Check in: day 18

[lilly_c]

How is today going for you?

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Today I have

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written
2 (40.0%)

edited
0 (0.0%)

posted
0 (0.0%)

sent to beta
2 (40.0%)

researched
0 (0.0%)

had a break
2 (40.0%)

dealt with life
0 (0.0%)

My progress is

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Mean: 5.40 Median: 6 Std. Dev 2.80

Terrible 1		0 (0.0%)
2		1 (20.0%)
3		1 (20.0%)
4		0 (0.0%)
5		0 (0.0%)
6		2 (40.0%)
7		0 (0.0%)
8		0 (0.0%)
9		0 (0.0%)
Fantastic 10		1 (20.0%)

Discussion: distractions. What things distract you when you're writing? Is there anything that doesn't distract you?

My biggest distraction is a game on my phone called Wacka Monsta, I tend to start playing one level and that becomes several levels in no time at all. The one thing that doesn’t distract me is the TV because I don’t own one and when I do have access to it, I find that I can still work and use it a background noise.

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[merryghoul]

Television. I have to stop writing to pay attention to some shows. (Other shows I can leave in the background, such as The Voice.)

[the_rck]

My biggest distraction is my daughter. I have a lot of trouble writing when she's home. I can edit, but I have trouble producing new words. She likes to watch TV, and I tend to get sucked into that even when it's a show I dislike (She adores Disney sitcoms).

I used to be able to write while the TV was going. I'm not sure when I lost the ability.

When my daughter isn't around, I have to watch out for my solitaire program. It's so easy to say, "Just one more game." I do need to play sometimes because it lets me shake ideas loose. It's just that I have a hard time stopping.

[lea_hazel]

When my mood is disrupted (too low, or too energetic) everything is a distraction. Even things I don't particularly enjoy or get anything out of. If I can manage my mood, research can still get out of hand. I'll have several tabs of Wikipedia, some sort of canon review fan-wiki, a fanlore page on a certain trope, a YouTube video because I just must verify what hyena calls sound like... It's endless and all-consuming. Severe self-control is called for.

[rebecca2525]

The internet. Always the internet.

[faere]

Same here :(