🍂 i tried writing 10k words in a single weekend // first draft challenge ep. 01

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welcome to the start of a new mini vlog series (even if i obviously did not yet realize it in this video)

yep - we're going to write 10,000 words EVERY weekend until project CRYPTS is complete!! come along with me on the first weekend as I try and reinvigorate my creativity after a long month of gainful employment.

thank you for watching :)

✨ timestamps:
0:00 - opening
0:06 - intro, what life has been like lately
4:13 - day 1 start!
14:00 - morning update
18:48 - got slightly sidetracked
24:32 - closing out day 1!
26:29 - day 2 start! (kicking off at a new café)
26:54 - featuring my new purse + a reflection on my writing process' evolution
33:11 - update! (i don't know how to count apparently)
35:47 - outro

✨ channels mentioned
‪@CodyTheWriter‬ ‪@beccatobar‬ ‪@christy-anne-jones‬ ‪@charleeraewrites‬

✨ my published writing:
MOTHSBLOOD (adult fantasy) via Bloomsbury USA // Del Rey UK - coming fall 2026
"The Fall of Esther Park" via Apparition Lit: https://apparitionlit.com/the-fall-of...
"Eulogy for a Muse" via The Icarus Writing Collective: https://www.icaruswritingcollective.c...
"We Cast Our Eyes to the Unknowable Now" via Grist: Imagine 2200: https://grist.org/climate-fiction/ima...

✨ links:
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travel writings: https://wherethehellami.blog
website: https://lynndjung.com/​​​​​​
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lynndjung/?...

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