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

[navaan]

After the amazing day I had a very slow day yesterday. 300 words in total. It was just too warm and I was too tired.

I have two more drafts to finish this week and a third to edit though, so I better get back in the saddle. And I have an idea for my Remix story already, so maybe I can even get through my obligations soonish. :D

My back has gotten better since I started to do some circle training exercises to build up the muscles - and I've been reminded lately that I should get back at it, because the last week was a strain on my back too.

Oh, WorldCon! How exciting! I hope you have a lot of fun!

[auroracloud]

300 words is still a good word count, and you had such a productive day yesterday that it's not a wonder if your brain wanted a more quiet day in between. And warmth can take the energy out of me, too. Luckily that's at least something I haven't had much problem with this summer. :-D Finnish weather has not been exactly hot this year.

I should do more to build up back muscles, yeah. Too bad I really dislike going to the gym and such, but maybe if I keep doing more back-focused yoga and pilates things, it'll help. The dancing helps with the core and the posture, too, but I'm not yet at a level where it'd strengthen my back particularly much.

I'm quite excited by the WorldCon, yes!