The Challenge With Challenges

I gave AI image generator in Wix Studio a simple challenge: create a stack of three books (because 3 Books, 1 Year). Why come it gave me eight green books piled up on top of each other, plus a yellow one squeezed in there for good measure? Since there was an image erase component, I took a wide digital brush and deleted the (literally) extra books out of my face. Here's me thinking that the image would be erased and there would be three books suspended in mid air against a fellow green backdrop.

Why come AI added a yellow pedestal? I erased that. Why come AI decided now would be a really good time to add a random wooden box I didn't ask for? I erased that, too, and AI replaced it with a different wooden box. When I tried to cut it out with another feature, I ended up with the madness you see here in our hero shot. The AI feature (beta warts and all) accepted the challenge—and failed miserably. But technically, the books I wanted are there, stacked on top, just like I asked.

As the mercury dips and we inhale pumpkin spice everything and accept writing challenges like NaNoWriMo or Inktober, it's easy to get amped to start that 50K, but to see it to the end is challenging. Tee hee. See what I did there? But, no, really. You chug away at that fifty thousand goal and end up with no story and no manuscript. Challenge aborted.

But maybe setting the high (outrageous, obnoxious, ludicrous, preposterous) goal of three books in a a year will lead you to write all three books. At the very least, if we stay consistent and motivated and consistently motivated, we could end up with one solid manuscript. So, should you accept the challenge...

Also, you know what time it is since you made it this far. It's time to get writing right now!