Juniper Ink.

Months ago I entered a 24-hour short story contest. It starts today at noon Central time (2pm local time). At that time, I’ll find out, in an email or by checking online, the topic and maximum word count for the story. It has to be written and submitted by noon Central time the next day.

I don’t know how much time this contest will take up this weekend. It really depends on the word count and whether I come up with a decent idea right away. In the past, I’ve done some good writing with little time to think about ideas (for example, my timed writing assignments in university, and some other group writing assignments I’ve done since then). I hope this is the same, that I see the story’s theme and immediately know what to write. When this happens, I ususally can write it up quickly and do a few revisions, but ultimately don’t spend too much time on it.

The hardest part for me, and what often holds me back from writing more, is coming up with ideas. So, I like it when someone gives me a theme or idea, and I have to write to that. We’ll see what happens this afternoon. The 24-hour short story contest is through Writers Weekly, a freelance writing ezine.