand in the way of my happiness after everything I have been through. I reached into my bag and showed her the pistol that I stole. She gave the bag.

I happily made my way back home, passing over the bags of trash and unwanted furniture strewn around the street. Flopping onto the bed, I ripped opened the bag of gummies and emptied the contents into my mouth. It was pure bliss. Feeling the frozen hard gelatin filling my empty stomach.