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!
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