Write Every Day, June Day #17

[auroracloud]

I'm back home now, and promptly crashed as soon as I got here. I was more tired than I'd realized, though I had been pretty darn sleepy all day today. It's probably mainly because I've slept kind of poorly at least for the past week or so - besides going to bed too late on some days, I've also kept waking up too early, perhaps because the mornings get light so early now. I do wear a sleep mask when it's light, but it tends to come off at some point. Also, if I put it on when I went to sleep, it'd probably be off by the time it's actually light, so I tend to just put it on when I first wake up from the light. Maybe the very early dawn now is messing up my sleep patterns. Anyway, I just took at least two hours to be able to even drag myself out of bed.


Today's Writing

I added some bits to the short story again in the afternoon, amounting to a little over 100 words. Though since I haven't really figured out what it's about (I had an idea when I started, but I think it's about something else, and I don't know what yet), I felt like I wanted to write something else, but I'm just soooo tired. I started another Cottoncandy ficlet, in a new fandom, but I managed as many as 48 words, and my creative brain ran out of power mid-sentence. So I think that's it for today. I did listen to some podcasts that might sorta count towards novel research in a very broad and general way.

And I looked at my research books and thought for a second or so about picking one up, but I don't think that counts.

How about you all?

Tally

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

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

Day 3: alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, falkner, ofmonstrouswords, shopfront, silveradept, sylvanwitch, talkingtothesky, used_songs, ysilme

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

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

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

Day 7: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, ellieet, ofmonstrouswords, sierranovembr, silveradept, st_aurafina, sylvanwitch, ysilme, yantantether (15 so far)

Day 8: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, ellieet, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvanwitch, talkingtothesky, yantantether, ysilme (14 so far)

Day 9: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, shopfront, sierranovembr, silveradept, st_aurafina, sylvanwitch, talkingtothesky, yantantether, ysilme (15 so far)

Day 10: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, navaan, ofmonstrouswords, silveradept, st_aurafina, sylvanwitch, talkingtothesky, tinx_r, yantantether, ysilme (16 so far)

Day 11: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, navaan, ofmonstrouswords, sierranovembr, silveradept, st_aurafina, sylvanwitch, talkingtothesky, tinx_r, yantantether, ysilme (17 so far)

Day 12: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, ofmonstrouswords, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvanwitch, talkingtothesky, tinx_r, yantantether, ysilme (15 so far)

Day 13: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, ofmonstrouswords, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvanwitch, talkingtothesky, tinx_r, yantantether, ysilme (15 so far)

Day 14: alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, silveradept, sylvanwitch, talkingtothesky, used_songs, ysilme (11 so far)

Day 15: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejean, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, silveradept, sylvanwitch, ysilme (10 so far)

Day 16: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvanwitch (10 so far)

Day 17: china_shop

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Comments

[foreverdawning]

I'm so impressed you've managed to write everyday! Keep it up

[auroracloud]

Thanks! Most likely, I will! I've kept at this for a few years, actually, spurred on by this challenge (which keeps moving from one host's journal to another each month). Some days I only write a sentence or a few, but it's still writing! I've noticed that this approach works for me. If I wait for a day when I have a lot of writing time or a particular inspiration for a certain story, I'm likely to fall out of the habit and then it's harder to get started even when I specifically want to. :-)

[cassini]

[how did the middle of the month happen again ]

[casually writing on phone working a lot better for me suddenly, me and the desktop keep fighting. end up doing art. but team phone got 1.2k words out today ]

[auroracloud]

I don't know! That was what I was wondering, too, as I adjusted how much of the tally is inside the cut - how did we get past the mid-month mark already?

Yay for casually writing on phone working better for you! Sometimes it really helps to try something different, whether that's writing by hand, writing in a different place than usual, writing on your phone or whatever. Maybe it takes some of the pressure off, or helps your brain think a bit differently.

[alexseanchai]

3.9K of something else entirely!

I mean, the fic is complete, I just need AO3 to be up for me so I can post the damn thing? but like

[auroracloud]

Wow, another amazingly productive writing day for you! Congrats! Hope AO3 started cooperating and you got your fic posted. :-)

[alexseanchai]

I did! Check out my kudos count, unless the next kudos holds off for 2h this'll be my new fastest to 100 kudos

...

this is not helping my brain's conviction that less sustained effort gets more reward

[auroracloud]

Oh, wow! You definitely get some response. Awesome! :-) (...I only have one fic that even has over 100 kudos, and it's been up for several months.)

[alexseanchai]

Juggernaut pairing, megafandom, and I gather people have been reading my ML fic long enough to know they like it and rec it? so like.

but I am still floored every time I see a kudos count has just crossed a number ending in 00.

[auroracloud]

Yeah, that sort of thing helps! I'm still fairly recent for all my fandoms, and I have one big fandom and a handful of small or medium-sized ones, but even in the big fandom I mostly don't write the most popular pairings. I also write a lot of ken, which tends to get read less than shippy fic. (Considering how much more attention my Thirteenth Doctor fics get than anything else, I should probably try to write even one Thirteen/Yaz just for statistical observation reasons. *g* I mean, I do like the idea as well, I just haven't had good story ideas for them yet. And I have a contrary nature that tends to shy away from really popular pairings.) But megafandom and juggernaut pairing or not, you're clearly getting a great reception in any case, so yay for that! ♥

And I totally get still being floored by that! Even with my much more modest numbers, I still sometimes go to my stats just to stare at that one kudos rate above 100, or at the particularly good hits-to-kudos rate on some fics. :-)

[sylvanwitch]

It sounds like you made some sincere efforts at starting something but were too tired to continue. Personally, I think the trying is as important as the doing, ESPECIALLY when one's tired or in some other way impaired. Good for you for making the effort! :-)

I spent a good chunk of today playing a computer game and another good chunk of it planting seeds (bush beans and scallions) and re-potting houseplants, as well as planning tomorrow's garden work, which will be laborious. I did, however, also add 1129 words to the H50 fic.

[auroracloud]

Yeah, effort was certainly being made, at least inside my head. :-) But you're right, trying is often as important as the doing. :-)

Well done for another day of lots of writing as well as garden work! I say you've definitely deserved some computer game time as well. :-)

ETA: I'm sure I meant to select some completely different icon, but I'm letting this one stay. :-D

[sylvanwitch]

That's an excellent icon, and I LOVE it! It's giving me a silly grin. Thank you! :-)

[auroracloud]

You're welcome! :-D (I really ought to have more cow icons, cows are amazing. Somehow not as popular among icon-creators as cats, though.) It is appropriate after all, since you are pretty outstanding, and also clearly standing out a lot, if in a garden rather than a field. ;-)

[china_shop]

Though since I haven't really figured out what it's about (I had an idea when I started, but I think it's about something else, and I don't know what yet)

Ahaha, I know that feeling ALL TOO WELL! Lately my strategy seems to be: start something, get stuck, flail at friends in email, struggle to an ending, get rescued by my betas. ;-)

I hope you got/get some good sleep and wake refreshed! <3

18th: I spent half the morning rewriting (to good effect, I think!) and have sent that story back to beta. I spent the other half of the morning arguing with someone in my head (and in a comment box, without clicking Post Comment), and I really need to step away from that and go for a swim.

[auroracloud]

I should probably find some people to flail at about these! Though as I tend not to like talking about a story before I've at least written the first draft, it might be a bit hard.

Thank you, I did get fairly decent sleep last night. :-)

Yay for successful rewriting and sending story back to beta. And hey, good for you for restraining the arguing to the comment box without posting and to the inside of your head - most of the time that's better for the peace of mind, I've learned. Going for a swim sounds like an excellent way to get away from that mindspace, hope it helped!

[china_shop]

I should probably find some people to flail at about these! Though as I tend not to like talking about a story before I've at least written the first draft, it might be a bit hard.

I get that, too. I'm usually pretty black-box-y about my stories, but I keep writing myself into corners (or empty parking lots) lately, and there are a couple of people I trust to help out without imposing too much on the story, if that makes sense. :-)

[auroracloud]

I also tend to have some people I talk about stories to, but it varies depending on the story. I should probably try to expand the number of my available trustworthy people like that!

[cornerofmadness]

Spent my birthday in the hospital with mom so very little writing time. Got 244 words for Like Stone

[auroracloud]

Ouch, not a nice way to spend a birthday. :-( Hope she's doing better or will soon. Happy belated birthday, regardless, hope you get some nicer days now instead. Well done for managing to write anything at all in such a situation!

[cornerofmadness]

Thank you. Unfortunately they're going to have to amputate

[auroracloud]

(Belated reply, sorry.) Agh, that sucks. At least I gather from your posts that the situation is stabilizing now? So that's good, at any rate.

[cornerofmadness]

Yes, it is thanks

[silveradept]

I did words today, a little in the missing scene, a little in the post-credits scene for a fic that I haven't gotten the full final battle written for, some amount on linklisting. Could have done more, but I spent the morning removing drips and paint spots off the bathroom floor and other surfaces so I could declare the thing done and willing to live with any imperfections my brain keeps yelling at me about.

[auroracloud]

Congrats for getting some words done today as well as the house stuff! It's totally understandable that you didn't have time/energy for more writing, as it was, but the little bits also add up. :-)

so I could declare the thing done and willing to live with any imperfections my brain keeps yelling at me about.

This, at least, is very useful practice for what we also need for writing!

[carenejeans]

I hope your sleep patterns sort themselves out soon.

I was busy most of the day, then kept putting off writing. Sigh. I ended up just writing a few alibi sentences. Though they were bits of plotting for the bookshop novel.

[auroracloud]

Thank you! Let's hope so. :-)

I've definitely had days just like that. A little too often, perhaps. Why's starting writing early so hard? But yay for managing to do plotting sentences! The alibi sentences are helpful, they make us do something for our writing even when we might not otherwise do anything. Hope that starting becomes easier in the next days!

[alexcat]

1433 today and maybe some to keep.

[auroracloud]

Sounds good! Some to keep is always a nice plus. :-)