Author: Macky Cruz
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100 Days of Writing: Day 7
Typed 300 words today (excluding this blog sino’ng niloko ko ‘di ba). That’s like a third of a win given my own rules, but I don’t feel like punishing myself for it. Instead I’m going to celebrate that I made it through SEVEN DAYS. This is unbelievable. You don’t know me! I’m not this person!…
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100 Days of Writing: Day 6
100 Days of Writing: Day 6 Did it. More importantly I restarted running today, too, so can we call it a day now? My running plan restarted as well, the app probably thought I was going to give up. Can’t reason with an app, so, got a running thing coming up April 22, scared as…
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100 Days of Writing: Day 5
100 Days of Writing: Day 5 Stephen Hawking died today. My story is now in index cards. Did NOT hit my thousand-word mark today. 🙁 Will spring back tomorrow. Update: I managed 400 words in the last 30 minutes. I guess that counts?
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100 Days of Writing: Day 4
100 Days of Writing: Day 4 Still at it. Sinubukan ko naman sa computer mag-type kasi medyo bumibilis na takbo ng utak ko para sa kwentong ito. Sana naging okay ang araw mo. Ako okay naman, kumain kami sa Mary Grace nina madam at Paul, at maaga ako umuwi para makapagsulat.
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100 Days of Writing: Day 3
100 Days of Writing: Day 3 I now have a sketch for the first two scenes of a short story using characters I developed back in Clarion. Am I getting anywhere? It’s really too early to tell. I find I’m using the time not writing preparing for these writing sessions. Hopefully that grows on me.…
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100 Days of Writing: Day 2
100 Days of Writing: Day 2 Came here to say I did my thousand words for today. 🙂 I also just read from an online forum how harmful the idea that writers must write every day in order to be successful is, because it just adds to the unnecessary pressure writers feel about their output…
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100 Days of Writing: Day 1
100 Days of Writing: Day 1 Just checked in to say I did it. Was torn between planning/researching and continuing writing. Had trouble stopping once I was into it. Used the Pomodoro technique via Pomotodo, two 25-minute sessions easily yield five pages of content. Note that I’m pantsing it, and this is typically not how…
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Gastroenteritis at Isang Pangakong Magsulat Araw-Araw
Isang linggo akong nagka-gastroenteritis. A little queasiness, a little low-grade fever, tapos stinging hot diarrhea nang limang araw. Masakit, nakakabwisit. Dahil nagbabadya ang pagbabanyo bawat sandali at nakagapos ako sa tanikala ng sakit ng paghilab ng tyan at pagsisisi sa pagkain ng kung anuman ‘yun na hindi ko maalala, tumambad ang pagkakataong makapagsulat at makapag-isip…
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Arbitrary Endings (Also, Bring It, 2018!)
Why Journal Why I picked up the habit of journaling mostly as a survival mechanism. If you’ve ever been locked into bad thinking loops like me, writing sometimes seems to help make the brain pretend that now the problem exists outside of it. Then I could trudge along the mud, still on all fours, surely,…
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Yeah, Yeah, I’m Still Here
See, sinusubukan ko pa rin kasing palakasin ang loob ko na manumbalik ang sigla kong mag-blog tulad nang dati. At naisip ko na ata ang solusyon, salamat kay M. Noong isang araw, she announced that she’s planning to get off social media in 2018. That really excited me for some reason (not because she was,…