Checking in on Day 26 and 27

[linaewen]

My apologies again for not being on top of the check-in posts this week.!  Real Life is taking the ball and running with it at the moment, and I'm not able to keep up at the moment.  ;-)  Hopefully after today I'll do better at posting and commenting on what you've already shared.

In the meantime, we're checking in for yesterday and today!  So report any writing progress you've had in the last couple of days -- or otherwise, if like me you have been otherwise engaged.

Today's possibly somewhat helpful quote:

See things as they are and write about them. Don’t waste your creative energy trying to make things up.
Even if you are writing fiction, write the things you see and know. 

1.  How as it been going for you lately?

• 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:  Do you find experiences from real life work their way into your writing?  Is this a good thing for you or bad?

Comments

[eggcrack]

1. I'm writing, to the point I got my first coherent fic of the year out yesterday! Today I'll be editing another one I'm hoping to post soon.

2. Well if you insist..

3. 5 since I haven't done anything yet today, but I'm still happy about yesterday's achievement and feel optimistic about today's editing job.

4. Not always, but I've discovered lately that there are things in my subconscious that insist on coming out every now and then and I'm planning to write them out one way or another. However, writing is also about testing the limits of your ability to imagine and while real life experiences have their role, your writing shouldn't by any means be limited only to them. Imagination is a way to experience too.

[linaewen]

2. Well if you insist..

That is excellent! I find it rather difficult to write in first person, but that fit the scenario very well.

Hope the editing is going well!