Write Every Day, September Day #10

[auroracloud]

OMG, we got the viewing dates for the new series of Doctor Who in Finland already - and the episodes will drop in the online service of our general broadcasting corporation already on Mondays at 6 am, starting from October 8! So right the next day after it airs in the UK! I was hoping for this because they did it last year with S10, too, but I'm so excited that we're indeed getting it! It's basically just enough that the guy who does the subtitle translations has time to do the translating. Woo!

Mondays just got a whole lot more awesome, let me tell you.

And it means it's good I'm hosting this challenge now rather than in October! Seeing as my Monday evenings from October 8 onwards will consist from getting back home from my dance class, stretching, eating and showering, and then plopping in front of my laptop to watch the latest Doctor Who episode. (No, I'm not getting up at 6 am to watch it before work. I'm too damn sleepy when I wake up in the mornings, I wouldn't know what I'm seeing. Plus, I wouldn't get a thing done all day because I'd be flailing.)

Today's Writing

I wrote a little more on the possible-novel-thingy again - still longhand in my notebook, because sometimes that makes it easier to just try out ideas without feeling too pressured about it. And sometimes it makes my creative mind come out in a different way than typing. Then I started writing a Femslash Exchange treat that popped into my mind when I looked at the prompts yesterday. trobadora was totally right to encourage me to look at the prompts for treat ideas even if I haven't started my assignment yet!

Tally


Day 1: carenejeans, cornerofmadness, justmcshane, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (9 so far)

Day 2: alexseanchai, brightandravenous, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, navaan,shopfront, sylvanwitch, talkingtothesky, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (11 so far)

Day 3: carenejeans, cornerofmadness, navaan, rosefox, shopfront, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (10 so far)

Day 4: alexseanchai, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, justmcshane, navaan, rosefox, shopfront, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (12 so far)

Day 5: alexseanchai, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, justmcshane, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (11 so far)

Day 6: alexseanchai, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (9 so far)

Day 7: alexseanchai, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, justmcshane, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (10 so far)

Day 8: carenejeans, cornerofmadness, justmcshane, navaan, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (9 so far)

Day 9: carenejeans, cornerofmadness, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (8 so far)

If I missed you or you wrote but didn't check in yet, let me know! And you can join in any time.

Comments

[trobadora]

Yay, glad looking at prompts worked for you!

I'm having trouble getting back into the saddle myself. I have an alibi sentence so far, and can't seem to work up the motivation for more.

[auroracloud]

Sorry to hear you've got trouble getting back into the writing. But it'll come to you, just keep up those alibi sentences. :)

[cornerofmadness]

Yes we got our dates for it too. I'll be curious to see it.

Got another 500 on the solarpunk story

[auroracloud]

Congrats for another 500 words on the solarpunk!

[cornerofmadness]

thanks

[carenejeans]

I can't write longhand anymore -- I just get frustrated because I can't write as fast as I need to, and trip over my own fingers, so to speak. But the "clustering" thing (what I meant when I said "bubble diagram") does a similar thing for me. It's handwritten, sort of meditative, and surprises me with ideas.

It was kind of a hard day, so I gave myself a break from the nonfiction project. I noodled some more on the creepy bookshop idea. I'm having a bit of a problem because although the idea appeals to me... writing horror isn't really my thing. Heh!

[auroracloud]

I've always written quite a lot longhand, so it still comes fairly easy for me (though my handwriting's kind of bad, always). And sometimes I need to do it simply because the typing makes my hands hurt too much and my wrists need a break. Of course handwriting can strain the hands, too, but at least it's a different strain, which helps. That's why I started writing this scene longhand...

Yay for more noodling on the creepy bookshop idea! It sounds really interesting and worth exploring. Though I understand you - horror isn't my thing either, which puts me in a lot of trouble whenever I have a horror-esque idea bouncing around. I'd like to write some gothic romantic fiction, but it'd have to be very soft gothic romantic!

[tinx_r]

311 for today :)

[auroracloud]

Yay, congrats for that! Glad to see you're keeping up the writing work!

[sylvanwitch]

For Day 10, I wrote 300+ words. For some reason, I was extra-tired and couldn't seem to focus, so I was happy with that.

[auroracloud]

100+ words is definitely great for a day when you're extra-tired and have trouble focusing! Hope you feel better today. :-)

[navaan]

hi! Sorry, for not checking in regularly. It's been a hell of a month already. I do write every day though, so that's a hard habit now and I'm glad about it. I finished a 2000 word thing in one go yesterday and I wrote a straight 1100 words during lunch break today. \o/

So excited for the new Doctor! GIVE HER TO ME NOW.

[auroracloud]

No problem, I'll add you into the tally for the days where you're currently missing. I'm sorry you're having a bad/stressful month, hope things get better soon! But that's great that you've been able to write regularly anyway. And sounds like you're even being quite productive, that's great!

I'm so excited, too! Wheeee! (And eek, we seem to have the same Thirteen icon! :-D That's such a gorgeous picture!)