Write Every Day: Day #9

[auroracloud]

Today's writing

I finished Yuletide! That is, the first draft. It still needs to be edited like whoah, and I hope I can cut down a good bit of it because it measures almost 7K at the moment and that's too much. But the first draft is done! The beginning of today was crappy, and I didn't even try to write, but in the afternoon I slept and felt much better, and after dinner and a bit of reading I just sat in front of the computer and tap-tap-tapped away until it was done. About 1600 words at one go. It was so nice to have a good writing day for a change.

Good luck for you all with your writing!

Tally

Day #1: auroracloud, avon, cornerofmadness, esteliel, miss_morland, trobadora, ysilme
Day #2: auroracloud, avon, cornerofmadness, doctor_jehane, esteliel, miss_morland, trobadora, ysilme
Day #3: auroracloud, avon, cornerofmadness, doctor_jehane, esteliel, miss_morland, trobadora, ysilme
Day #4: auroracloud,avon, cornerofmadness, doctor_jehane, trobadora, ysilme
Day #5: auroracloud,avon, cornerofmadness, doctor_jehane, trobadora, ysilme
Day #6: auroracloud,avon, cornerofmadness, trobadora, ysilme
Day #7: auroracloud,avon, cornerofmadness, doctor_jehane, esteliel, miss_morland, trobadora, ysilme
Day #8: auroracloud,avon, cornerofmadness, esteliel, miss_morland, trobadora, ysilme

Let me know if I missed anyone! You can join in or drop out any time.

Comments

[trobadora]

Congrats on finishing Yuletide, that's fantastic! You have plenty of time left for editing. (Why is 7k too much, though? Longer fic is great!)

I had a pretty bad day yesterday - went to the doctor because of a stubborn cough that wouldn't go away; got meds; got knocked over so badly by the meds that I wasn't fit for anything the entire rest of the day. I just about remembered to scribble down an alibi sentence, at least.

Today, I tried a lower dose and it didn't knock me over quite as badly, so I actually got a bit of writing done after all. But still, ugh.

[ysilme]

Ugh, stubborn cough sounds nasty, and meds that knock you out so much even more so. I hope you'll better soon!

[trobadora]

Thank you! I'll take the cough over the side effects.

[auroracloud.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's a relief not to have to be as busy with the editing as I did in the case of my Public Call fic. :-) And it's not that it's too long for a fic in general, I love long fics; it's just that I don't think this story has enough content for that many words. :-) I usually write sprawling first drafts that benefit from taking away some excess stuff that doesn't add anything. I'm pretty sure some things get explained twice in this draft. ;-)

Ugh, that sounds really unpleasant situation! I hope your cough gets better without you needing to be knocked over by such meds, that sounds quite awful. Glad you were able to get a bit of writing done despite it.

[trobadora]

I usually write sprawling first drafts that benefit from taking away some excess stuff that doesn't add anything.

I see! My stories always grow in the editing - I may remove a lot of stuff, but I add more.

[auroracloud.livejournal.com]

Makes sense, I think. One of the things I really admire about your writing is your skill at saying much with comparatively few words. It sort of makes sense that it would go hand in hand with writing first drafts that you add to rather than take away from. Don't know if that made sense in my explanation, but it did in my head. :-D My habitual method is to toss in everything and the kitchen sink, then try to figure out what is allowed to stay. Usually I leave in too much, and I've been trying to learn out of that.

[trobadora]

Aw, thank you, that's so sweet of you to say. ♥

[auroracloud.livejournal.com]

Saying it like I see it. <3