Write Every Day, Day #10

[auroracloud]

Ugh, I've been feeling rather lousy today, partly because of the usual monthly problems due to having a reproductive apparatus related to XX chromosomes, partly because of general tiredness, I don't know. At least it hasn't been hot anymore. Anyway, I eventually did get stuff done and got out of the house and everything, and then have just been even more tired. I hope this goes over for tomorrow.

On the upside, in the afternoon I was reading again some AO3 comments I've got on my fics in the past months, and they made me feel happy.

Today's Writing

I started a document for a new Genprompt fic and wrote 118 words for it. I don't know if they're good words or if it's a good story, but hey, it was writing. I also wrote a sentence for a potential very short original story. That'll have to do for today.

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: alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, falkner, shopfront, silveradept, sylvanwitch, talkingtothesky, used_songs, ysilme

Day 4: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, falkner, shopfront, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, ysilme

Day 5: alexseanchai, alexcat, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, falkner, sierranovembr, silveradept, st_aurafina, sylvanwitch, yantantether, ysilme

Day 6: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, ellieet, silveradept, sylvanwitch, talkingtothesky, yantantether, ysilme

Day 7: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, ellieet, sierranovembr, silveradept, st_aurafina, sylvanwitch, ysilme, yantantether

Day 8: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, ellieet, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvanwitch, talkingtothesky, yantantether, ysilme;

Day 9: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, shopfront, sierranovembr, silveradept, st_aurafina, sylvanwitch, talkingtothesky, yantantether, ysilme

Day 10: china_shop

Comments

[yantantether]

Just a couple of alibi sentences for me today, but I also beta'd a fic, so I feel like I've achieved something fannishly, even though I basically didn't do any writing.

Hope you feel much better tomorrow!

[auroracloud]

Betaing is also important, and besides helping other creators, you do learn something of it yourself, so well done on that front!

Thanks! I've been taking it easy and feel better now. :-)

[alexseanchai]

I rewrote that scene and now it's 350 words, which includes a bit of PoV character thought process and some PoV character taking note of the visible injuries just inflicted, and it reads a lot better now.

Now I get to figure out where the next important bit happens and how to get him there...

It's the bakery. Literally no sooner do I post the comment but I realize it's the bakery. Hang on—

[auroracloud]

Well done! Isn't it satisfying when rewriting a scene/story makes it work better? Good luck with figuring out the next important bit! Yay for inspiration/ideas right after posting the comment, too!

[sylvanwitch]

I'm sorry you're feeling poorly, and I hope that tomorrow is a better day for you in terms of energy and general well-being. :-)

Today was a full day of meetings, but I comforted myself with 1335 words of H50 fic when I got home. :-)

[auroracloud]

Thank you! While I've been feeling off for much of today, I'm better and well-rested now. :-) And thankfully I could have a restful day without problems, so that's fine.

Glad you were able to find comfort in writing fic! Hope today hasn't been as full of meetings, that tends to be draining...

[china_shop]

11th: Some very scrappy alibi sentences for me today, plus a frustrating search for a last line for a ficlet. (It probably only needs to be a few words long, but I can't decide what those words are!)

[auroracloud]

Good luck with your search for the last line! Isn't it frustrating when you just need a few words, but those words keep eluding you? With the last ficlet I posted, I kept it in my drafts for a few days because there was this one part that needed a bit more, and I basically kept writing, rewriting and erasing the same two sentences again and again until I found a right way for them.

[china_shop]

Isn't it frustrating when you just need a few words, but those words keep eluding you?

SO FRUSTRATING, OMG! I ended up dropping the final short sentence that didn't work, and slightly restructuring the sentence before it so it sounded more like an ending. ;-p

[cornerofmadness]

Hope you feel better.

I wrote 423 words for my summer_of_giles story, 296 words on Like Stone and 443 words to finally finished Mischief Christmas

[auroracloud]

Thanks! Better now, thankfully.

Congrats for finishing your Christmas story! And yay for more words for other stories too! :-)

[cornerofmadness]

Thanks

[silveradept]

I put in some words on a prompt fill, but it's meandering a touch on me, which is appropriate for the character whose head we are in, but makes it ultimately more difficult to pin down which outcome is being sought. I'll persist with it, though, and it will become clear soon enough.

[auroracloud]

Good luck! Some characters can make it a bit harder to get their stories written, I've noticed.

[carenejeans]

I hope you're feeling better. Reading comments on AO3 is a good way to cheer yourself up!

I had another full day, but wrote about 440 NEW words on the bookshop novel. And worked just a tiny bit on the nonfiction project.

[auroracloud]

Thank you, I am better now, having been able to take the day easy. Reading the comments definitely is a good way to cheer myself up! It's nice to see people actually enjoying my writing. While I partly just write what I want to write, I also want to tell stories, and a part of that is other people reading those stories and feeling they get something out of it!

Yay for new words on the bookshop novel! Especially on a full day. :-)

[alexcat]

Found another old snippet and worked on it - 298 words of pure PWP.

[auroracloud]

Good for you for working on old snippets! I should also start working on my old unfinished ones more systematically - you're inspiring me! And pure PWP can be fun. :-)

[talkingtothesky]

95 words towards the novel outline. I hope you (and I) feel better soon! Sooo tired & tearful.

[auroracloud]

Thank you - I'm better now, hope you are, too! Tired and tearful are not fun, either of them, let alone both of them together! *offers tea and biscuits* Well done for still managing to work one the novel outline!

[navaan]

Aww, I'm glad going back and reading comment on you fic made you happy! :D That's what comment should be for!

I edited a bunch and wrote about 300 new words.

[auroracloud]

Hiii, nice to see you hear again! Congratulations for getting both editing and new words done! :-)