On Sunday, I wrote on assignment: 100 words.
The assignment was extraordinary because someone asked me to write it.
People don’t often ask me to write. I usually ask myself, and then I either grant or refuse my own request.
If I want me to write a blog post, I write it.
If I want me to write something requiring effort, I make a list of all the housework I need to do, and then I sit down and start an old P. D. James mystery on Netflix and immerse myself in e-mail.
Or I take Ernest to the vet.
Never mind. That was last week. Monday has arrived, and with it new resolve.
Today: Draft new Molly scenes and send to critique group.
I’d like to add a sunny little punch line here. If one occurs to me later, I’ll add it.
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Kathy Waller 
Keep working on Molly, girlfriend!
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Molly and I are in intense negotiations. One of us has to decide how she’s going to spend her life.
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Kathy, it seems like at least half of the ROW80 group has needed a break this past week, so don’t feel alone! Congratulations on the assignment, and on moving ahead with Molly! YAY! 😀
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Sometimes I feel like a ROW80 fraud, but it does keep me coming back week after week. Thanks for the congrats, and for commenting.
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Is that what it takes? OK, your assignment is to turn something in at critique group every other week. See, not even every week (because then I would have to, too).
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Okay. I’ll take the assignment. Every other week. I may be able to manage only 100 words at a time for a while, though.
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Writing in microcosm is the hardest challenge of all.The tiny 100-word form demands as much concentration as that inside an atom, and I have been hauled over the coals many a time for going over on the word count. A great achievement, Kathy 🙂
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It always feels good to get a piece down to the maximum count. As you well know.
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I love the list of things needing doing – all the best for next week
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I have so many lists of things like that. Thanks for your kind wishes, and for visiting and commenting.
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Ahem, every writer feels like a fraud sometimes. Some more than others. That’s why we have each other. We are writers!
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