Check In: Day 10!

[glitteringstars]

We have arrived at day 10! How has writing been going today?

-Good!
-It's going okay!
-Haven't been able to write!
-Been thinking about it!

Gotta ask, been reading anything recently that has helped with your writing?

Comments

[haunted_cherries]

Writing's been going ok!! Only made a little bit of progress since I wasn't feeling well, but I imagine I'll be right back in it tomorrow!! xD

I'm still chugging through Several People are Typing since I really love non-traditional ways to tell stories!! It's honestly been WONDERFUL to feel so validated for all the chatfic I've been cooking up lately!! xD It makes me want to try my hand at a long chatfic, but WE SHALL SEE!

[glitteringstars]

Writing chatfic is hard. XD But yesss, you should totally give it a shot!

[haunted_cherries]

THANK YOU!! 🥹❤️ when I was first starting to do it it DEFINITELY was, but I feel like the more practice I’ve gotten in over time, it’s gotten MUCH easier xD

[linaewen]

I haven't been able to write, alas! I might have some time coming up, but I have to make writing a priority or other things will edge it out!

[lilly_c]

I wrote and posted a ficlet for fan_flashworks.

[fleetsparrow]

I haven't written today, BUT this is not an entirely true statement.

I have written something today, and it's something I've been including in keeping track of my writing days, it's just not fiction, so tonight's Depression Brain says it doesn't count. I'm hoping to write some fiction in a bit before bed, but we'll see, since, y'know, Depression Brain.

I'm not sure about anything I've read that's really been a 1:1 help with my writing, but I've completely maxed out my library card, so, uh... the *reading* part of that has happened.

The most recent book I can think of that really did help my writing was Gentle Writing Advice by Chuck Wendig. Legit, the best review of this book I can give is:

Prior to reading this book, Wendig was the kind of writing that I'd fight in a parking lot. I found him and his advice unnecessarily abrasive and aggressive, with no real compassion for those of us who can't, in fact, Do The Thing at a breakneck, no rests given, pace. Prior to *writing* this book, Wendig would've absolutely met me in the parking lot for that fight to defend his advice.

And then suddenly all his past advice didn't work for him.

At all.

And somewhere in the crisis of conscience that followed, he came to the realization of "what if it's not only OK to be gentle with oneself to write, but also necessary, and maybe that's fine, actually?"

So now he gets taken off my "willing to fight in a parking lot" list (which is good, because it's a very long list, and I only have so many hours a day) and onto the "no, seriously, *read this book* I promise" list.