I am participating in #1000WordsOfSummer which I expect to roll into or bundle with Camp NaNo in July because I do love to write alongside people. There are daily newsletters, and pep talks and some days I try to write before I read them, and some days I read them as a reward after.
The more things I read about writing the more I learn about the very many different ways we all approach writing, and of course the ways that feel very much the same. Writing is often solitary in the sense that the writer and the page - however that writer chooses to get those words onto the page.
But knowing that other people are on the journey with you, even though they are on their own path, can be useful. Just as seeing others posting all their word counts can inspire you to get back.
Not every day of course. And of course, as writers, we love a conclusion, a story about battling the distractions and getting through, but some days you do not succeed. But if you show up again the next time then that day or days where progress was less clear can turn into the cool montage of eventual success.
But it helps to have fellow writer to wave at as you climb back into the boat.
