So I have been looking to The Lovely and Very Talented Katie Lee for inspiration. She did a amazing project this year, where she took a self portrait a day for a whole year.  And now, Katie is at the end of her year and has this amazing portfolio of art, it’s awesome and epic. It’s all of her! I can’t wait to own it as a book! It’s a real achievement. I like year long commitments. They seem real to me. The no drinking thing has been awesome, no sugar as well. I don’t see that as going away anytime soon.   So, I have been looking for something that I can powerfully commit to for a year in the realm of my writing. 

Something my friend Marian said today on twitter hit me. “The cure for not writing is to write. The cure for not doing yoga is to do yoga. The cure for not being awesome is to be awesome.”

I’m not sure how I can fit more commitments in. I’m over committed. It seems like I have no free time, I am always busy! But then again, so is everyone, so how do I get to complain? This, and I am very committed to writing! I am looking for something concise, something that others can take on with me and something I can share. I don’t want to put out works in progress. I don’t want to put out incomplete works. 

So here’s something I am going to take on: A Mini Saga Challenge. 

MY RULES: A mini saga is simple. It is a 50 word story. Not 49, not 51, exactly 50. 50 words is a contraint that does inspire creativity. I tried it out over the weekend.

It tells a story, with characters and possibly dialogue.  It is complete on its own. 

It can stand alone or be part of a larger tale.  If stories go with other stories, they will be tagged in the blog.

I post them in my blog daily. If I am off the grid, and are unable to post, I will post missed days.  I am also creating a community on Livejournal. I guess I’ll have to do that today.  I’m not committing to posting them on tribe. Because they are seriously not committed.  

They are numbered not titled. 

I want more people to contribute. I want more people to play. 

More rules may be added to this as time goes by, and more commitments may be take on to fill this space.  I am really looking forward to the end of this project when I have 365 tiny stories…