Author: Jackie Pick

Jackie Pick is a former teacher and current writer living in the Chicago area. She is a contributing author to multiple anthologies, including Multiples Illuminated, So Glad They Told Me: Women Get Real about Motherhood, Here in the Middle, as well as the and the literary magazines The Sun and Selfish. She received Honorable Mention from the Mark Twain House and Museum for her entry in the Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Competition. Jackie is a contributing writer at Humor Outcasts, and her essays have been featured on various online sites including McSweeney's, Belladonna Comedy, Mamalode, The HerStories Project, and Scary Mommy. A graduate of the University of Chicago and Northwestern University, Jackie is co-creator and co-writer of the award-winning short film Fixed Up, and a proud member of the 2017 Chicago cast of Listen To Your Mother.

NaNoWri Mo Days 1-2

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Good morning! I am taking the writer’s equivalent of the polar bear plunge and doing a rebel version of NaNoWriMo this year — 50,000 words in 30 days.

Although I not writing a novel, I am writing (God, I hope) humorous essays and short stories that ideally could be compiled into a book; however it is more likely I will split up the set and send them out into the world independent and ready for the responsibility.

It’s a challenge. It’s always a challenge.
However, it’s the part of the writing process that goes the fastest for me, the first draft. I have learned how to let the thoughts go from brain to screen/paper without waking the inner editor. I enjoy seeing where one random goes. The winding and weaving lead to the weird stuff. The good stuff.

Here is what happened on Day One and Two. I will post…

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