check in, day 9

[lilly_c]

How's the fic coming along today?

Poll #10411 day 9

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 9

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Today was

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Great
0 (0.0%)

Good
3 (33.3%)

Not so good
5 (55.6%)

Awful
1 (11.1%)

Waht did you do?

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Wrote
5 (62.5%)

Edited
1 (12.5%)

Researched
1 (12.5%)

Sent to beta
0 (0.0%)

Outlined
2 (25.0%)

Planned
3 (37.5%)

Something else
2 (25.0%)

Had a cheeky break
2 (25.0%)

Discusion: When you're struggling with something in your fic what do you to get past it? Do you keep writing and hope for the best? Do something else and go back to later?

Comments

[linaewen]

I managed to get some new words written this morning, thankfully. I hope to make some more progress before the day is over, too! I'm not sure of my word count, but it was probably something to the tune of 600 words. Not much in the grand scheme of things, but the way life has been going lately, time to write even 100 words is awesome! :-D

When I struggle with something in my fic, I usually leave a blank space for it, or put something vaguely like what I want to say in brackets, and then come back to it. If it's more than just a lack of words or a description I need, then I usually will go off and do some research until I find what I need to move forward. Usually my struggling is just to find the right words, so if I leave space for it and move on, I can usually come back later and I realize what I was trying to say!