Daily Writing Updates in 100 Words or Less

  • Fifteen Minutes

    I wrote for fifteen minutes today. What’s the point of writing for fifteen minutes? It helps me keep up the routine. The longer I spend away from my writing projects,… Read more

  • A Good Day

    Some days are like yesterday: I was tired, I didn’t want to write, and I was pulling words out of my brain one by one. But then there are days… Read more

  • Snowstorm

    Writing today felt like driving to school in a snowstorm. I didn’t want to do it in the first place, and once I got started, the going was hard. Also,… Read more

  • Killing My Darlings

    Today I shortened “The Art of Directing Adult Films” from six pages to four pages. That meant deleting a lot of jokes that were funny, but didn’t contribute to the… Read more

  • Two Hour Workout

    I sat down for two hours on the fourth floor of Tutt Library this evening, put on my Spotify Discover Weekly playlist and worked on “Beyond the Walls,” a fantasy… Read more

  • Please. Headshot. Can we think about this?

    After lunch Mira and I spent an hour passing jokes back and forth for the sketch that’s now called “The Art of Directing Adult Films.” Then the sketch comedy club… Read more

  • 1/21/24

    Today I took a plane ride from Logan Airport in Boston, MA, to Denver International Airport in Denver, CO. After a little sleeping and reading, I pulled out my computer… Read more