A Purpose

Hello!

I'm Ben. I go to school at Tufts University, live in Vermont when I'm not in Sommerville, and I like writing. However, I have a problem: No matter how much I like writing, I sometimes have trouble finding the time- and getting into a regular pattern I find hard. So I had an idea. It went kind of like this:
I thought to myself "Gee, Ben! You really like writing but don't do enough of it. You should come up with some way to motivate yourself to do more! You should make a promise to someone that you are going to write them something once a week. Even better: you should make that promise to the INTERNET."

Now, I read a lot of webcomics, and I originally had the idea to write a long story- novel length, perhaps- in weekly installments in the same way. However, I want to take a little while to organize my plot and get a full outline before I start- the problem with installments is that I can't go back and change the beginning to line up with the end. Also, I fully aware that the desire to read something on the internet decreases exponentially with regard to length, so I figured I'd start with short stories.

I like writing and I like sharing my writing. Perhaps that makes me a narcissist, as I know a lot of people that hate sharing their writing- but oh well. I'll start with some short stories I have stockpiled, while working on a framework for something larger and writing more. My plan is to post a new story every weekend, and hopefully write a new one every week. We'll see how it works!

Also, the pressure to write increases with readership- so if anyone does end up reading this, let me know- it'll incite me to write more. Criticism, constructive or deconstructive is encouraged! Anyway, this will do for a first post- I'll get to a story.