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

[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 ]

[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

[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.

[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.

[cornerofmadness]

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

[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.

[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.

[alexcat]

1433 today and maybe some to keep.