Yep, the camaraderie was amazing. One of the other participants, Patti, loved it so much she’s planning to start a forum where we can all connect in between the 10K Days.

I don’t know who invented the 10K Day (I was introduced to it by Jenny Turner, one of our companions yesterday) but I’ve decided that being an advocate of it and providing a place for people to come together for 10K Days is a noble pursuit ;~)

I already enjoy helping writers and bringing them together, so it suits my M.O.

And I get to meet so many great people! I’ve made some new friends (including you) just in the past week of organizing the 10K Day and they’re all such *great* people! Plus it reconnected me with some old friends from far-flung places that made it feel so homey and right.

Having all the participants blogging at your place gave me refuge, solace and inspiration. More than once, I kept thinking…it’s only two more pages to catch that person…it’s only a thousand more words to beat her…

I must admit to being surprised by the inspiration the ‘net camaraderie gave me. I have a strong group of writing friends who give me amazing support, but this all happened so quickly I didn’t have time to tell ‘em til I finished. Now we’re talking about doing our own 5K challenge off and on.

With all you did yesterday to keep everyone movin’ & groovin’, 6319 words is a fabulous accomplishment. Even if folks didn’t accomplish all the words, I know they learned at least one or two things to make their writing better.

I can’t thank you enough. I’ve already penciled in July 16th. I’m gonna start working out tomorrow

Happy writing!
Beth

No comment I could post here could do justice to everything you’ve touched on in this post. But I just have to say your book sounds funny and wise and something I’d like to read. Your passion for the plot cards is inspirational, and all the wisdom you’ve gained about writing (not just from yesterday) totally shines through.

Another quotable bit that I just have to pull out: “Running brings energy to my life, writing is how I interpret that life.”

Great stuff! Thanks a million for recording the working details and the entertaining moments from your first 10K Day! I’ve already picked the date for the next one (Thurs July 16) and I hope you’ll join us!

- Milli

P.S. I also reached a point where I badly wanted to give up. I’ve done 10K Days before so I already know I can break the 10K barrier (which is something that has to be personally experienced in order to know the effects it can have on your morale as a writer). But this time I was battling the effects of a terrible night of insomnia so I was moving at the pace of a tortoise. Some time about 2 hrs after dinner, I degenerated into a pathetic, whining lump and wanted to lay down and give up. But I talked myself through it and kept going until almost midnight; finally racking up 6,319 words. The main thing, for me, was that I accomplished nearly every goal from my list of what I wanted to write yesterday :~)

I enjoy the heck out of your humor! Loved “creative masochist” and “I feel as though my butt has taken on the shape of my writing chair.”

But where I really started LOLing was when you said, “Anyone who doesn’t use the power of social media to publicly humiliate themselves and highlight their shortcomings is not using these things correctly!”

Eek, I am such a Twitter wimp ;~D

Thanks for giving me such a belly laugh. There is a certain feeling of being in recovery time after a 10K Day so laughter as medicine is a definite boost!

You can do it–if I can, you can. I’ll definitely stop by the FoW blog soon. Count on it…as soon as my brain kicks back into gear

Happy & prolific writing,
Beth

If you like to also blog over on the FoW blog about your 10K Day experience, you would be most welcome.

Cheers to you on your exciting achievement! – Milli