Checking in

[in_lighter_ink]

Happy Day 10, writers all! I'm in_lighter_ink and I shall be your checker-inner for the next week. How's the ficcing going today?

Alas, I am not a paid user, so I can't do polls...



How are you doing on your chosen fic(s) for the month so far?
*On track for my goals
*Ahead of schedule
*Behind schedule
*Too early to tell

And what did you do today, fic-wise?
*Wrote
*Researched
*Edited
*Procrastinated
*Sent to beta
*Posted the finished fic
*Something else I'll clarify in the comments

If you wrote any words today, how many did you write?
*1-249
*250-499
*500-749
*750-999
*1000 or more

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

Comments

[in_lighter_ink]

I have been horribly anti-social the last couple of weeks (and that includes not even wanting to hang out with words), and am correspondingly horribly far behind on everything (including a set of comments for charamei... I haven't forgotten, really!). However, I've had a decently productive last couple of days, and that's given me some encouraging momentum to keep working on catching up. So not all is lost.

As far as today goes... I've written! About 800 words that probably won't ever see the light of day, but were good for fleshing out some characterization details for a queer_fest fic that's in its infancy.

Three words: Don't lose hope!

[littlebutfierce]

Sometimes everyone needs to be anti-social--hopefully it was a good restful period, or at least a necessary break! Good luck getting back in the swing of things!

I am definitely in favor of lots of words that won't see the light of day, b/c they sometimes do end up bringing out some other details that could be used, like you said.

Don't lose hope indeed!! \o/

[curuchamion]

'I am definitely in favor of lots of words that won't see the light of day, b/c they sometimes do end up bringing out some other details that could be used, like you said.'

Oh gosh, yes. I think 80% of everything I write is just scribbling - planning, meta, working on ideas that don't go anywhere, getting to know characters...

[in_lighter_ink]

Thanks! That's the thing about breaks... they're good while they last, but I always have trouble starting up again.

Oh, me too -- that's yet another thing I like about 750 words. Even on the days where I'm just rambling about nothing, I'll sometimes go back and find a phrase or an idea that sparks something useful.

[lacygrey]

That sounds like a productive day.
Things don't necessarily get written in the order we want them to. But it must be a good feeling to be moving forward.