WIP check in - Wednesday 29th February

[lullabymoon]

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

It's the last day of the month. How did you get on with meeting any of your writing goals that you had this month? 

Comments

[enemytosleep]

Yuujinchou Exchange (due Mar 17): First draft complete. I got the first batch of notes back, the other will hopefully come later this week. For the moment I'm letting it sit as I'd like to edit it only once with both sets of notes side-by-side. Current word count: 9,306

Yuujinchou Exchange Bonus Treat #1 (due Mar 24): Posted! No link as it's an anon exchange that isn't live yet.

Yuujinchou Exchange Bonus Treat #2 (due Mar 24): No new words. I'm going to try and get this started - now to choose an idea to go with. Current word count: 0

Help_Japan (due 18 years ago - 750 word min): No new words. I promise to give this love after the Yuujinchou exchange stops eating my brain. O.o Current word count: 3,666

Goals met and exceeded in February!

[lullabymoon]

That's awesome! And woo for treat #1 getting posted!

[insignia]

Yay, posting! :D

[dhae_knight_1]

Awesome! :-D

[psyco_chick32]

Congrats!! I'm super-jealous :D You're awesome-sauce!

[psyco_chick32]

*flails* I wrote, edited AND posted!! \o/
AND I slid under the wire to post for Amnesty Month at hc_bingo!

Seriously, I feel great right now despite the rest of the day sucking, and trying to corral my co-writer for a different fic is just not happening lately.

All in all... I failed whole-heartedly at my goals. But I least I ended this month on a good note?

[insignia]

Go you! \o/

[dhae_knight_1]

*Very* good note, I'd say. :-D

[lullabymoon]

Maybe you didn't meet you goals but it sounds plenty awesome anyway! Go you! :)

[sharpiefan]

Um. I posted a chapter at two o'clock this morning, does that count?!

I try not to set goals, so that any writing is good and I don't end up beating myself up if I don't reach a specific word-count or target.

[insignia]

I declare (with no authority at all) that it counts ^_^

[dhae_knight_1]

I second the motion above. ;-)

[psyco_chick32]

It was still February somewhere!

[lullabymoon]

That definitely counts!! Yay!

Perfectly understandable about goals. Are you happy with what you wrote then?

[dhae_knight_1]

Well. I felt crappy today, so the thesis-writing didn't happen. On the upside, though, I'm 947 words further on my 'OMG, I broke Hotch'-story.

I didn't finish my fantasy-fic this month. Hope I will find the surplus energy next month, along with this one.

And I'm still poking at the fic I finished last month. Still haven't edited it, and I still need to find a beta for it somewhere, just to make sure it actually flows.

Overall though? I'm pretty damn happy about this month's work! :-)

[roane]

Broken Hotch is good. We like broken Hotch.

[insignia]

That's a lot of words! I hope you feel better tomorrow.

[lullabymoon]

Ugh, sorry about the crappy feeling. But yay for words and feeling happy about it all! :)

[littlebutfierce]

I met my goals -- I posted a lot of fic (for me) this month, & wrote a fair bit more (though not all of that is ready to share -- hopefully in the next week or two I can buckle down & edit). I had a lot of writing energy at the start of this month, & now I feel kind of like everything is more of a struggle. Which is fine, & normal, etc. etc. I just have to keep remembering that. ^^;

Today I'm editing ficlets.

[insignia]

Congrats on meeting your goals :D

[roane]

I wrote a tiny bit, because I had specific lines and scenes hit me in the head when I was driving to work. Will write more tonight.

As far as my month's goals--holy crap! I wanted to finish my then-WIP ("The Mystery of the Runaway Bride")--done at 12,000 words. I also wanted to finish something else, anything else. Also done, with "The Short, Strange Life of Doctor John Watson". The two together are the first two stories in my Doctor Who/Sherlock crossover series, The Two Doctors.

I also started my first ever NC-17 piece (Sherlock pre-slash), "Displacement", also first in a series called Defence Mechanisms. Apparently my brain thinks in series. Serieses? :)

So yay for February!

[insignia]

Yay! \o/

[insignia]

Today and yesterday were spent on some mental housekeeping - writing down ideas for future fics, so I don't have to keep them all in my head.

I couldn't meet my goal this month, because I set entirely the wrong goal. Going directly from writer's block to finishing something awesome was just too ambitious! So instead of doing what I said I would, I did what I should have done from the beginning: got back into the habit of writing, improved my ability to motivate myself, and experimented with different writing methods. Also, now that I've sat down and tried to finish that chapter, I've realised that the story doesn't work the way I planned it. Knowing why it's broken, I've taken some steps toward fixing it.

All in all, I'd call this month a moderate success. There's more I wish I'd done, but I'm better off (creatively) than I was a month ago. For next month I'm trying a word-count goal instead of aiming for a finished product :)

[dhae_knight_1]

That's a great success when starting from a writer's block! And for figuring out that your plan wasn't going to work and adapting it. Go you! :-)

[lilly_c]

I got a few ideas down for my casestory fic, had to use my phone rather than notebook because I was at the ebach this afternoon and I don't take a notebook to uni with me (I have a notetaker in lectures). At least I can read what I've got down.

I can't even remember what my goals were for this month :( so I'll call it a fail and move on.

[dhae_knight_1]

But you wrote, and that's *always* a win. :-)

[linaewen]

I did a bit more research and posted some older chapters that were written awhile ago but not updated at some of the communities where I archive.

I did not accomplish any of my goals for February, not one. The closest I came to it was working on my outlines and doing research, but none of it resulted in posting a chapter or finishing an almost-finished fic.

However, that's actually saying quite a bit, and this last week in particular I feel closer to being a writer than I have for awhile. I'm back to dreaming about my stories again, so I know I'm back in the flow of writing after all that research and playing with my notes!

Now I just need to turn off the internet and turn on some writing music and get to work. I may not be able to post a chapter while it's still February, but I can get a good start on my March goals. ;-)

[dhae_knight_1]

That's still awesome! :-)

[crowdog66]

I didn't finish another chapter of "Solstice and Equinox" this month, but other than that I met my goals. :)

And no writing today. :( I had no time what with having to work on a paying project, and I just wasn't in the mood anyway, but considering how good my output has been prior to the last couple of days I suppose I can't really complain!

[dhae_knight_1]

You have been very productive. Taking a day off is well-deserved, I'd say. :-)

[bay_alexison]

Going slowly on editing Chapter 5 of Big Bang based on Beta A's suggestions. Haven't done too much due to needing to be away from home a bit and helping around the house, so tomorrow I hope to get a lot more editing done. Need to get those done soon so that I can send Chapter 5 to Beta A.

This month I didn't meet my goal in editing the rest of Big Bang. Instead I ended up finding a second beta and edited the first four chapters, lol. Luckily the Big Bang deadline has been extended so I hope to get the whole story polished sometime in March.

[lullabymoon]

Definitely progress though! :)