100 places (300 pages)

100 Places / Danielle's Quests

I recently completed my 1000 Night’s Quest (inspired by Ray Bradbury)—to read a poem, a short story and an essay a night, for 1000 nights. Now it’s time to start a new Quest! I’ll begin the week of July 28th 2025, and this one will take me up to 2 years to complete.

This is where it started. Some messy musings in a notebook:

I was exploring different options, alongside my pilot Questful group. This was the thinking I shared with them, as I picked it out of my possible options:

I like the idea of going to 100 places….

And writing 3 pages…

2 pages of detailed description, just about place (not the people).

And 1 page that is that place filtered through the POV (point of view) of a character.

100 places, 300 pages. (I’ll know when I’m done.)

It could have been a sprinty Quest—100 places in 100 days.

But actually, I want to spread this out…100 places, 300 pages. (It might take me a year? It could take me 2?)

I can start close by and ‘ordinary’. My local Spar, which is the village shop. But maybe at night…? What does it look like lit up?

I might decide that there are some types of places that I really want to put on the list: a cryogenic lab (are they even a thing?); a space station (hello Elon? My husband’s brother does work at NASA); five forests (how are they different?); a ghost town; a haunted house; inside an Amazon warehouse?

I can already smell the adventure! But also, writing 3 pages outside my local Spar would be a net positive for my day! And would change me.

I want quantified that works for me (clarity) but enough flex that I can develop it as I go.   

This Quest will be an adventure—one that I can fit into my weekends, as fun and play. While at the same time giving me a chance to build one of my weaker writing muscles…setting.

How fun!

I am going to keep the recording of this one super simple. Here I am at zero. And I’ll likely upload another pic once I’ve completed 25.

Happy Questing! And if you’d like help creating and completing a Quest that’s perfect for you, you can find me here.

PS: Update from Sep 2025. Well, ‘inside an Amazon warehouse’ is happening already. :) 

And if you’d like support doing a version of this yourself, you can now find it as part of the Fun Four. 

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