My writing folder hit 500 files and I finally looked at the dates

I was just cleaning up my desktop (you know, the usual digital mess) and saw my 'Story Bits' folder had exactly 500 documents. I opened it and sorted by date, realizing the first one was from over eight years ago, a half page about a guy finding a key in a rainstorm. It hit me that I've been collecting these little sparks without ever feeling like a 'real' writer. What's a small, weird number that made you stop and think about your own writing habits?

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davis.ivan6mo ago

Hit 300 unfinished drafts once and it freaked me out. Started forcing myself to finish one short thing a month, no matter how bad. Actually helped.

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kevin_wells466mo ago

Just hit 400 myself and started calling it my digital landfill. Forced myself to finish a terrible haiku about a confused squirrel last Tuesday, felt like pulling teeth.

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shane_williams4mo ago

My notebook's got 200+ half drawn stick figures with hats from a phase I went through.

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