WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 10 -- Wednesday

[linaewen]

Hello on Wednesday!  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 - Do you have creative dry spells which affect your ability to write?  How do you weather them?

Comments

[linaewen]

My work week has not been conducive to writing so far, but I remain hopeful that something will happen with getting words on paper before too many more hours go by.

I have had quite a few creative dry spells lately, mostly due to setting aside a story for too long and not being able to get back into it, or because I'm too stressed from Real World stuff that distracts me, so I can't concentrate on being creative. Even so, I try to keep my hand in by tweaking my outlines (which are usually extensive), brainstorming ideas even if I don't actually get around to writing them, and rereading what I have already written (and sometimes editing if I find something that doesn't work as well on a second look). This usually gets things flowing again (though not always immediately!).