WIP challenge: day 3 check-in!

[littlebutfierce]

3 days into the challenge: how's it going? Has your weekend been productive so far?

Poll #9751

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 14

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What have you done on your fic today?

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Taken a break (planned)
0 (0.0%)

Taken a break (unplanned)
4 (28.6%)

Wrote
11 (78.6%)

Edited
3 (21.4%)

Posted
2 (14.3%)

Sent to beta
0 (0.0%)

Researched
2 (14.3%)

& how do you feel about that?

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Mean: 5.23 Median: 5 Std. Dev 2.12

Crappy 1		1 (7.7%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		1 (7.7%)
4		4 (30.8%)
5		1 (7.7%)
6		2 (15.4%)
7		2 (15.4%)
8		1 (7.7%)
9		1 (7.7%)
Fantastic! 10		0 (0.0%)

And five words or less about your current WIP?

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For discussion: It seems like a fair number of people are starting off the month with a pretty good spring in their step. How do you keep the momentum going? Is it a daily writing practice? A weekly wordcount goal? A reward system? Or is there some other way you just keep going once you've started?

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[roane]

Well, the power's been out at my house for about the last 16 hours thanks to a windstorm. I'm currently at the library recharging my laptop and phone. I actually am getting a little more done today than I thought because, well, no internet at home, nothing else to do really. Also, I'm TERRIBLY sleep deprived at the moment (two poor nights of sleep in a row), so the words are just kind of coming out without any thought. Which could be very good or very bad. :) Got attacked by a plot bunny last night, so I spent some time writing up a few notes about it. This could be a very large fic (40-50K+?), and it is most definitely an AU. I'm just not sure yet if it's super derivative, particularly of a very popular long AU fic in the fandom.

So far, the stories have been keeping me motivated. Even if I don't feel like writing, that push is in the back of my head. Also, getting feedback is great too. I had no idea it would be such a driving force, but honestly. I've been lucky so far.

[littlebutfierce]

Yikes! You're just not having a break lately, are you? Also, I am amazed that you can write when you're sleep-deprived -- someone else here mentioned that once, & I'm a bit jealous... when I'm that tired I actually fall asleep at the keyboard (& keep typing for a few words too) &... nothing good comes out of it. ;)

It's fantastic when the stories make you write them, isn't it? (Also, yes, OMG feedback, heh.)

[roane]

It has been... an unpleasant week, yes. :)

I don't know if my sleep-deprived words will be USABLE words, mind you. :)