Check-in Day 4!

[charamei]

Day 4!

Yesterday, lots of people had clarified their ideas but not started writing yet. How are those working out now you've (hopefully) started writing them? And if you were already writing, how has today been?

Poll #6489

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 11

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How are you doing on your chosen fic(s) for the month so far?

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On track for my goals
4 (36.4%)

Ahead of schedule
0 (0.0%)

Behind schedule
5 (45.5%)

Too early to tell!
2 (18.2%)

And what did you do today, fic-wise?

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Write
5 (45.5%)

Research
1 (9.1%)

Edit
1 (9.1%)

Procrastinate
3 (27.3%)

Send to beta
0 (0.0%)

Post the finished fic
0 (0.0%)

Something else I will clarify in comments
4 (36.4%)

If you wrote any words today, how many did you write?

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1-249
3 (50.0%)

250-499
1 (16.7%)

500-749
0 (0.0%)

750-999
0 (0.0%)

1000 or more
2 (33.3%)

In three words or less, how are you feeling about the fic(s) right now?

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Comments

[littlebutfierce]

Oooh, that's interesting about the time vs. word count feeling differently for you! For me I think the time requirement would stress me out, b/c if I'm in a hurry I can usually churn out 750 words of total drek (but fic drek!) fairly quickly, but feeling like I had to sit at the computer & write for a certain period of time every day would feel onerous.

It's good to figure out what works!!

Also, hahaha re: the elephant's breath!

[charamei]

Yeah, I hate writing dreck for the sake of writing dreck (this is largely why I'm calling this NaNo 2010 a loss, despite having technically won). And for some reason it's easier for me to get into what I'm writing when I'm on a timer than on a wordcount? IDK, but I feel less detached from the process now.

[littlebutfierce]

Heh, I'm the opposite--I think I really, really need to just write TONS OF WORDS in order to get anywhere. Like it warms up my brain. Out of all the drek I might just get an idea or an image or a paragraph, but thank goodness for them!

But yay for feeling more connected to the process of writing, no matter how you get there! (which will obviously be different for everyone)

& hee, I just noticed your icon is from your Sims!

[charamei]

Yes, it is! XD I've been stealthing Baby Braxiatel for ages now. I do love him. He's so earnestly interested in that tribal toy he's just pulled out of a crappy old toybox.