WIP challenge: day 31 check-in!

[littlebutfierce]

It's the last day of the January challenge! (& last call to sign up for the February challenge!) How did your month end up going?

Poll #9341

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 7

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How's progress on your fic going today?

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Great!
0 (0.0%)

Good
2 (28.6%)

Middling
2 (28.6%)

Not very well
1 (14.3%)

Not at all
2 (28.6%)

How did the month go for you, overall, with your goal fic(s)?

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Mean: 6.29 Median: 7 Std. Dev 2.60

Terrible 1		0 (0.0%)
2		1 (14.3%)
3		1 (14.3%)
4		0 (0.0%)
5		0 (0.0%)
6		0 (0.0%)
7		3 (42.9%)
8		1 (14.3%)
9		0 (0.0%)
Amazing 10		1 (14.3%)

& how do you feel about that?

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Tell us how you did on your monthly goals. Did you learn anything about your writing process over the month?

Comments

[proseac]

I suppose you're right - it does sound like a really lame excuse now that I look at it!

IDK...it's all very subjective. When I'm writing in Word, I have other Word documents that contain my plotting, character outlines, etc. Similarly, when I'm writing in Scrivener, I have all my research materials imported into the program itself. Whereas with a site like 750 Words, all of that is external, and I have to remember where to look for everything. I'm either really lazy, or really dumb, one or the other. :P

In actuality, I suspect it's more the fact that I know it's timing me. I hate that. Someone told me about Written?Kitten! and I'm finding I like that much better, because it's more reward-driven and it doesn't track how long it takes me to write something.

I also don't like not having what's come before, in the same document, so I can just scroll up to review it. I know that theoretically I could copy & paste it into the window before I start, but that seems redundant when there are other options that don't require me to do that. *shrugs* As I said, lame excuses.

[xpaperplanex]

I know what you mean about the timing and having it be a separate thing. I have a friend who uses Write or Die and constantly recommends it to me. Sorry, but I don't want to work in something that's going to start making horrible noises at me if I need to go look something up or take a break. I also don't like the fact that it's separate, which is probably weird, since you can just switch over to Word or wherever to look at things, but if I'm working on a scene in a fic, I'd like to be able to scroll up and go over what I wrote earlier.

[littlebutfierce]

No, that makes sense -- everyone has their own ways that their brains are organized & little things that work as barriers to doing things. (Me, I'd much rather switch between applications than have everything open in one & possibly running slow on my computer ^^;;)

I don't mind the timing on 750 Words; at this point I ignore it, except to note (now that I'm sneaking it in at work) the general length of time I have it open, in case it... becomes an issue. ^^;;

[insignia]

I wouldn't call it an "excuse" at all, lame or otherwise. Sites like 750 Words exist as tools for people who are helped by them. If that's not how you like to work, that's a perfectly valid reason not to use it. No excuses needed :)