Write Every Day, Day #31

[auroracloud]

No, still not a good day, but at least I slept better, so that's something. When I got home, I inflicted some of my bad mood on one of my characters, and that made me feel better.

Another thing that makes me feel better is all the nice comments I've gotten on my fics lately. Next, I should probably get around to replying to them!

Anyway, today is my last day hosting the challenge, but tomorrow I'll still post the final tally. shopfront will take over hosting for September, so head over to her DW journal to check in starting from tomorrow! But today we have one final check-in post here in my journal.

Today's Writing

Got 136 words on one of my original projects (that being words in Finnish, it would be closer to 200 if it was written in English). I think this one is the most likely to be the one I'll start to work on more "seriously" some point soon. Though now that I said this, I'll probably be hit by inspiration for a different one tomorrow.

Tally


Day 1: auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, iberiandoctor, miss_morlandnavaan, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme
Day 2: auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, iberiandoctor, miss_morland, muccamukk, navaan, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme
Day 3 : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, iberiandoctor, miss_morland, muccamukk, navaan, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme
Day 4: auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, miss_morland, muccamukk, navaan, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme
Day 5 : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, iberiandoctor, miss_morland, navaan, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme
Day 6 : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, iberiandoctor, miss_morland, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme
Day 7 : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel,navaan, sylvanwitch, trobadora,ysilme
Day 8 : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, iberiandoctor, miss_morland, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora,ysilme
Day 9: auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, iberiandoctor, miss_morland, navaan, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora,ysilme
Day 10 : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, iberiandoctor, miss_morland, navaan, sylvanwitch, trobadora, verdande_mi, ysilme
Day 11: auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, iberiandoctor, miss_morland, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, verdande_mi, ysilme
Day 12: auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, iberiandoctor, miss_morland, navaan, sylvanwitch, trobadora, verdande_mi, ysilme
Day 13: auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, iberiandoctor, miss_morland, navaan, sylvanwitch, trobadora, verdande_mi, ysilme
Day 14: auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, iberiandoctor, miss_morland, navaan, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, verdande_mi, ysilme
Day 15: auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, fangirlishness, miss_morland, navaan, sylvanwitch, trobadora, verdande_mi, ysilme
Day 16: auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, fangirlishness, miss_morland, navaan, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, verdande_mi, ysilme
Day 17: auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, fangirlishness, miss_morland, navaan, sylvanwitch, trobadora, verdande_mi, ysilme
Day 18: LJ / DW : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, fangirlishness, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, verdande_mi, ysilme
Day 19: LJ / DW : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, fangirlishness, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, verdande_mi, ysilme
Day 20: LJ / DW : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, fangirlishness, miss_morland navaan, sylvanwitch, trobadora, verdande_mi, ysilme
Day 21: auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, fangirlishness, iberiandoctor, miss_morland, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, verdande_mi, ysilme
Day 22: LJ / DW : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, fangirlishness, iberiandoctor, miss_morland, navaan, sylvanwitch, trobadora, verdande_mi, ysilme
Day 23: LJ / DW : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, fangirlishness, iberiandoctor, miss_morland, navaan, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, verdande_mi, ysilme
Day 24: LJ / DW : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, iberiandoctor, miss_morland, navaan, sylvanwitch, trobadora, verdande_mi, ysilme
Day 25: LJ / DW : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, miss_morland, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, verdande_mi, ysilme
Day 26: LJ / DW : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, fangirlishness, miss_morland, navaan, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, verdande_mi, ysilme
Day 27: LJ / DW : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, fangirlishness, miss_morland, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, verdande_mi, ysilme
Day 28: LJ / DW : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, fangirlishness, miss_morland, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, verdande_mi, ysilme
Day 29: LJ / DW : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, navaan, miss_morland, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme
Day 30: LJ / DW : auroracloud, cornerofmadness, esteliel, fangirlishness, miss_morland, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme, verdande_mi

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

Comments

[shopfront]

Knocked out another gift box, and two zero drafts. On a roll!

[miss_morland]

I finished the app and submitted it, and wrote almost 1k of drawerfic in the evening.

Thanks so much for hosting this month!

[sylvanwitch]

I'm sorry you had another bad day, and I hope the next one is better for you. I've really enjoyed hearing your reflections on life and writing, and I appreciate so much the time and effort you've put in to hosting us this month. Thank you! :-)

I wrote 66 words on the Steve/Tony story, but as they were pivotal words leading to Act V and the ending, I'll take 'em. I'm so tired from another night of poor sleep followed by a long day at work, I'll take ANY words that come to me right now.

[esteliel]

My writing plans got somewhat derailed because I saw on twitter that a cover had been on yesterday whom I'm dying to see in the role - so I gambled and bought a ticket for today. And for once it paid out and I did at last get to see our Javert cover. \o/

In addition, I managed to at least do my final round of edits and then post my next slavefic chapter. Hopefully tomorrow I can catch up on the writing.

[ysilme]

Thank you so much for hosting this month! It's been a pleasure to participate. I'm sorry to hear about the continued bad days, but better sleep is at least something. *hugs*

It's been horribly hot and humid yesterday, and I was so busy with preparing the study as a kitty-quarter (they're going to move in tomorrow! :D ) I didn't find time for more than a few token words on the challenge fic; although I plotted a lot while working. This is so typical for me, too: our study is that kind of place where lots and lots of stuff (mostly paper and electronics) amasses over time which needs to be sorted out or put away, but nobody ever gets around doing it as there's always something else with higher priority. But having three energetic, curious furry kids crawling and climbing around everywhere means a lot of this has to be done NOW, as this is the best room for them to be in for the first time. I also used the opportunity to shift some furniture around, so even more fun for me. *g* At least it's cooler today.
I wrote about 300 words on the 30th and perhaps 10 on the 31st.

[navaan]

I forgot to check in for the 30th, which was an alibi sentence for me. I wrote a bit on my Remix yesterday. Not much though. Maybe 300 words.

[auroracloud]

Fantastic, well done! :-)

[auroracloud]

That sounds like a productive day, yay! Congrats on getting the app finished and submitted!

And you're welcome, it was nice hosting. :-)

[auroracloud]

Thank you. This latter half of August hasn't been the best RL-wise, just a lot of stress and exhaustion (not really going to say more in public entries), but writing, and talking about writing, is a welcome break from that, at least. :-) I'm glad you've enjoyed my posts, and I've enjoyed getting to know new people through hosting the challenge this month. :-)

Good work on getting more words on your story! Sometimes it's not how many words, but getting important words done! And long, tiring days and poorly slept nights are not conductive to great amounts of writing, anyway. Hope you can rest soon and get your sleep back! *hugs*

[auroracloud]

Awesome that you got a chance to see an actor you'd really wanted to see! Love it when that sort of thing happens. :-) And go for managing some edits anyway despite the changed plans!

[auroracloud]

Thank you, and it's been a pleasure to host, too! This month hasn't been the best in RL, but writing and talking about writing with nice people is good. *hugs*

Sometimes kitties have to take priority! Making them a nice place is important. And good that you still managed some writing. :-) Glad the temperature is getting to more tolerable levels. We had a super-nice weather today, basically 19 °C and partly cloudy, which was ideal for outdoors activities that I had!

[auroracloud]

It's okay, I'll add you on the tally. And glad you got some work on the Remix done!

[fangirlishness]

Did nothing on the 31st. Work has been killing me all month.

It's interesting that you count English words different from Finnish, why? Because you find Finnish easier, or because Finnish sentences have fewer words? :)

[auroracloud]

I feel for you when it comes to work! Let's try both not be dead from it, all right?

Finnish sentences have far fewer words than English ones. I keep a separate count of my words in both languages to have an idea of how much I've actually written. Like, if I'd write a text in Finnish that would have 150 words, the same text in English would probably be 200-250 words. I'm not sure about the exact ratio, but the difference is pretty big. Finnish uses no articles, mostly uses suffixes rather than prepositions, and uses a lot of composite words (in the same way German does),and it makes quite a difference.

[fangirlishness]

Let's try both not be dead from it, all right?

*HUGS* Thank you! Best wishes for you, too!

Finnish uses no articles, mostly uses suffixes rather than prepositions, and uses a lot of composite words

Oh, yeah, I can see how that would significantly lower the number of words needed. Interesting!