Check In Day 23

[fleetsparrow]

Despite the post office mail delivery notification saying that my mail was delivered "today, December 24!", it is, in fact, only the 23rd.

AND THANK GOODNESS.  <s>wildly unprepared for the day, fr</s>

But let's ignore the rapidly oncoming movement of time and think about words!

Poll #32425

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Are ya writin', son*?

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I surely am!
2 (40.0%)

I surely am not!
2 (40.0%)

Don't call me Shirley...
1 (20.0%)

Other, to be commented upon...
1 (20.0%)

*or other offspring-related gender term.

Discussion time:  Some people say you should let folks know what you're writing, because accountability helps!  Some people say you shouldn't tell anyone what you're working on until it's done, or else your brain will decide it's already actually done.  No matter how many times I try to put myself into the former category, I am, in fact, a "keep it secret, keep it safe" kind of writer.  A lot of times, even saying, "I'm going to write today" is like opening a revenge movie with a 10 minute scene of the protagonist's Idyllic Life Before.  And yet, I still do it.

So, long lead-in aside, how does it go for you?  Are you able to have accountability buddies?  Or you also a *drops this and runs* writer?  Or maybe something in the middle?  Do you wish you were a different type?  Does it depend on the kind of writing you're doing?

Comments

[linaewen]

I finished a big writing project yesterday, thankful to have it off my plate! Now I can concentrate on my poor neglected LotR fic that has been straggling along for years! I want to finish it in 2025.

I usually don't say much about what I am working on until I post it, especially when it is something I am just poking at instead of actively writing! But it helps to be accountable now and then!

[omens]

Congrats on the finish! I love your icon btw!!

[fleetsparrow]

Hooray for Big Project completion!!!

Oof, yeah, the gulf between "actively working on" and "noodling around" is a wide and dangerous one. And sometimes the projets switch sides! You know, for """fun""" or something.