WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 28 -- Monday

[linaewen]

Hello on Monday!  What kind of a writing day has it been today -- or yesterday, if today hasn't gotten going yet?

•     I thought about my fic once or twice
•     I wrote
•     I did some planning and/or research
•     I edited
•     I've sent my fic off to my beta
•     I posted today!
•     I'm taking a break
•     I did something else that I'll talk about in a comment

Discussion  - When your writing routine is disrupted, how do you get back on track?

Comments

[linaewen]

I am making it a point today to do some kind of work on my writing so that I can get back on track and establish a routine once again. I have a deadline coming up on Wednesday, so I'm hoping to submit my story for that challenge on time!

My routine has been disrupted so many times by other demands that I really no longer have a routine. I'm trying to change my time management and priorities to include more writing, since if I wait until I am "more free", I'll never get any writing done. After a disruption, I usually spend time reviewing notes and research I have already compiled, look over my outline (I always have an outline of some kind, even if I haven't written a word for the story yet), and I reread previous chapters if it is a chapter fic. Sometimes canon review is necessary if I have been away from the fic for too long! That routine usually helps me get back into the story enough that I can move forward.

[samuraiter]

My brain is absolutely not working today, so ... that discussion question is remarkably on point. @_@ I'll let you know what my answer is once I figure it out.