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

Let me know if I missed anyone, or if you wrote but didn't check in yet! You can join in any time.

Comments

[iberiandoctor]

Checking in for the last couple of days - editing, one email, and on Day 5 I did some canon review for the remix story I'm planning on writing.

I have the world's worst back, so I feel you! I can't do without my weekly pilates class; I also take a break and walk around after an hour and a half. Also, it sounds like you're having a fairly productive run -- I'm sure your brain will switch back to fanfic v soon!

[navaan]

*wheee* I'm excited about my remix assignment. :D Seems like you already picked out a story, too!

[iberiandoctor]

Actually, I am still deciding between two stories. Check with you: in remix, anything goes, right? As in, if the original fic is a non-superpowers story, I'd be able to make it into a powered AU version thereof, right?

[navaan]

Yes, that is absolutely something you could do! I rewrote a bakery AU as a in canon bakery thing once, for example.

Just message me if you want to brainstorm a bit. :D

[iberiandoctor]

OMG, how kind are you? I am messaging you asap!

[auroracloud]

I'll add you to the tally! And yay for getting in some canon review, very useful sometimes/often. :-)

Pilates is good! I used to do it, but I can't handily fit it into my schedule at the moment, though I sometimes do exercises at home. I should take more care to put regular breaks into my writing/editing times! I know I need to, but then I sometimes just forget.