{"id":2407,"date":"2025-11-27T16:57:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/?page_id=2407"},"modified":"2026-01-06T15:32:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:32:39","slug":"2025-writing-challenge-short-stories-and-or-poems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025-writing-challenge-short-stories-and-or-poems\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Writing Challenge (Short Stories and\/or Poems)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is my Writing Challenge for the end of 2025, ordered chronologically:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/27\/writing-challenge-2025\/\">Writing Challenge 2025 &#8211; Introduction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/28\/writing-challenge-2025-01-the-experiment\/\">01 \u2013 The Experiment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/29\/writing-challenge-2025-02-the-refactor\/\">02 \u2013 The Refactor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/30\/writing-challenge-2025-03-personal-trainer\/\">03 \u2013 Personal Trainer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/01\/writing-challenge-2025-04-a-i-ethics\/\">04 \u2013 A.I. Ethics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/02\/writing-challenge-2025-05-inevitability-poem\/\">05 \u2013  Inevitability (Poem)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/03\/writing-challenge-2025-06-unseen-wonder\/\">06 \u2013 Unseen Wonder<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/04\/writing-challenge-2025-07-f-bit\/\">07 \u2013 F-Bit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/05\/writing-challenge-2025-08-beliefs\/\">08 \u2013 Beliefs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/06\/writing-challenge-2025-09-the-camp\/\">09 \u2013 The Camp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/07\/writing-challenge-2025-10-the-obsession\/\">10 \u2013 The Obsession<\/a><\/li>\n<li><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/08\/writing-challenge-2025-day-11-status\/\">Day 11 Status (Initially Unpublished)<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/09\/writing-challenge-2025-11-the-gradual-decline\/\">11 \u2013 The Gradual Decline<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/09\/writing-challenge-2025-12-help_me-txt\/\">12 \u2013 help_me.txt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/10\/writing-challenge-2025-13-lost-time\/\">13 \u2013 Lost Time<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/11\/writing-challenge-2025-14-phytomorphization\/\">14 \u2013 Phytomorphization<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/12\/writing-challenge-2025-15-blog-post-on-death-regrets-motivation-and-habits\/\">15 \u2013 Blog Post: On Death, Regrets, Motivation and Habits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/13\/writing-challenge-2025-16-the-sword-poem\/\">16 \u2013 The Sword (Poem)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/14\/writing-challenge-2025-17-immutable-perfection\/\">17 \u2013 Immutable Perfection<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/15\/writing-challenge-2025-18-dark-reflections\/\">18 \u2013 Dark Reflections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/16\/writing-challenge-2025-19-wishful-thinking\/\">19 \u2013 Wishful Thinking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/17\/writing-challenge-2025-20-excerpt-from-the-guide-to-the-compendium-formerly-known-as-the-multiverse\/\">20 \u2013 Excerpt from The Guide to the Compendium (Formerly known as the Multiverse)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/18\/writing-challenge-2025-21-the-terminal\/\">21 \u2013 The Terminal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/22\/writing-challenge-2025-posts-delay\/\">Posts Delay<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/22\/writing-challenge-2025-22-sleepless-poem\/\">22 \u2013 Sleepless (Poem)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/22\/writing-challenge-2025-23-first-impression-poem\/\">23 \u2013 First Impression (Poem)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/22\/writing-challenge-2025-24-on-lifes-chaos-blog-post\/\">24 \u2013 On Life\u2019s Chaos (Blog Post)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/22\/writing-challenge-2025-25-possessing-skills\/\">25 \u2013 Possessing Skills<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/23\/writing-challenge-2025-26-creative-bankruptcy\/\">26 \u2013 Creative Bankruptcy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/24\/writing-challenge-2025-27-unicorn-evolution\/\">27 \u2013 Unicorn Evolution<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/25\/writing-challenge-2025-28-a-i-analogue-intelligence\/\">28 \u2013 A.I. (Analogue Intelligence)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/26\/writing-challenge-2025-29-mutable\/\">29 \u2013 Mutable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/27\/writing-challenge-2025-30-shorttaught\/\">30 \u2013 ShortTaught\u2122<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/28\/writing-challenge-2025-31-humanity\/\">31 \u2013 Humanity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/28\/writing-challenge-2025-32-painting\/\">32 \u2013 PAINting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/30\/writing-challenge-2025-33-the-portal\/\">33 \u2013 The Portal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/31\/writing-challenge-2025-34-the-interstitial-plains\/\">34 \u2013 The Interstitial Plains<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/01\/writing-challenge-2025-retrospective\/\">Writing Challenge 2025 \u2013 Retrospective<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/06\/writing-challenge-2025-compilation-ebook\/\">Writing Challenge 2025 \u2013 Compilation eBook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is my Writing Challenge for the end of 2025, ordered chronologically: Writing Challenge 2025 &#8211; Introduction 01 \u2013 The Experiment 02 \u2013 The Refactor 03 \u2013 Personal Trainer 04 \u2013 A.I. Ethics 05 \u2013 Inevitability (Poem) 06 \u2013 Unseen Wonder 07 \u2013 F-Bit 08 \u2013 Beliefs 09 \u2013 The Camp 10 \u2013 The Obsession &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2025-writing-challenge-short-stories-and-or-poems\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2025 Writing Challenge (Short Stories and\/or Poems)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"index","bgseo_robots_follow":"follow","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2407","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2407"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2695,"href":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2407\/revisions\/2695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}