WIP check in - Sunday 26th February

[lullabymoon]

Hello all! I'll be hosting the check ins for the rest of the month.

How did your writing go today?

• I wrote
• I researched
• I edited
• I posted
• I had too much else to do
• I did something else I'll explain in the comments

Today's topic comes from fanficflamingo:



How easily do you get distracted by other plot bunnies? Do you ever start to write something then end up changing track completely?
 

Comments

[littlebutfierce]

I've been struggling the past week or so -- keeping my brain in writing mode (my super-long 750 Words streak is still unbroken), but I'm not really happy with anything I've come up with lately. Rationally I know this should be fine; I've posted a crap ton (for me) of fic this year so far, & I am happy w/the exchange fic I have due next month, which still needs tweaking but has been moving along mostly fine. I want to write all the treats for this exchange, though, so hopefully letting my brain take a breather for a week or so will get me back in the swing of things.

I switch between fics a lot: partly distraction, partly giving my brain some time to subconsciously figure out what to do next in any one fic while I focus on another one. I let things sit for months & then I open the file out of curiosity & realize a fic is 99% done, & has been for ages. If I'm lucky I can then make myself finish up the last 1% & post!