Write Every Day: Day #2

[auroracloud]

Hello again! Here is the check-in post for the June Day #2 of Write Every Day. If you didn't see the previous post yet and are wondering what this is, I'm explaining it here.

Today, it was exciting because I went out on a research trip - nothing fancy, just travelling to a place where some of my novel is supposed to take place in, looking around, walking, taking many photos, guided museum tours, etc. As a result, I'm pretty drained now! So nothing fancy in today's post, I'm too sleepy already. But it was nice and useful. I was silly and forgot to take my sunglasses, though, and the sky cleared up in the afternoon, so I got a bit of a headache, but the painkiller has kicked in now, so I'm okay.

Today's Writing

In a way, today was all writing, since I was spending most of the time on stuff related to my novel project, but there weren't many words, though I took some research notes. But I also got ideas for some supporting characters that I'd known I should have, and I got ideas for names for characters, so at home I wrote some new character notes as well.

How was your writing today?

Tally

Day 1: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, falkner, luzclarita, shopfront, silveradept, sylvanwitch, used_songs, ysilme (14 so far)

Let me know if I missed you, or if you wrote but didn't check in yet. You can join in or drop out any time!

Comments

[sylvanwitch]

Oooh! Research trips! They are SO MUCH FUN! I love going to a place that I know I'm going to be using and looking at it through the writer's lens instead of only as a visitor. It's such a different perspective and so much fun, at least to me. I'm glad you had such a lovely day of it! :-)

Today, I woke up with a sore throat, which I'm hoping isn't going to develop into anything more bothersome than a cold. Still, boo. I also had a lot of cleaning to do, and I've done quite a bit of it, but now I'm out of energy. Thankfully, before I lost the last of my oomph, I added 1502 words to the H50 fic. Yay!

[auroracloud]

Yes, they're fun! I firmly believe in getting my feet on the ground my characters will be walking on, both literally and figuratively. Nothing like being there to make it more real and detailed in your head and make the setting a part of the story. Even if what I'm writing is set in another time and all the buildings will be different etc., just getting a feel for the layout, the distances, the landscape and such makes it easier. And indeed, you see the places very differently then and pay attention to different things.

Sorry you woke up with a sore throat. Hope it goes away soon and doesn't make you very sick. And uh, cleaning when you're not feeling well is even less fun than cleaning usually is. But wow, that's quite a productive writing stint despite your troubles! That's great!