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writethisfanfic2011-12-03 12:39 am
littlebutfierce) wrote in writethisfanfic2011-12-03 12:39 am
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Day 2 check-in!
It's already the weekend, hooray! Do you have any grand plans for your fic over the next few days?
It might be a bit too early for sharing snippets or asking for a beta if you've started a whole new fic, but I know a lot of us are working on WIPs: so please do share & request help if you like!
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What'd you do on your fic today?
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Wrote
4 (57.1%)
Edited
2 (28.6%)
Posted
1 (14.3%)
Sent to beta
1 (14.3%)
Researched
0 (0.0%)
Took the day off
2 (28.6%)
Something else
0 (0.0%)
And how are you feeling about that?
It might be a bit too early for sharing snippets or asking for a beta if you've started a whole new fic, but I know a lot of us are working on WIPs: so please do share & request help if you like!
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Way too tired to think of extracting anything snippety for it, though. ^^;;
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Snippet!
The door to Maedhros' apartments at the end of the corridor stood wide open, but even on the stairs below they could hear a woman's raised voice. There was only one person who had the audacity to treat the head of the House of Feanor to such opposition; healer Idhlinn.
"I do not care to listen to your excuses for refusing breakfast, Maitimo. You will need to eat if you mean to stomach the tea.Would you like me to list the components or are you content to believe that it will lessen the pain unless you retch it up again?"
Maedhros' voice was far quieter, if still loud enough to carry clearly. He sounded tired. "I would thank you to stop calling me by that name, Estelinde, as you know. Bring more tea, then consider yourself dismissed."
Asgarvain felt the urge to fetch her sword and vent her frustrations on the dummies in the training yard, and when she considered her companions they looked to be sharing at least the sentiment of getting away. While Handrin had flattened himself against the wall of the narrow staircase upon hearing the noise of Idhlinn's boots appproaching, Hwestonnen's hands had clenched into fists, and Asgarvain could see the grooves where his fingernails pressed into his palm.
He chose, to her surprise, to charge ahead, plowed up the stairs, shouldered past Idhlinn whose glare might have frozen anyone else, and into Maedhros' office. With a sigh, Asgarvain began moving after him, whether or not Handrin chose to follow. He would have done best staying out of this entirely, but even bowing out now would be better for him than following them. But his footsteps were following.
The moment she passed the door, Asgarvain dropped to one knee and bowed her head. "My lord Maedhros, forgive us the intrusion. We bring tidings about one of the Silmarils," she said, and waited for the explosion.
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Ooh, your scene has nice tension to it. :)
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Claire shoved her hands into her pockets, her left hand closing around the keys. It suddenly felt electric and warm and she pulled it out and looked at the keys again.
Two fat brass keys with filigreed heads sat upon her open hand, vibrating oh-so-slightly and still radiating warmth. A faint clinking reached her ears.
Something about the dream theory didn't feel right. Didn't fit. Not to mention, she hadn't fallen asleep at any point since she'd started reading the journal.
Wonderment and incredulity made her gasp. Had these keys been the thing that transported her? When they'd fallen from the journal, she'd picked them up and the next thing she knew, she was here. Wherever, whenever here was.
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Uh-oh, looks like your character has landed herself in some trouble for sure! Heh.
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(But ugh, I hear you on the perils of writing while absolutely exhausted. ^^;;)
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Anyway, further adventures wih 750words...
The site awards daily points: one if you write, another if you make 750 and a third if you do 750 in one go (not to mention a whole lot of others for days in a row). I'm trying to get the third daily point. I don't ususlly do as much as 750 in one go, I tend rather to write dribs and drabs all day, but I decided to make an effort and just keep going to try to get the third point - even though the point itself feels a rather silly thing. So I did the 750 in one go but there was no third point! So I'm slightly 'peeved' and feel all the more silly for that.
It might have been that I accidentally called up Mozilla spell check and it opened another window. I don't know. But I mean to find out!
Its absolutely not important and has nothing whatever to do with the fic, but anyway. It may well be the actual point of the thing.
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I've never paid a lot of attention to the points, except to wonder why, if I've written every day so far in a month, some other people could have so many more points than me. You are much more observant/persistent in figuring things out than I!!! I'm sorry you were robbed of that 3rd point though! If it does end up being some kind of recurring bug, you could ask the site owner to look into it & perhaps give you the points? I don't know if this has changed, but certainly a year or so ago he was v. responsive to bug complaints (people saying the site hadn't saved their words & thus their streak was falsely ruined, etc.) & willing to change people's stats if need be.
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I don't actually give a hoot about having the points:) but they are interesting if the writing habit they are supposed to reward is something that would be good for me. Ive only been using 750w 'by the rules' for 4 days so I'm prepared to trust the program for the moment - unless it goes completely random.
Today (4/12) I got the third point and I think it might have something to do with typing speed because I was faster today and finished the 750 in 10 mins less than the last time even though I was active every minute on both occasions according to the stats. I also steered clear of Mozilla spell check and other windows.
So it seems to advocate quickness and evenness. Is this good for writing, I wonder. I suppose it depends on how much you know where you are going/how quick you think as you're writing.
Used like this 750w is more like Write or Die than the online notepad I used to use it as.
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Today I spent about 5 hours in the library getting more uni work done and since I've been home I've been working on fic and finalising the plans for mum and Brian's visit in 2 weeks :)
Having that break from it all has helped kick-start my brain again, always a good thing.
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