Project 13
For the first 13 weeks of 2010, I participated in Project 52, a challenge to write and publish a new entry at least once a week for a year. I didn’t intend to stop after week 13, but after not doing any new writing for the following three weeks, I felt that stopping the project was the right thing to do.
The main reason I stopped the project: I was writing because of a schedule instead of writing because I was moved to say something. The whole idea behind Project 52 is to create a schedule for writing “to get people to be creative on their websites.” Artificial time constraints are definitely one way to force creativity, but I often found the schedule more stifling than inspiring.
I’m also a relatively slow writer, and in the time that I had to write each week, I wasn’t producing the caliber of writing that I prefer. I’ve never had an issue producing this level of work when I have something compelling to say, but I do have an issue producing this level of work on an artificial weekly schedule.
I admire Anton Peck for creating Project 52, and I appreciate how it’s helped many bloggers, illustrators and photographers to generate more work. But it isn’t working for me the way that I hoped. So in line with my 2010 resolution of only doing things that feel good and right, I’m stopping Project 52.
This definitely doesn’t mean I’m done writing or interviewing, so you can be sure that I’ll create new pieces on unraveled when I moved to do so. As always, thanks to my readers for following along.
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