WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 10 -- Monday

[linaewen]

Greetings on Monday!  What kind of day was it for you today, writing or otherwise?

Did you write?

• Yes!
• No!

If yes, what kind of writerly activity did you engage in?  If no, what were the obstacles/situations that affected your writerly pursuits?

For Discussion:  I'm going to reference Tolkien again for today's discussion question.  Tolkien’s interest was originally languages.  He loved to create his own languages based on more ancient ones of which he was intimately familiar.  He followed his interests enough to create entire cultures based on these languages and then wrote stories about them which then became legend.  He wrote about what interested him most.  Do you let your interests drive your writing?  Have you ever tried to write something that you weren't especially interested in?  How successful were you at that?

Comments

[ladygriddlebone]

I wrote today! In fact, I finally unblocked in a major way on a chapter I've been avoiding (to the tune of 1600 words so far), so I'm really happy with the way things are going so far today. If I can keep this up, I may actually be able to update my WIP at some point this month!

My interests definitely drive my writing. If it bores me, I'm not going to waste time writing it, unless it's something that has to happen to help move the plot toward something that does interest me. If I try to write about things that don't interest me, I feel like my writing gets really stilted and forced (possibly because I'm forcing it), and I end up very dissatisfied with the result.