WIP check in day 12

[lilly_c]

How is today going for you?

Poll #14045

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Today I

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wrote
1 (25.0%)

edited
1 (25.0%)

posted
0 (0.0%)

researched
0 (0.0%)

sent to beta
0 (0.0%)

had a break
0 (0.0%)

dealt with life
2 (50.0%)

My progress is

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Mean: 5.75 Median: 7 Std. Dev 2.86

*head desk* 1		1 (25.0%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)
4		0 (0.0%)
5		0 (0.0%)
6		1 (25.0%)
7		0 (0.0%)
8		2 (50.0%)
9		0 (0.0%)
Fantastic! 10		0 (0.0%)

Discussion: deadlines. When you're working on a fic that isn't for a challenge do you ever set deadlines for yourself?

I do sometimes set myself a deadline when I'm not writing for a challenge, I usually put a specific word count to reach or I'll pick a date to have a very rough draft done by. I don't always reach my own deadlines and I am notoriously slow at finishing things.

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[linaewen]

I edited a couple of old pieces I did years ago to freshen them up for a new challenge I'm participating in, so that helps me feel like I accomplished something! That's about all I can manage at the moment while I'm traveling.

Challenges really help me getting things accomplished, but it doesn't work as well to set my own deadlines. Somehow I know it's "artificial" and I still procrastinate. ;-) Setting a word count as a deadline might work better for me than a date, because then I might be more likely to work on writing.