Spooktober 2023
This is my first time participating in Spooktober, and I wasn't quite sure what to expect going into it. So, instead of focusing on the details ahead of time I decided to make my first Spooktober an exercise in routine. My goal is to set aside time each day during the event to write one article. The thought was that this would help prevent early burnout of getting a bunch or articles done in the first few days and then crashing hard for the rest of the month. Preventing burnout and building a new routine! What could be better?
One week in and I was confronted with my true lack of planning. The article writing was going great but putting it on top of full time work, a masters capstone course, and being a mom led to a whole different type of burnout. Day 9 was a full crash and burn that took four days to get back out of and feel somewhat human again. So, plans changed.
The goal is still 27 prompts in 27 days, but they will not all be full articles. There will be a mix of articles and stubs. The stubs will likely end up being expanded during WE. This article has links to the articles and stubs from each prompt, rather than the generic template articles submitted for them. Full articles will have regular golden borders, but may still be expanded later to be better articles. Any article that is a true 50 word or less stub will get a red border.
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