WIP Challenge - Check In, Day 5 - Wednesday

[the_rck]

Poll #14923

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Today I

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planned
0 (0.0%)

researched
0 (0.0%)

wrote
4 (100.0%)

sent to beta
1 (25.0%)

edited
1 (25.0%)

posted
1 (25.0%)

rested
1 (25.0%)

did something else
0 (0.0%)

The way I feel about that is

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Mean: 7.25 Median: 7.5 Std. Dev 2.17

Terrible 1		0 (0.0%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)
4		1 (25.0%)
5		0 (0.0%)
6		0 (0.0%)
7		1 (25.0%)
8		1 (25.0%)
9		0 (0.0%)
Wonderful 10		1 (25.0%)

What's your favorite trick for getting yourself to start writing?

I don't really have any tricks. The closest I get is telling myself that I only have to write one sentence. Having permission to stop can sometimes make it easier for me to keep going.

I'm really curious to hear what works for other people.

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[annotated_em]

I do the same thing--once I have my butt in the chair and am dragging my feet on the writing or just not feeling it for whatever reason, I give myself permission to stop as long as I write half a page. Of course, by the time I get that half page down, I'm usually into the groove and perfectly happy to keep going.

ETA: As far as actually getting started, I find that it's easiest to take my notebook and pen somewhere outside the house, and leave my cellphone and tablet at home so that I can't hop on the internet and waste time. If I'm out of the house, then there's far fewer ways to vacuum the cat.

[lilly_c]

I don't really have any tricks for starting writing. I tend to just sit down and see what comes out. I always have a notebook and pen with me, sometimes it's easier to write rather than type.

I did some writing this morning before I had to leave to do some training at work, and now I'm about to carry on with the oneshot I was working on earlier. Hopefully I can finish and maybe post later on tonight.