Behind the Bars of 500 Words

“A habit is something you can do without thinking – which is why most of us have so many of them.”
~Frank A. Clark

Many of my thoughts have been stuck behind the bars of 500 words for too long now.

The only good thing about finding yourself a captive of brainless behavior, is that if you can recognize what you are doing and why, then you can bend the bars and make good your escape. I know precisely when I became prisoner of this particular pattern of predictability – late last summer when I first started writing for an online audience. Those initial posts were mostly all around 500 words. They did well, so I stuck with the formula, then slapped it onto every other site I started.

This is rather silly.

I never stop a conversation with Cindy midway through. “Sorry dear, I think that was just about the right length.” Nor do I keep going after I should be finished. Well, I actually do that all the time, but Cindy is rather forgiving.

Whenever you do the same thing over and over while neglecting to revisit your purpose, it is easy to build a road to banality brick by boring brick. I don’t want that to happen, so here are a few of the types of writing I will be publishing to keep things interesting.

Vintage Writer Dad - I’ll never forget what gives Writer Dad its name. Life IS better with the right words and this domain will always be the best venue for me to tell those stories that are most special to me.

Children’s Poetry – David Wright and I are slowly gathering material for a children’s book of charming rhymes. I will be publishing some of our early drafts as preliminary art and words are finished.

Old Favorites – I used to refer to these repeat posts as Deja Vuesday posts, but I suspect no one else thinks it’s even a quarter as clever as I do.

Jotted thoughts - I allow too many thoughts to slip away and now have a swipe file filled with 14 word lines, lying in limbo and waiting for an eternity to get wrapped in 486 more. Sometimes a few sentences are all you need to complete your thought. I’m sorry it took me a year to get this.

Link roundups - There is a lot of terrific reading on the web and I’ve no idea why I don’t share some of the things I read that I love most. Probably because I’ve been running around like a chicken without its head for the last year while trying to figure this all out. More time and better management with what I have means I’ll be able to do a better job.

Interviews with my children - Ever since those first two interviews back in April, Max and Mia have endlessly asked when they would get another shot in front of the camera. I’m planning to interview them both, then cut their interviews into fun, munchable chunks.

Excerpts – There is no better place to share the projects I’m working on than here at my home site, and I look forward to sharing some of the work now in production.

There is no limit to the possibilities now that I’m no longer a willing servant to a stale formula, but this is some of what the immediate future is holding for Writer Dad. I would love to know what you think, or if there is anything else you would be eager to see.

Thanks!

Writer Dad

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