Write Every Day, June Day #25

[auroracloud]

I'm having a bit of a bad brain chemistry day and sleep deprivation and my brain just won't function anymore, so I'm going to reply to the rest of the comments tomorrow, when I've hopefully had sleep. Sorry, those I didn't yet reply to. Nothing particularly alarming, just tiredness, overwhelm, something being out of whack and headspace not feeling up for things. Hopefully I managed to update the tally right, anyway.

Today's Writing

Nothing really worked on the writing front either - I poked at a few fanfic WIPs with no success, just a few words; then I poked at my novel outlining, but I didn't add very many words there, either. I did manage to write some things in the location sheet for an important location, which is good.

Also, I signed up for Camp NaNoWriMo, hoping it'll kickstart my novel writing, so I guess that means I'm officially setting myself July 1 as the starting date. I mean, if starting really on that day doesn't work out for any reason, I'll start later that week, but I'm basically not allowing myself to dwell on my research material forever. I know I'm approaching the point where I just need to start writing.

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, talkingtothesky, ysilme (11 so far)

Day 16: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvanwitch, ysilme (11 so far)

Day 17: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, silveradept, sylvanwitch, talkingtothesky, ysilme (11 so far)

Day 18: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, shopfront, sierranovembr, silveradept, st_aurafina, sylvanwitch, ysilme (12 so far)

Day 19: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, shopfront, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvan_witch, ysilme (12 so far)

Day 20: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, shopfront, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvanwitch, ysilme (12 so far)

Day 21: alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, shopfront, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvanwitch, talkingtothesky, ysilme (11 so far)

Day 22: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, sierranovembr, silveradept, st_aurafina, sylvanwitch, talkingtothesky, ysilme (13 so far)

Day 23: alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, shopfront, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvanwitch, ysilme (10 so far)

Day 24: alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, silveradept, st_aurafina, sylvanwitch, yantantether, ysilme (10 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

[yantantether]

I'm sorry to hear that, I hope tomorrow feels better! About 450 words for me today.

[auroracloud]

Thanks! Well done for continuing with the writing. :-)

[sylvanwitch]

I'm sorry you're having such a struggle today, and I'm glad you're taking care of yourself and paying attention to your body's and brain's signs. I hope that tomorrow is a better day for you.

Today, I edited the second half of the H50 story and then posted it in six chapters, so I guess that means it's officially done! :-)

[auroracloud]

I've been taking it easy today, at least. Well done for having your story edited, posted and done! Congratulations!

[ellieet]

Some days are like that, re. writing, aren't they? I've had a few days like that recently where my brain hasn't been able to settle on one WIP and has just been poking around with absolutely no focus - I feel like I'm putting off working on my novel but want to feel like I'm doing 'something.' It's wonderful to feel that passion; less wonderful when your brain hits a slump. I can't say I've contributed much this week personally.

I'm sorry about the brain chemistry. It was my birthday a couple of days ago and I wanted to start off being 29 as a glorious fangirling li'l thornback but my mental health kicked off the next day prompted by something small and silly that just kicked me over the edge and gave me a bad half-hour (that, and I was hungry). I felt overwhelmed and like I couldn't do any of the stuff I needed to do and just wanted to be left alone. It's so frustrating because you feel so powerless and so distant from everyone trying to get through to you and you can't quite figure out why this is happening all of a sudden. Hope you're feeling better in yourself. <3

[auroracloud]

Yeah, some days are like that. Sometimes I then end up writing something completely different, but yesterday I didn't really have the energy.

Sorry you've had mental health struggles as well. When your resources are low, it can easily be just a small silly thing that takes you over the edge. It gets better when I remember that this is my brain/body's (because our brains are part of our bodies and who knows what causes what) ways of telling us that something's off and we need to take care of ourselves, and if I then manage to ask myself what's wrong and what I need. Usually I know the answer when I spend a while listening, though dodging the negative self-talk has taken some practice. Hope you feel better soon. ♥

[alexseanchai]

my fannish good deed for the year

*flop*

...

me: *laughs out loud at a thought*

silveradept: *wishes explanation*

me: no, there is too much, let me sum up

me: *writes 1500 words to explain the fic-specific context for this punchline*

(it is not even a very good punchline, probably)

[auroracloud]

That's definitely a lot of hard work and I'm sure indeed counts as good deed of the year. :-)

[alexcat]

60 little words today!

[auroracloud]

Every word counts, no matter how big or little!

[cornerofmadness]

Spent half the day with guests, half the day exchanging the new computer for another new computer. Did manage to get 959 words on Like Stone.

[auroracloud]

Sorry about computer troubles, hopefully you're done with the exchanging for a while. Well done on all that writing anyway. :-)

[cornerofmadness]

thanks. I'm hoping so too

[china_shop]

*hugs* I hope tomorrow's better.

I've spent the last two days (25th & 26th) working on an episode-related fic. Am making some headway, though I have a characterisation/logistics problem I need to solve before the whole thing can click. In the meantime, I'm having fun with it. :-)

[auroracloud]

*hugs* Thanks. At least I've been taking it easy, so I feel less overwhelmed.

Glad you're enjoying the fic you're working on! Good luck sorting those things out. Sometimes they work themselves out while you're writing and/or editing.

[shopfront]

I did some drafting on a thing that was not the thing I was meant to be working on, oops. I am sorry about your bad brain day <3 I am also thinking I'll do camp nano next month, so good luck/high five for novel buddies?

[auroracloud]

Sometimes your muse will work on something that's not the thing you're meant to be working on. I know mine delights in that. But it's still creativity!

Yay Camp Nanoists and good luck to you as well. :-)

[st_aurafina]

I took a pinch hit and wrote 500 words for it, yay.

[auroracloud]

Well done!

[carenejeans]

I hope you're feeling better! Good luck in the coming month with Camp Nanowrimo.

I'm still immersed in the nonfiction project. It's fun, but argh. (It's also distracting, research-wise. If I have to re-check a bit of info, I have to be stern with myself and not go haring off into interesting by-ways. Old newspapers are SO interesting.) 8-)

[auroracloud]

Thank you!

And I feel you for being distracted by research. That's why I'm setting myself a deadline for starting the writing. I'll probably still get distracted, but at least I'll also be writing. Glad you're having fun with it, anyway. Good luck with both the writing and the researching!

[silveradept]

Did work on an assignment, and I know where I want it to go and what is going to do when it gets there, but I haven't quite been able to hit the turnaround that will get it there. Once it does, it'll be great.

[auroracloud]

Good luck with your assignment!

[sierranovembr]

I wrote more on the work report on days 25 and 26. Thank you!

[auroracloud]

Well done, good luck with it!