I’m seriously considering doing the Ray Bradbury Challenge: write a story every week for a year, and submit them for publication.
Bradbury claimed that it was impossible to write 52 bad stories in a row. I’m sure it is possible, but it would be hard.
There’s another part to the Bradbury Challenge, which is to read a short story, a poem, and an essay every night for 1000 nights. Not sure if I’m up for that part, though I can see how it would help.
Originally shared by Karen Woodward
Write 1 Sub 1:
“Here’s the challenge, should you choose to accept it:
“Write and submit a short story or poem every week (or month), starting the first week of January and ending the last week of December.
“Goal: 52 new submissions in 52 weeks (or 12 in 12 months).
“You don’t have to write and submit the same story within the same week — although that’s what Bradbury did. Often it pays to set a story aside for a while and come back to it.
“The length of your story can be as short as Twitter fiction (140 characters) or as long as a novelette (15,000 words). Any style, any genre: whatever you write.
“Every week, we post a “check-in” where you can tell the world about your progress. Share your triumphs and disasters — we’re all in this together.
“Ray Bradbury is reported to have finished a story each week, mailed it out to a magazine, then got to work right away on his next story. We’re going to spend this year in his shadow.
“Up to the challenge?”
I just discovered this site. What a useful, productive, idea!
Seriously tempting… hmm, maybe a new year resolution, after I’ve wrapped up these two books.
Cecilee Linke thoughts? You could possibly do this for your Traveling Society side stories… or all the different people in Wash Woods.
First step, I think, is to do a Bradbury Light (a story a month) for the rest of the year. But the more I think about it, the more feasible it sounds to do the reading part – at least the short stories. I have about 30 books of short stories that I can work through, and one a night is easy enough.
Wow that is a challenge. Doesn’t ordinary life get in the way a bit?
Yeah, I think I’ll work up to it.
52 bad stories???! Can’t wait to see them!