Checking in on Day 25

[linaewen]

Sorry, the day got away from me!  I imagine some of you have already called it a day and won't see this post until you wake up on Day 26.  In that case, tell us how you did yesterday with your writing.  ;-)

Here's the sometimes-true quote of the day:

You can't wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.
-- Jack London 

1.  How has your inspiration clubbing gone today?

• I'm writing!
• I'm researching!
• I'm editing!
• I'm taking a break!
• I'm wishing I had time to write, but I'm just too busy with other things...

2.  Do you have a word count for the day or a snippet of a thought or a conversation you want to share?

3.  On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the most positive, how are you feeling about your writing efforts today -- and why did you choose that number?

4.  The "answer if you feel like it" question:  What do you do to get yourself inspired, if inspiration is attempting to elude you?

Comments

[littlebutfierce]

I posted my help_japan fic! Am now biting nails waiting to hear back from recipient. I hope she likes it!

I also wrote a drabble for the drabblefest in my journal, which was exciting! Sometimes it's hard for me to condense an idea or a feeling down to drabble length, so I was pleased I managed at least one here.

I also tried writing another drabble prompt--we shall see. Total word count for the day was about 360, which is pretty low, but I feel all right about it.

When inspiration's eluding me sometimes I make a firm decision to take a break: Right! For this week I'm not even going to try to write fic! None whatsoever! & sometimes that's enough to recharge me. Sometimes I try to do something out of the ordinary to shake myself up a little. Even if it's something small. I started walking to work a few days a week recently, for a variety of reasons (exercise, being annoyed w/how much the bus costs, enjoying the startlingly nice weather) -- but one of them was that I thought it would bust up my routine a little. Which it did -- I did a lot of thinking about fic while I was walking! Except now walking has become sort of routine, so... hm. Must try something new. ;)

[curuchamion]

1: My brain went on a completely random "IDEK!fic" jaunt and came back with the first half of an asexual!mirror!Odo/mirror!Quark D/s missing-scene fic. ...I DON'T EVEN KNOW. O_O

2: 300 words. As noted, I'm not sure if that's good or bad. *lol*

3: Still doing math homework (confused by half-life, which is bad as I'm a geology major), so still not doing things with numbers. Besides, I'm so weirded out by my writing efforts today that I'd probably need to answer something like "cube root of infinity". ;-)

4: Like littlebutfierce, if inspiration is eluding me, I'll often decide to ignore writing for a fixed time and then try again. (During that time, of course, I'll keep an eye out for prompts or fests that feel like they might inspire me.)

If I have a specific story or batch of stories to work on but just don't feel like the words are "clicking", I'll make a commitment to write something down, even if it's dreck. That's usually only during fic_rush, though (that being my timed-writing event of choice).

[dbskyler]

I need a club.

I've been completely derailed from my WIP due to devastating news in my fandom, and a new fic that insisted on being written immediately in response. Now I need to get myself back into the correct frame of mind for this other fic.

I usually find that the best way to get inspiration back is to re-watch episodes from whatever fandom I'm trying to write (this works because I almost always write television fandoms). However, that's also a great way to procrastinate, so I have to be careful.

[snowynight]

Oh. It must be hard facing things like that. Good luck.

[curuchamion]

*hugs* That is exactly what happened to me with my help_haiti fic - I was just getting started on a Who/X-Men crossover and then Pernell Roberts (Adam from Bonanza) died - and it took me a year total to produce anything publishable for the bidder. So, well, I understand. :-)

[dbskyler]

Aw, thanks. I knew you'd be understanding -- first because you're a great person, but also because you know what a huge shock Lis Sladen's death has been for the DW fandom and for me personally. I do want to get back to your fic soon, though. Not only because it's a commitment, but also because I think it would be good for me to have something more happy to concentrate on.

[snowynight]

I really worry about my progress. I have a frame but the details refuse to get written. Why the details are so hard??? I keep having a feeling that I need to rewrite them (i.e. dumping my word counts)

My fic continues to need every kind of researches. How to spoil a man born in a hard time when you have billions of money? How should a plaque spread? etc.

I find my inspiration by writing other things. Then I go back to deal with it.

[jagnikjen]

I keep having a feeling that I need to rewrite them (i.e. dumping my word counts)

Word counts still count even if you end up revising/severely editing what you've already written. Ask any published author. :)

GUYS I'M DONE WITH MY APRIL CHALLENGE! /o/

[insertcode11]

1. I'M TAKING A BREAK!!

2. I FINISHED my rough draft for spn_j2_bigbang!!! It came in at 269K and over 500 pages AND I'M TAKING A WEEK OFF OF IT before tackling the massive editing. XD So I'll be back for the May challenge. >.>

3. 10!!!

4. If it's like writer's block or I'm stuck in a fic, usually I write a short porn fic. XD Or if I'm just dragging along but know what I'm going to write, I listen to sprints, ask friends for encouragement, and/or do writing sprints.

I'M DONE!!!!!!!! IT'S BEEN TURNED IN TO THE MODS AND I'M DONE!!!!!

[lacygrey]

Im not sure what day were at, but in any case I'm working, not ficing a the moment. Still, most productive weekend this year I think...At least for work.