Welcome to Vicky Writes!
My name is Vicky, and I'm a student and writer based in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
My New Year's resolution for 2026 is to write, at minimum, the first draft of a novel or novella. In order to apply pressure on myself, I have decided to try something new: writing in the open - revealing the entirety of my planning, research, and writing process to the world.
Update: I have had an idea for a game which I aim to explore starting this year, as opposed to writing a novel. I hope to at least have some basic prototyping done by midway through the year, along with something along the lines of a demo or vertical slice by December.
To accomplish this goal, I am using the Obsidian markdown app, along with the Digital Garden plugin to deploy my vault as a static website published to GitHub Pages.
Part of this process will involve reading the works of others, both classic and contemporary - not just letting them wash over me, but in fact, allowing my mind to absorb them through both cursory and detailed analysis.
I will also try to set myself a regular schedule, depending on my university workload, so that I don't have an excuse to procrastinate.
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