Writing session in about an hour! Also, prompts!

[littlebutfierce]

I'll be starting a writing session in about an hour (4 PM GMT); the room will be WriteThisFanficSessions. There's some info in these posts about how to join, & what messaging clients will make this possible.

Feel free to comment here or ping me (my IM username is paperwarfic) if you need help. I'll also have Gmail chat up (same username) just in case anyone's using that.

fic_promptly is having their usual Lonely Prompt Challenge Weekend. If your brain is struggling to move forward w/your WIP, perhaps it might help clear your mind to dash off some comment fic? I don't do that as much as I'd like to (& the prompts I start writing versus the prompts I manage to finish & post is a rather sad ratio at the moment) but sometimes it does seem to help me!

Saturday Check-In

[linaewen]

Greetings on Saturday!  How is it going for you today with your writing?  Did some of you participate in a writing session today and was it time well-spent for you and your story?  Are there other successful (or not so successful) writing experiences to report?

My quote today isn't about writing specifically , but it's from a writer I admire, and the thought applies pretty well to something writers struggle with daily -- getting started!

“It is the job that is never started that takes longest to finish.” 
~ J.R.R. Tolkien

Best wishes in what is left of your writing day -- and if you haven't started that writing job yet, what are you waiting for?  ;-)

Music to write to?

[littlebutfierce]

The writing session is still going on if anyone wants to join -- though obviously I am, er, taking a break right now...

I want to talk a little about writing & music! Does music help you concentrate when you write? Or does it distract you? Are there certain types of music, or maybe even certain bands, you put on when you're working on different types of scenes?

Because I write tons of schmaltzy emo stuff (I say that w/love, I think...), bands like Stars are total writing mood music for me. Also Joy Ike seems to put me in that headspace lately. If I am writing sexytiems, sometimes I listen to Alice in Videoland.

Lyrics don't seem to distract me too much, or if they start to, I can usually turn the music down slightly & it's fine.

There's a fine line between being able to take in the music to the point it relaxes me or gets me in the zone & not being able to shut it out enough to concentrate. I know some folks make writing mixes -- & if you are one of these energetic sorts, please feel free to post one! -- but if I don't have an itch for a specific band, most of the time shuffling randomly through iTunes seems to work. If I start skipping every other song, it's usually a sign that I need to take a break to get my concentration back.

What about you? (Any recommendations... ?)

And now back to the writing session! No, really... I'll leave you w/Fuck Yeah Fanfic Flamingo, which makes me laugh inordinately hard.