Write Every Day, September Day #28
Sep. 28th, 2018 10:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
It's nearly the end of September. How did that come about?
Today's Writing
While I've otherwise been quite lethargic today, I've passed many pleasant whiles brainstorming, planning and writing notes for my possible-novel-to-be (I need to come up with a catchier handle, don't I?). I also did some (enjoyable) research for it by reading a related book, which inspired more notes. Just writing/typing down the ideas I already have tends to be quicker writing than actually writing a draft, so the word counts don't quite compare, but still, with nearly 2K words of notes/brainstorming/planning, I can probably say I made good progress.
Some more Femslash Ex canon review, but haven't felt like working on anything else. Currently I'm slightly contemplating looking at my fanfics in progress, because I'm feeling a moodiness that they could help with, but well, I could also go to bed early this time. We'll see which one happens when I'm done posting. (Probably some third option.)
(ETA: Er, nearly 900 words of fanfic, actually. The characters decided some smut would be nice now. I need to go to sleep, though, so they can wait for the, er, fulfillment of their desires. I'm sure they'll find ways to amuse themselves in my head, meanwhile.)
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)
Day 10:
carenejeans,
cornerofmadness,
navaan,
sylvanwitch,
tinx_r,
trobadora,
ysilme, and me. (8 so far)
Day 11:
carenejeans,
cornerofmadness,
sylvanwitch,
trobadora,
ysilme, and me. (6 so far)
Day 12:
carenejeans,
cornerofmadness,
sylvanwitch,
talkingtothesky,
tinx_r,
trobadora,
ysilme, and me. (8 so far)
Day 13:
alexseanchai,
carenejeans,
cornerofmadness,
sylvanwitch,
tinx_r,
trobadora,
ysilme, and me. (8 so far)
Day 14:
alexseanchai,
carenejeans,
cornerofmadness,
shopfront,
sylvanwitch,
trobadora,
ysilme, and me. (8 so far)
Day 15:
carenejeans,
cornerofmadness,
shopfront,
sylvanwitch,
tinx_r,
trobadora,
ysilme, and me. (8 so far)
Day 16:
carenejeans,
cornerofmadness,
shopfront,
sylvanwitch,
trobadora,
ysilme; and me. (7 so far)
Day 17:
carenejeans,
cornerofmadness,
sylvanwitch,
trobadora,
ysilme; and me. (6 so far)
Day 18:
carenejeans,
cornerofmadness,
sylvanwitch,
tinx_r,
trobadora,
ysilme; and me. (7 so far)
Day 19:
bic_hok,
carenejeans,
cornerofmadness,
shopfront,
sylvanwitch,
tinx_r,
trobadora,
ysilme; and me. (9 so far)
Day 20:
bic_hok,
carenejeans,
cornerofmadness,
sylvanwitch,
tinx_r,
trobadora,
ysilme; and me. (8 so far)
Day 21:
bic_hok,
carenejeans,
cornerofmadness,
sylvanwitch,
trobadora,
ysilme, and me. (7 so far)
Day 22:
alexseanchai,
bic_hok,
carenejeans,
cornerofmadness,
sylvanwitch,
trobadora,
ysilme, and me. (8 so far)
Day 23:
alexseanchai,
bic_hok,
carenejeans,
cornerofmadness,
sylvanwitch,
trobadora,
ysilme, and me. (8 so far)
Day 24:
bic_hok,
carenejeans,
cornerofmadness,
sylvanwitch,
trobadora,
ysilme, and me. (7 so far)
Day 25:
bic_hok,
carenejeans,
cornerofmadness,
sylvanwitch,
trobadora,
ysilme, and me. (7 so far)
Day 26:
bic_hok,
carenejeans,
cornerofmadness,
sylvanwitch,
trobadora,
ysilme, and me. (7 so far)
Day 27:
bic_hok,
carenejeans,
cornerofmadness,
sylvanwitch,
trobadora,
ysilme, and me. (7 so far)
Let me know if I missed you, or if you wrote but didn't check in yet! And you can join in any time.
Today's Writing
While I've otherwise been quite lethargic today, I've passed many pleasant whiles brainstorming, planning and writing notes for my possible-novel-to-be (I need to come up with a catchier handle, don't I?). I also did some (enjoyable) research for it by reading a related book, which inspired more notes. Just writing/typing down the ideas I already have tends to be quicker writing than actually writing a draft, so the word counts don't quite compare, but still, with nearly 2K words of notes/brainstorming/planning, I can probably say I made good progress.
Some more Femslash Ex canon review, but haven't felt like working on anything else. Currently I'm slightly contemplating looking at my fanfics in progress, because I'm feeling a moodiness that they could help with, but well, I could also go to bed early this time. We'll see which one happens when I'm done posting. (Probably some third option.)
(ETA: Er, nearly 900 words of fanfic, actually. The characters decided some smut would be nice now. I need to go to sleep, though, so they can wait for the, er, fulfillment of their desires. I'm sure they'll find ways to amuse themselves in my head, meanwhile.)
Tally
Day 1:
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Day 2:
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Day 3:
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Day 4:
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Day 5:
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Day 6:
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Day 7:
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Day 8:
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Day 9:
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Day 10:
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Day 11:
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Day 12:
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Day 13:
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Day 14:
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Day 15:
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Day 16:
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Day 17:
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Day 18:
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Day 19:
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Day 23:
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Day 24:
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Day 27:
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Let me know if I missed you, or if you wrote but didn't check in yet! And you can join in any time.
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Date: 2018-09-28 08:03 pm (UTC)I was very tired today - no surprise, considering I stayed up late to watch all 8 episodes of Miss Sherlock yesterday. (But I didn't want to break before the final two - by that point, I knew those were the ones I was most interested in, story-wise. And also, I didn't love it enough to be sure I'd get back to it in a timely fashion, so I thought I'd better get it over with.)
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Date: 2018-09-29 07:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-09-29 12:49 am (UTC)I wrote 582 words on the Loki/Thor story. It's moving along, but I have a feeling it might come in at 20K. We'll see...
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Date: 2018-09-29 07:25 pm (UTC)Hee, you're writing a Loki/Thor novella!
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Date: 2018-09-29 07:45 am (UTC)I really dug into the nonfiction project today -- including one four-hour stretch. That's like working.
And I was all set to do just my 100-word minimum on the Nice Bookshop novel, but I started where I left off yesterday and wrote 970 more words. And there was even a bit of plot progression in it!
Of course, between the two, I didn't get any chores done, but I did manage to turn on my rickety dehydrator and make a nice batch of dried pears. Yum!
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Date: 2018-09-29 07:28 pm (UTC)Wow, that's a lot of work for the nonfiction project. Congrats on managing so much of that, and so much on the Nice Bookshop novel as well! Also, yay plot and dried pears! Who needs chores anyway? (Says she as she looks around her messy bedroom and hopes she won't choke on the dust balls before she gets around to vacuuming here.)