zwei_hexen | Write every day! - June 2021

china_shop

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ysilme here: a few sentences so far on the fun other WIP I took out again yesterday, with more to come after I post this. ^^

sylvanwitch here: 629 words on the story I began yesterday. Still not sure it's going to be anything, but I'm enjoying the writing a lot, so I'm going to keep at it. Today was another busy one, so I did my writing early; hopefully, on Friday I'll have time to sit down and get some stories in shape and/or submitted.

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From:

li_izumi

I was running around doing a bunch of errands all afternoon and came home exhausted. I put in my minimum 100 words on some planning for the next scene.

From:

sylvanwitch

It's doubly impressive that you wrote despite being weary after what sounds like a very long day! YAY for words, especially under those conditions! :-)

From:

shadaras

ysilme: Yay for fun WIPs! Yay for more words yet to come!

sylvanwitch: Enjoying the writing is such an important part! It makes the whole process worth it, even if the story doesn't become anything in particular. :)

Day 23: Meta! No words of fic, and that's fine, it's nice having a break sometimes.

From:

sylvanwitch

It IS nice to have a break sometimes. And you are rocking the meta lately! That's fantastic. YAY! :-)

From:

shadaras

xD doing a ton of meta is what happens when one commits to leading a weekly rewatch of a show and having a lot of feelings about it in the process!

From:

marvelouscity

Couple sentences for me. I've given up all hope of getting anything more than that done until I finally move into this apartment.

From:

sylvanwitch

That seems a sensible way of looking at things, and anyway, you're still participating, keeping your muscles limber in preparation for when you're finally settled in the new place and can spend more time with the words. :-)

From:

sanguinity

ysilme: I hope your additional writing time went well!

sylvanwitch: It's such fun to have a new fresh story like that. Enjoy!

A couple hundred words of flirting for an audience.

From:

sylvanwitch

Thank you! I'm having a lot of fun with it. :-)

Again, a tantalizing detail--yay for progress!

From:

nafs

Day 23: I did not actually have high hopes for today because the workday did not end on a high note and my brain was not super into processing things. However, once I'd typed up yesterday's bit it turns out that the side characters who started talking yesterday are gossipy fucks and they went on for four pages longhand.

From:

sylvanwitch

I'm sorry to hear it was a rough workday for you but super glad to hear it worked out in the end, writing-wise. YAY for gossipy fucks! Lol!

From:

the_siobhan

320+ words tonight and I still don't hate any of them. This is unprecedented.

Writing Soundtrack: I was looking for something that created an oppressive / frightening / disorienting atmosphere for the scene I was writing and I ended up coming up with Odonis Odonis

Edited Date: 2021-06-24 04:48 am (UTC)

From:

sylvanwitch

Woooo-hooooo! YAY! *\o/*

How exciting that not only did you write but that the writing made you happy! YAY!

Also, thanks for the link! You always introduce me to such interesting music. This seems just the sort of music I'd enjoy while driving, but I cannot listen to anything with lyrics in English while writing, or I get all distracted. I admire that you can do both!

From:

the_siobhan

I won't lie, posting the music is partially a vanity thing - I always feel like I've unlocked an achievement when I can find a piece of music that evokes a strong mood, and when I can match the music with the writing it really does feel like the words flow so much more easily.

I don't expect other people to listen to them, so I'm always delighted when you do. :-)

From:

sylvanwitch

I enjoy your music postings because they invariably introduce me to something I wouldn't have found on my own, largely because lately (and this goes in cycles for me), I don't think about putting on music when I write. Whatever your reasons for sharing, I'm always glad that you do, so thank you! :-)

From:

cornerofmadness

522 on a Buffy comment_fic + 1905 on a Prodigal Son comment fic

notice nothing on what I'm supposed to be doing

From:

sylvanwitch

Well, of course! Writing the fun stuff is so much better than doing work. Boy, do I relate. Anyway, that's a great word count!

From:

cornerofmadness

Isnt it just more fun?

From:

china_shop

24th: Today was washing, cooking, dishes, and other distractions; I managed 170 words on the WIP.

From:

sylvanwitch

Good on you for getting in words on a day with so many chores! YAY!

From:

lferion

23 June -- 200ish words Most on some ideas for TRSB1, the rest on the cracky thing.

From:

sylvanwitch

YAY for words! YAY for crack! :-)

From:

carenejeans

Day 23: More compiling of scattered material, not the same thing I was working on yesterday. I do need to get back to the silly essay (which is taking waaaay too long) but sheesh, I wrote all this stuff and don't want it to just lay there forever in bits and pieces. This isn't in even zero draft form; sub-zero, I guess. 8-) Anyway, it's satisfying to pull some of it together so I can really work on it. I keep thinking of an old fifties instrumental record Mr. Bookshop owns where the music stops in the middle and someone says, "Say, that's almost good!" 8-)

Ysilme: Writing on a fun WIP sounds like just the thing. 8-) I hope you had time to write more.

Sylvanwitch: I'm glad you're having fun writing your unexpected story!

From:

sylvanwitch

Thank you!

And good for you for persevering to put things together and figure out how the assembled parts might make a whole. That's sometimes really toilsome, which makes it desirable to avoid, so it's good that you're putting in the time and effort, even if it does mean the silly essay has to wait a bit. :-)

From:

luzula

Ugh, so much work. Hands hurt. Alibi sentence for the 23rd.

From:

sylvanwitch

Oh, I'm so sorry you're suffering! Good on you for doing an alibi sentence, particularly under those circumstances. :-)

From:

badly_knitted

June 23rd - Feeling crappy again but I struggled through a triple drabble and two quadruple drabbles.

From:

sylvanwitch

Ugh, this thing has been lingering, hasn't it? I'm so sorry you're feeling poorly. It's impressive that you manage any writing in that case!

From:

badly_knitted

I just want it gone, I've been fighting it for about three weeks and every time I think it's going it comes back.

Thanks, it was a struggle but I'm trying to keep up with challenges that have deadlines.

From:

mtassarin

The heat continues to be not very writing-friendly. I made two attempts at starting a flash fic. One resulted in about 150 words of utter nonsense. The other gave me a promising starting sentence, and then my brain died. :D Well... I guess I tried!

From:

sylvanwitch

You DID try, absolutely, and that's what matters! Go, you! YAY!

Hope the heat breaks for you soon!

From:

silveradept

Day 23 meant I kept plugging away at the primary big fic project. Words are coming a little easier, now that I'm in a different scene and gathering momentum.