WIP challenge: day 27 check-in!

[littlebutfierce]

We're on the home stretch for this month's challenge! How's it going?

Poll #8653 WIP challenge day 27 check-in!

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 8

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How's the fic been going this weekend?

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It hasn't
5 (62.5%)

Amazingly
1 (12.5%)

All right
0 (0.0%)

Every word is WRONG
2 (25.0%)

What do you need to focus on for the last few days of this month's challenge?

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Writing
5 (62.5%)

Editing
3 (37.5%)

Sending to beta
1 (12.5%)

Researching
0 (0.0%)

Posting
1 (12.5%)

Taking a break
1 (12.5%)

Something else I will describe in comments
0 (0.0%)

For discussion: This blog post suggests there are two things people mean when they talk about having writer's block. The first is:

the hopeless confusion of not knowing what to write, having an "I don't wanna" feeling, and knowing that if one sits down to write, it's going to be hard and the product isn't going to be very good

& the second:

Sometimes, in addition to the whiny feeling of "I don't wanna," there's a voice that's trying to tell me, "No, quite seriously: I do not want to do this right now, and in fact, I can't, not without pushing too hard and doing damage to myself. It's not working and I need a break. I need to let my energy rest with something else for a while." Maybe that "something else" is something that's arisen in my life -- a crisis, a transition, a pending decision, something else I'd like to try -- or maybe it's nothing special or particular, just a new focus, or a quietness, stemming from the realization that now and then, a person needs a break.

Does this hold true for you? How do you tell the difference?

Comments

[lilly_c]

Got no writing done at the weekend :( severe migraine made anything but lying down impossible. Today is the start of a new week so fingers crossed.

For me it's definitely the second example, especially when I want to write but I know that everything that comes out will be forced. I don't think there is a difference but of course both statements mean different things to different writers.

[littlebutfierce]

Sorry to hear about the migraine. :/ I hope this week goes better for you.

Sometimes I think if I force myself to write I can bust through the block (& sometimes I do!), but sometimes I just really have no creative juices to use. :/