Write every day! January 2020 - Day 14

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Day 1: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, lferion, mergatrude, mtassarin, nafs, ofmonstrouswords, sanguinity, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadora, umadoshi, yasaman, ysilme (21/21)

Day 2: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, badly_knitted, bookherd, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, lferion, mtassarin, nafs, sanguinity, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvanwitch, trobadora, umadoshi, yasaman, ysilme (19/22)

Day 3: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, badly_knitted, bookherd, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, lferion, mergatrude, mtassarin, nafs, ofmonstrouswords, sakana17, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadora, yasaman, ysilme (21/23)

Day 4: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, badly_knitted, bookherd, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, lferion, mergatrude, mtassarin, nafs, sakana17, sanguinity, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvanwitch, trobadora, umadoshi, yasaman, ysilme (20/23)

Day 5: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, badly_knitted, bookherd, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, lferion, mergatrude, mtassarin, nafs, sakana17, sanguinity, sierranovembr, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadora, umadoshi, yasaman, ysilme (21/23)

Day 6: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, badly_knitted, bookherd, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, lferion, mergatrude, mtassarin, nafs, sanguinity, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvanwitch, trobadora, yasaman, ysilme (19/23)

Day 7: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, badly_knitted, bookherd, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, lferion, mergatrude, mtassarin, nafs, sanguinity, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadora, yasaman, ysilme (19/23)

Day 8: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, badly_knitted, bookherd, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, lferion, mtassarin, nafs, sakana17, sanguinity, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadora, umadoshi, yasaman, ysilme (21/23)

Day 9: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, badly_knitted, bookherd, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, lferion, mergatrude, mtassarin, sanguinity, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadora, umadoshi, yasaman, ysilme (20/23)

Day 10: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, badly_knitted, bookherd, china_shop, cornerofmadness, lferion, mergatrude, mtassarin, ofmonstrouswords sakana17, sanguinity, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvanwitch, trobadora, umadoshi, yasaman, ysilme (20/23)

Day 11: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, badly_knitted, bookherd, china_shop, >user name="cornerofmadness">, lferion, mtassarin, ofmonstrouswords, sanguinity, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadora, umadoshi, yasaman, user name="ysilme"> (19/23)

Day 12: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, badly_knitted, bookherd, china_shop, cornerofmadness, lferion, mtassarin, sanguinity, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, yasaman, ysilme (16/23)

Day 13: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, badly_knitted, china_shop, cornerofmadness, lferion, mergatrude, sanguinity, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvanwitch, umadoshi, yasaman, ysilme (15/23)

Day 14: china_shop

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ysilme here: I finally found a working prompt idea for my MSV assignment that didn't die after putting down a few notes, and wrote a first paragraph as well as a bunch of notes about it. 300ish new words, at least.

sylvanwitch here: I added 953 words to the MPI sequel, finishing it in draft, and also wrote a ton of notes during the exam I was proctoring today. I'm counting that at a conservative estimate of 300 words because I can't be bothered to count them now. :-)

Comments

[sanguinity]

Another page longhand on the bus this morning, so maybe 300 another 300 words. I haven't typed them up yet; I hope to find time for that tonight.

[sylvanwitch]

Yay for words of any kind! That's awesome! Keep up the excellent work! :-)

[nafs]

Alibi sentence, but it counts and I am back. The weekend took way more out of me than I was expecting and I'm still sort of brainfoggy. I'm okay for most of the workday but that is all. Sleeping now.

[sylvanwitch]

Yay for sticking with writing every day, especially when you're exhausted! An alibi sentence ESPECIALLY counts in that context. Yay!

[lferion]

Day 14 -- Alibi sentences, which may hopefully turn into something for Fan Flashworks. I think the SWG things need a bit of a rest. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better writing day.

[sylvanwitch]

Sometimes it's like that, right? There's a lull after you finish something you've been working on a while. Then, you find the energy flowing back into you. In the meantime, YAY for words of any number and kind! :-)

[cornerofmadness]

Glad you found an idea that's working for you Ysilme. And yay for writing while proctoring.



I was broiled in my classroom today and it left me exhausted. Got 686 on Come Undone

[sylvanwitch]

I am SO not supposed to write while proctoring, but my gods, it is SO boring otherwise. So, I was writing.

It's awful that your college can't manage to regulate the temperature of the classrooms. That's ridiculous! I'm sorry it was so draining, but I'm glad you got some words in! Yay!

[cornerofmadness]

I always write while proctoring for that same reason (and it's my class so my rules)

I KNOW. It's like WTF? This has never been a problem

[alexcat]

I got 893 today on the picutre prompt story which seems to be growing longer and longer.

[sylvanwitch]

That's amazing! Yay! Go, you! :-)

[yasaman]

Day 14: spent pretty much the whole day squinting at PDFs at work, so my eyes aren't up to much more screentime for writing at home - 301 words on the WIP with a deadline, and 385 on the one without.

[sylvanwitch]

Ugh, I can relate. That's just an icky feeling, isn't it, that eye strain? I'm sorry you're suffering, and I hope your eyes bounce back speedily. In the meantime, that's great progress, particularly given the eye tiredness!

[sierranovembr]

I had a very productive day at work, but it left me a little drained of creativity, so I only wrote three sentences. Gonna eat some popcorn and read some fic. :)

Hope you both had a good night!

[sylvanwitch]

Man, I definitely feel you, re: work being a drain. Popcorn and reading sound LOVELY! I hope you had a good night too! Thank you! :-)

[sakana17]

January 14: 424 words on new story. Old story tweaked and posted for assignment.

[sylvanwitch]

Excellent progress! You are such a worker! Yay!

[mtassarin]

Still sick, still coughing, permanently sleepy. I missed day 13 completely (I slept through it, mostly). On day 14, an alibi sentence turned into three sentences and a new idea, so there's that.
*sigh* I had far higher expectations for this month. But well, I just need to remember myself that with the exception of the short story for the challenge (that I have more than 2 weeks to finish, anyway), at this point I'm the one who sets my writing deadlines, and that means I get to adjust them if things get out of control.

[sylvanwitch]

Oh, noes! I'm so sorry you're still feeling poorly, and I hope that you recover your strength and health soon.

I think you have a very healthy attitude about your goal-setting, particularly given your illness. It's easy to be hard on ourselves, but that can sometimes cause yet more harm via stress, etc. You can always adjust your goal upward once you're feeling better, and in the meantime, it sounds like you need the rest.

[china_shop]

Day 15: Distracted by busyness and fandom nonsense. :-P I just wrote 31 words of something entirely new so I could check in, and now I'm going to curl up in front of a Kdrama.

[sylvanwitch]

Oh, dear, re: fandom nonsense. I hope whatever it is blows over for you. Meanwhile, YAY for words written to prove that you CAN and WILL write every day! That's sometimes what it's all about! :-)

[auroracloud]

Just a few sentences, but well, it's better than nothing.

[sylvanwitch]

It IS better than nothing. In fact, one might argue it's the whole reason WED works at all--it allows us to check in with a few alibi sentences or whatnot but it MAKES us check in anyway, which establishes a healthy work pattern. I think you should be proud of those few sentences. :-)

[auroracloud]

Yeah, I am. I was so tempted to just let one day go, but I didn't! The knowledge of checking in here and having people cheering for me made me push out at least those few sentences, and I'm sure it was good both for my writing and my headspace, even if it didn't feel like much at the time.

[ysilme]

♥

[ysilme]

This, every word of it! *hugs you both*

[badly_knitted]

The 14th was Doing All the Things day, so I didn't think I'd get much done on the writing front, but with a lot of poking and prodding, I managed 1050 words. Not sure they're all that good, but words are words, and making them good is what editing is for.

[sylvanwitch]

Holy cats! That's an awesome word count for a busy day! Wooo-hooo! Yay! *\o/*

[badly_knitted]

Thanks! It was a struggle - and today will be the same because I had to go out again - but I'm determined to keep going. Even if all I really want to do is curl up and read, lol!

[sylvanwitch]

You can do it! We have faith in you! Go, you! Yay!

[badly_knitted]

Thank you, and YAY, I did =D

[ysilme]

I can SO relate to that feeling, and celebrate you for writing even then! Congrats to the awesome word count, too! :o)

[badly_knitted]

Thank you!

I'm a great procrastinator, but once I get started I usually make progress. I did spare some time today for a bit of reading though. Got to reward myself!

[silveradept]

Much commenting, and also a few words that are an excellent setup for the new assignment, but in having trouble getting going from that space from there. Maybe I need to do some other writing to see if it unblocks.

[sylvanwitch]

Sometimes it's interesting how we have to sort of sidle sideways at a story, isn't it, instead of meeting it head-on? I'm typically a linear writer, but on occasion the only way to get myself going in the right direction is through random access. It's counter-intuitive for me, which is why, I suspect, it works.

I wish you a new direction however you need to come at it. :-)