WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 3 -- Sunday

[linaewen]

Hello on Sunday! What kind of a writing day has it been so far today -- or if today hasn't gotten going yet, how did you fare yesterday?

       - I thought about my fic once or twice
       - I wrote
       - I did some planning and/or outlining
       - I did research and/or canon review
       - I edited
       - I've sent my fic off to my beta
       - I posted today!
       - I'm taking a break
       - I did something else that I'll talk about in a comment

Sunday Discussion:  It's a new writing week -- not to mention a new writing month -- and that means a fresh start. Maybe you had a great writing week last week, or maybe last week wasn't the greatest for getting writing things done -- what kind of goals do you have for keeping up your momentum or starting off fresh this month? 

Comments

[linaewen]

I dabbled with planning and canon review and did not quite manage a writing marathon this weekend. No matter! It is the beginning of a new month and new months always get me excited for starting fresh. My quest for today is to start fresh with my WIP and have fun with it instead of seeing it as a chore to be tackled! I am definitely going to post a new chapter this month (maybe even two!) so each day will be planned to bring me closer to that goal.

[miscellaneous_section]

I'm still writing my first draft; hopefully I'll be able to finish it today. It's going to need a lot of refining later.

Needing to be in fandom spaces for motivation ?

[wild_solovei]

Today I relearned something I should know by then : I cannot write when hanging out with other people. Next time my friend offers to chill together I think I'll grab my old sock and mend them.
Recently I've also seen how hard it is for me to write a fanfic. I haven't written one since the first years of uni I think (which is about a decade ago). I'm not sure what's blocking me. If it's the stress of outside factors, or the feeling that if I write something it has to be great, or at least very solid writing. I'm wondering if getting closer to a fandom community would help to motivate me more, hence why I'm wandering around Dreamwidth today.
So this month I'd like to post more on DW, try to get fandom back into my life, cause I miss it.