The 100words.net website is no more; they had a site crash, as you’ll know by now if you’ve tried clicking on that ink. Now they are up and running at 100words.com, even better than before. I’m now posting all my 100 words exercises up there as I write them here. They say,

The idea is simple:
Write 100 Words a day,
Every Day, For one Month

You can write about anything you want. Anything. Some people open tiny windows into their lives; others write surrealist poetry. Some writers post finely tuned, perfectly crafted vignettes; others show up at the end of the night and spew drunken nonsense onto the screen.

You bring the content. We set the format.

This is an exercise in disciplined creativity. Writing exactly 100 words at a time — not a single word more, not a single word less — isn’t as easy as it sounds. The word count may be arbitrary, but the motive is not. To borrow from Proust, the tyranny of rhyme often brings out the poet’s best work. By working within a standardized form, the writer can concentrate on other matters. read the rest

I recommend it… it’s a great way to get into the flow and habit of writing every day. Every little bit counts! And, in case you didn’t know it, my story ‘Maggie May I’ which was last year’s February ‘100 words’ entry, starting on the first and ending on the 28th, has been published in a web anthology which is available here.

As for Beyond Hope, more will be coming soon. Watch for it!

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