Write Every Day, August Day #6

[auroracloud]

Writing ergonomics are difficult. My back and neck have been protesting today, sitting at the computer or bending over a notebook for a long time aren't good for them. I've been counteracting it with some yoga and dancing exercises, and it helps. I need to make sure I get off my chair regularly enough. Though I also wish I had a chair and desk ideal for writing, which isn't exactly the case now. Things to do if I had more money... But my back definitely feels better on days when I've been doing more yoga and/or had a dance class. I bet I'm not the only one among us who struggles with keeping back and neck from aching... Any of you have some particularly helpful suggestions?

A pretty quiet day today otherwise. Some outdoors and some reading. And looking through my schedules for next week's WorldCon... I've never gone before, but this time it's in my own country!

Today's Writing

I brainstormed on one of my original ideas quite a lot, and wrote about 200 words on it (not sure of the exact word count, wrote it on longhand and didn't want to type it up yet). I also tried to work on my rarepairfest fic, but I only ended up with one sentence, though it was a long and winding one. My brain doesn't seem to feel like fanfic today.


Tally

Day 1: LJ / DW : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, iberiandoctor, miss_morlandnavaan, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora
Day 2: LJ / DW : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, iberiandoctor, miss_morland, muccamukk, navaan, sylvanwitch, trobadora
Day 3: LJ / DW : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, iberiandoctor, miss_morland, muccamukk, navaan, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora
Day 4: LJ / DW : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, miss_morland, muccamukk, navaan, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora
Day 5: LJ / DW : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, iberiandoctor, miss_morland, navaan, sylvanwitch, trobadora

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Comments

[shopfront]

I am (finally) back in the saddle briefly today! Laptop is definitely kaput and officially off for repairs but I found my external iPad keyboard and got my daily words in recreating my zero drafts for both my rare pair fics. Fingers crossed that bodes well for catching them up and getting my drafts done early next week...

It's not necessarily recommended, but I have a tricksy back myself and I often switch between different (mostly all not ergonomic) curled up positions. I'm sure it's not helping me in the long run but changing the way I sit helps a lot, sometimes it means moving around the house between beds/couches/lying in the garden and so on so that's dependent on having a portable writing setup too though. Otherwise, if word sprints are your thing, could you maybe work it to your advantage by challenging yourself to write x in whatever and then when your timer goes off you don't just take a writing break but get up and go for a walk or do some stretches or something?

[auroracloud]

Yay for being back in the saddle! Sorry about your laptop. :-( But glad you found a replacement. Good luck with finishing your rare pair fics! I'm hoping to get my draft done soon, too...

That's a neat idea about trying the timer thing. I've been meaning to try out word sprints, so that would combine two possible benefits. I know I ought to take breaks to move around and stretch and stuff, but I tend to forget it if I'm either having a good writing spell, am really not having one and keep trying to crank out words, or if I'm agonizing about editing and not being able to look at my writing, like I did last week... So that might work! And switching between different positions is better than staying in one bad position, at least! I ought to try that more often, not just stay at my desk.