Stories about Music
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Original Concept:
I'm breaking one rule - instead of making music, I'm making a concept set of stories about music. My goal is 10 short stories all about music, or related to music in some way.
Artist Post-Game:
When I started this project, I had two ideas in mind. First, although I've been blogging for several years now, I hadn't actually tried writing anything creative before. I wanted to try writing some non-fiction, and see if I liked it, or enjoyed it at all. I've wanted to write creatively for a long time but never actually managed to do anything - I suppose it was fear of failure or making something awful that kept me from sealing the deal. I thought that a project like this would give me a community, of sorts. People who, like me, were trying to push themselves to go beyond what was easy. It was easy to avoid writing, creating 8 stories in one month would be difficult, but I wanted to challenge myself.
Second, I knew that this was a music project, not a writing project. However, the only writing project I know of is in November. I work a job that deals in annual cycles, and November is a very busy time for me. Trying to write anything in November would be impossible. So, I was hoping to piggyback off of JoCoAlbMo to inspire my own 'write it in a month' project.
By the time I was halfway through the month, I hadn't decided what to write about yet and I was stuck. I couldn't go anywhere. Then I decided that I would stand by our commitment and got to work. Another JoCoAlbMo member, kc2dpt, was working along side me. He did his music and I did my writing, and we inspired each other. I made time to write (one hour a day) and he made time to create music. Together, we each were inspired by JoCoAlbMo but he also inspired me. I like to think I inspired him a little bit too. I couldn't have done anything without kc2dpt, and without JoCoAlbMo.
By the time the end of the month came rolling around, I realized that my initial idea of 8 short stories was turning out to be one big story. I submitted the three chapters I had finished, which you can see at the link.
The day after I submitted the story, I realized that I wanted to finish it. I've been working on it every day, pretty much, and my current goal is to have a completed story ready for review by the end of May, 2017.
So THANK YOU JoCoAlbMo for making this possible. You were the hand sanitizer on the icecube that let me light it aflame.