I am 25 percent of the way to completing  my challenge and have found this daily ritual of writing to be both easy and a bit difficult to meet.

There have been mornings when I have awoken later than usual, with a headache or just plain tired from a restless night of sleep and the last thing I wanted to do was be creative.  There have been days when my schedule was so full of obligations the idea of squeezing in a half hour or so to write anything seemed unrealistic.  Then there were the days when the events of the world were pressing in and everything I wrote seemed dark or off kilter and I deleted most of it, making a conscience effort to write stories less intense.  Those were the hardest days to do anything and I think the quality of the stories was, also, less.  And then there were the days when the house was quiet, there was nothing going on and I felt on top of the world providing me with the opportunity to create and write with ease.

This daily ritual has given me insight to myself as a person and into my writing as well.  I have learned I am a much more stick to it sort of person then I thought.  I have found myself focusing on the components of a story and how they work together to make a whole.  I have discovered, in the process of editing to meet the 100 word count, how changing, eliminating or adding one word can impact the dynamics of the story being told and the feelings invoked.  As odd as it may sound this has led me to be freer in my writing of longer pieces, to let the story unfold as it will, knowing part of the creative writing will occur during my editing of the work.  

It has become a great way to kick off my work day and loosen up my creative energies.  Sort of like a morning exercise and stretching routine will loosen up stiff muscles preparing you for the activities of the day.

I am curious to see where this journey takes me over the next 75 days.