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?

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[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. ;)