Project 35 Jim Kleiber
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- Society & Culture
Write for 10 minutes, 3 times per day, for 35 straight days. THE RULES: 1) Live broadcast each session on Zoom Webinar and record it so that people know you wrote extemporaneously. 2) Set a timer for 10 minutes and start writing. When the timer ends, whatever is written is the finished entry that will go into the book—only style and formatting can be adapted; all grammar, typos, and unfinished sentences will remain exactly as they are. 3) After writing, record yourself reading the text in one take. Whatever is recorded is the finished product that will go into the audiobook—only audio levels can be adapted; all ums, ahs, and mess-ups will remain exactly as they are. 4) Set a timer for 1 minute and write a title for the piece. When the timer ends, whatever is written is the finished title that will go into the book for that piece. 5) Do this in the morning, afternoon, and evening, for 35 consecutive days. 6) At the end, compile the writings and audio recordings into a book and audiobook, respectively; the only information you can edit out of the books will be for legal reasons or to protect someone’s privacy. 7) Have fun.
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P35-01A: The pressure to begin
How does one begin? Perhaps one begins by removing “one” and replacing it with “I.” How do I begin? Yes, that feels more aligned with what I wanted to do. …
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P35-01B: A change of gut
Sometimes we force ourselves to say things. We don’t want to say them, but something in us said that we told ourselves we would say them, so we do. It’s …
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P35-01C: To show or not to show?
What does it take to convince me that this is real? What does it take to convince you? It has been maybe a month since many of us in the …
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P35-02A: Lala fofofo
I haven’t slept well in, well, a very long time. And I’m ashamed to admit it. You see, having worked specifically on emotions for the last eight years, I put …
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P35-02B: From knowing to loving
I think I spend a lot of my time trying to understand others. I try to understand what they’re thinking, what they want, who they are. And more often than …
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P35-02C: The pain we don’t see
I spoke with my accountability buddy earlier and it helped me see my life from a different angle. For this book-writing group, we have been assigned an accountability buddy and …