Write Every Day: Day #3

[auroracloud]

It turns out, perhaps unsurprisingly, that being on all day on a research trip is tiring. Since I don't have a surfeit of spoons anyway (the figurative kind; though mind you, I'm also low on tea spoons), I ended up being very tired today. Especially since I also slept poorly, brain being overwhelmed or something. So I've sort of puttered about all day, mostly not getting the things done that I should have done. But I figured I need a quiet day, and hopefully tomorrow I'll feel well-rested. Means I'm giving you all just a quick no-frills check-in post now.

Today's Writing

I also didn't get around to writing until quite late - though I did do some writing on writing. Anyway, eventually I managed to edit my second Fluff Bingo ficlet according to beta comments, and I created a draft for it on AO3. I didn't post it yet, because I'm hoping that I'll come up with a better title and/or summary once I've slept properly.


Tally

Day 1: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, falkner, luzclarita, shopfront, silveradept, sylvanwitch, used_songs, ysilme

Day 2: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, falkner, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvanwitch, ysilme

Day 3: china_shop
(the rest of you are to check in at this current post, don't worry, china_shop simply lives in the future)

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

[falkner]

Creating a draft without posting in the hopes of coming up with a better title is very much relatable.

Today I added some words to the story I started on the first. I have a general idea of how I want the whole thing to go, so I'll be slowly chipping away at it.

[auroracloud]

Yay for more words! Slowly chipping away at it is a good and tried method of getting a story done.

[alexseanchai]

Finished and posted the thing I started on May 31 that was supposed to be 3 sentences and is nearer 3K. Wrote and posted two actual three-sentence ficlets; okay, one of them's six sentences, but I had to show both sides of the story, right? And I'm most of a thousand words into another thing that was supposed to be three sentences, and, um, this is two complete sections of five or maybe six. And the first four sections are wholly introspective, so I'm kind of expecting section five (and, if applicable, six) to be a lot wordier, because that's where the characters actually interact!

...I'm having a lot of fun going through old 3 Sentence Ficathon prompts but I think I am failing at the goal of the ficathon...

[cassini]

[gosh that sounds like so much! 83 ]

[alexseanchai]

:)

[auroracloud]

3K words, yes, that is a little more than 3 sentences. At least I don't think it would be a good idea to write thousand-word sentences. Six sentences to show both sides of a story sounds reasonable! Sounds like you're being quite productive and creative at the moment, yay for that!

...I'm having a lot of fun going through old 3 Sentence Ficathon prompts but I think I am failing at the goal of the ficathon...

I think the ultimate goal of all ficathons and prompts is to get you to write, so you're winning that goal for sure!

[alexseanchai]

I mean if you abuse enough semicolons anything's possible!

*nodnod*

[auroracloud]

I'm pretty sure some French writers at least have managed it!

[cassini]

[i'm stuck staring at the kitten icon. this precious cat is a serius writr indeed ]

[1.1k on a new chapter today, starting to get a little more productive on desktop. tomorrow i have a four hour meeting and a date planned so writing will be taking a back seat, i can tell. unless i get 1k written before i get to sleep tonight? wish me luck ]

[alexseanchai]

four hours? wow, I hope you do not die before your date

I had not even noticed that icon! is v cute, auroracloud!

good progress, and good skill! and good luck too of course

[auroracloud]

Thank you, I couldn't resist adding this on my recent icon-adding spree, it was so precious. It's by sallymn, who's got many other writing-related icons, too. (And kitties, as well.)

[auroracloud]

Hee, glad you like! It's by sallymn, who has made a lot of fab writing icons (and other icons). I went on an icon-adding spree recently with the added icons for paid users, and I totally couldn't resist using this one! This kitten is clearly devoted to its craft! ♥

Yay for another productive day of writing. Sounds like you're having a busy day, though - four hour meeting, ugh! Hope you manage to have some brain and life force after that, I know mine get drained dry by long meetings. Good luck!

[sylvanwitch]

Congrats on finishing your story and good luck on finding the right title and summary. I also wish you many good hours of sleep.

As I also did not sleep well last night (anxiety), I can definitely relate to being brain-fogged today. I had a half-day, but the wrong half, only realizing I didn't have to be at work until 12:20 when I arrived there at 7:50am. I came home and got my writing done (and some reading, as well, which was a nice bonus), which is a good thing, because the lack-of-sleep definitely caught up with me this afternoon. So. Tired. *sighs*

Anyway, I added 1199 words to the H50 fic, and I also jotted some plot direction notes during exam proctoring this afternoon. I think there may actually be an ending for this beast. ;-)

[auroracloud]

Thank you! Sorry you had sleep problems, too. I hope last night was better! Sorry to hear about the brain fog and the confusion it caused, too. Glad you were able to use the morning for your writing, at least. That sounds like a productive writing stint, especially considering you were sleep deprived and all. Also yay for being able to do some plotting and see the possibility of an ending! :-)

[ysilme]

*hugs* for brain fog, bad sleep and everything, but look at that awesome word-count! :o)

[used_songs]

I wrote about 200 words of stream-of-conscious unhappiness this morning.

[auroracloud]

Sorry about the unhappiness. :-( But sometimes it's good to write about such things, at least.

[used_songs]

I figured if I put it on paper it would t pollute my day. :)

[cornerofmadness]

I hear you. I spent the day driving across three states to go back to my parents'. I managed 124 words on mischief christmas

[auroracloud]

Oh dear, that sounds exhausting indeed! Good for you for managing any writing on such a day.

[cornerofmadness]

thanks

[silveradept]

I looked at a prompt, had an idea for a short fill to it. It's not short any more, but it is done, be hopefully, it will be enjoyed.

[alexseanchai]

\o/

[auroracloud]

Heh, sometimes short fills turn out not to be so short. But you wrote and got it done, that's great!

[carenejeans]

Just a couple of alibi sentences for me. I spent time sort of poking at things but got nothing done on anything. REALLY uninspired today, argh.

[auroracloud]

Sorry you didn't have a good writing day. But poking at things sometimes helps even if you don't get much written; it can help things simmer in your mind and make it easier to write on another day.

[talkingtothesky]

Alibi sentence! I've fallen completely out of the writing headspace.

[auroracloud]

Aw, sorry to hear that. Hope you can jump back up to that space soon, good luck!

[ysilme]

Here's to a rest day being beneficial! I had unexpected rest myself, yesterday (my sister took over chicken duty and sick kitty #2 turned out to be not so sick that we needed that vet appointment after all - also a head cold, but treatable at home), which really helped, so I got in 430 words for the Crazy Crossover.

[auroracloud]

Glad you got some unexpected rest and the kitty wasn't so badly sick that a vet would hae been needed. Yay for more writing!