Daily Check-In Day 1: Thursday (May)

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Good morning! It's the beginning of a new month, and that means new goals (or even sticking to current ones).

So, where are you at in your writing?

• Planning/researching
• Writing
• Editing
• Spending it to my beta reader
• Posting it now
• Shelving it for the time being
• Getting some rest/taking a break
• Thinking about writing, but currently bust at the moment

Discussion: What are some tips that have helped you during the writing process, and you want to share with others that could help them out?

Personally, having a bottle of water on my desk has helped a ton with my writing (thanks KrimsonRogue for the tip, and reminder from his NightBane video). If I don't drink water my writing falters, and I can barely concentrate on the task.

Also, this is a reminder to stay hydrated! >:D

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[glitteringstars]

Caught between writing and planning. My roommate and I had walked and talked about our respective stories, so it's got my muse running.

Writing tips: using some type of positive reinforcement I found can be helpful. An automated method like Written? Kitten! I've found works wonders if I'm stuck. I like seeing more kitties every couple of hundred words, even if the words are gobliegook.

Another method I've found helps is doing some kind of journalling to get the brain-nonsense out of the way. Morning pages, brainstorming, zero drafting, all great possibilities.