Welcome to 1,000 Characters!
This is a project about exploration, into writing and into characters. The goal is to create one thousand characters, and learn more about all of them. Most days (at least twenty per month) there should be a new story snippet to keep the words flowing. Do not fret that everything (or at least most things) are short, as that is the intention.
1,000 Characters is a practice for better storytelling, improved fiction. The focus is diving into characters, looking curiously and deeply into their hopes, dreams, desires. Exploring new characters, their stories, the places they live and work, becomes a journey of fun. This process of discovery should, in many cases, lead to longer stories, possibly even a novel. Dare it be said: maybe novels.
A total of 102 works of fiction
featuring 32 different Characters!
Featured Story
Published: Jan 25, 2022
I thought about writing this story last week. The plan was to type some words and see what I thought of them. Instead researched the top searched words on Google. I learned that Hotmail and Yahoo are still sought after: in the top 20 average searches (in the not safe for work category). Gmail has more than both of those combined, but it appears that the Internet is quite circular. You go there to find things to do there. I would also imagine that most people are searching for things to watch when they stare at the posters on the movie theater wall. So much for my plan.