WIP Challenge Check In - Day 11

[annotated_em]

Happy Wednesday, everyone! How's the writing going?

Poll #14196

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Things I have done today:

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Research
1 (12.5%)

Writing
4 (50.0%)

Editing
0 (0.0%)

Posting
0 (0.0%)

Resting
1 (12.5%)

None of the above
2 (25.0%)

How do you feel about that?

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Mean: 4.25 Median: 4.5 Std. Dev 2.33

Ugh 1		2 (25.0%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		1 (12.5%)
4		1 (12.5%)
5		1 (12.5%)
6		2 (25.0%)
7		0 (0.0%)
8		1 (12.5%)
9		0 (0.0%)
Whee! 10		0 (0.0%)

For me, one of the hardest things about writing can be actually making myself do it. Sometimes it seems anything, up to and including vacuuming my cats, is more appealing than sitting down and making the words come out. I definitely can't write if I have a dirty stove! And so I often put off writing in favor of procrasticleaning.

What sorts of things do you find yourself doing when you really ought to be writing?

Comments

[rebecca2525]

Still not time due to RL. :(

Usually, I just browse around if I'm procrastinating. I rarely do something actually useful like cleaning.

[cecilegrey]

Yeah, I do all kinds of crazy procrastination activities, from the productive to the not-at-all-productive, lol. The good thing about fests is that they often push me into a good daily writing routine where I don't procrastinate, but because of all the stress involved, I am reluctant to sign up for fests these days. Developing a good writing routine on my own has been difficult.

[lea_hazel]

I "research" by reading the fandom wiki, Wikipedia, Fanlore, TV tropes and just about anything else tangentially related to the story I'm supposed to be writing.

[linaewen]

It would be great if I did something productive like cleaning! However, I tend to read articles about my favorite sports team, play computer games, or choose some RL project that is breathing down my neck rather than my writing.

I'm going to give myself permission to retreat from Real Life this weekend and try to get some real writing in. I need the break from life, and I also will still be in time with some of my writing deadlines!