Sunday Check-in

[linaewen]

Greetings, fellow writers!  linaewen here, to serve as your writing encouragement person for the week.  :-D

I recently read a quote about writing that struck a chord with me:

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. ~ William Wordsworth

With that thought in mind, how is writing going for you today?  Are you having a day filled with setting the breathings of your heart to paper and all the excitement that comes with that flowing of words?  Or is it more a day of getting ready to listen to those words, through research and outlines?  Are you staring at the blank page, unable to figure out how to start explaining what your heart wants to say?

Let us know what kind of writing day it is for you today, and maybe by sharing, it will encourage you to write more, plan better or break the wall that's holding you back!

Comments

[linaewen]

My afternoon is just beginning, so I have quite a few hours ahead of me which I plan to use for some kind of writing -- fic writing, that is! My real life projects are close enough to done that I can set them aside for a time and so something for ME. I'm feeling optimistic at the moment, so I'm hoping I can make some progress in all three of the fics I'm working on this month as part of the challenge -- whether it be actual writing with a word count that amounts to something, editing something that's almost ready to present, or doing more research and fine-tuning my outline. Any of that sounds pretty appealing right now!

[haruka]

For the first time in weeks, I'm actually getting something accomplished. Whether it's any good or not I don't even care, as I'm having fun with it. :)

[littlebutfierce]

I love that quote! Especially b/c I tend to write a lot of sappy fics about people finding their true families (not blood families, I mean) & I feel like a lot of it is just EMBARRASSINGLY poured straight from my heart. Which... there's a line there, & I try not to cross it. But yeah, the fic I'm working on right now is SUPER FREAKIN' SAPPY so... yeah. Definitely full of the breathings of my heart!

No writing yet today but I plan to soon: revisions on the fic mentioned above but also possibly trying a fill for yuri_challenge.

[whatawaytoburn]

I am wading through the first bit of the editing process and realizing that there are more gaps that need to be filled within my story than I thought. This is not a bad thing, as I can get coffee and Coke and push through for the day, its just an interesting experience.

Plus, once i get this section done and cleaned up, I am sending it and the prelude of the story to my beta which is both nerve wracking and exciting.