WIP challenge - day 5 check-in!

[littlebutfierce]

Checking in! We're inching towards the end of the week. How's it going today?

Poll #6888 Day 5 check-in!

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How's the fic going today?

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Fantastic
3 (21.4%)

All right
3 (21.4%)

Creeping along
5 (35.7%)

Not going anywhere at all
3 (21.4%)

We're nearing the end of the 1st week of the challenge. Are you:

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Behind schedule for your goal
3 (23.1%)

Ahead of schedule for your goal
1 (7.7%)

On track for your goal
5 (38.5%)

It's too early to tell
4 (30.8%)

What did you do today, fic-wise?

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Write
6 (54.5%)

Edit
3 (27.3%)

Send to beta
0 (0.0%)

Research
1 (9.1%)

Procrastinate
2 (18.2%)

Something else I will describe in comments
3 (27.3%)

Three words or less about your fic!

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& today's discussion question brought to you by me having no time at all for fic today. Oh, & by the flamingo, of course. Let's talk procrastination! We all have days where, sadly, offline obligations prevent us from writing fic. But how do we prevent ourselves from writing fic? How do you slack off when you do, technically, have the time to devote to fic? Can you persuade yourself that it's not procrastination, but research or taking a break or catching up on other things? What's the difference if so? & how do you fight off the urge to procrastinate?

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[jagnikjen]

But how do we prevent ourselves from writing fic? By filling the time with other important things.

How do you slack off when you do, technically, have the time to devote to fic? By watching TV or reading or cleaning house or doing laundry, shopping, or hanging out with my kids and playing board games.

Can you persuade yourself that it's not procrastination, but research or taking a break or catching up on other things? Nope, I know better and I've learned/gotten to a place where I just go with the flow. If I don't write, I don't write. And that's okay, because I just came off a year from hell where I had this enormous pressure to write and produce words and it was exhausting and I was tired of it. So in reality, for me it's not procrastinating most of the time. It's just that I don't feel like writing, so I don't. :)

What's the difference if so? & how do you fight off the urge to procrastinate? Mostly, I truly procrstinate when it's time to write a sex scene. I just tell myself to put the words on the page and go back and tweak it later. You can't fix a blank page. :)

As for the poll, I haven't had a chance to write at all today so I couldn't really answer the questions. I'm hoping tonight, I'll be able to work on a fic or two. I got my beta'd story back last night so I'll be looking at the comments and making changes as I deem necessary. And then I'll try to start a new fic...or work on polishing up one of my others and get it ready for posting.

[jagnikjen]

Edited one fic, which is now ready for posting.

Realized another fic had a serious flaw--so I'll have to decide if I want to make it sort of AU or revise it to reflect canon.

Started another fic.

[littlebutfierce]

Congrats on getting one fic to the posting stage, & the progress on the others! (realizing the flaw is probably stressful but important!!)

Yeah, I feel like there's a fine line, for me, between indulging a feeling of not wanting to write (& having that be a good, restful, restorative thing), & letting myself slack off by trying to persuade myself I need a break. Sometimes it's hard for me to tell the difference!

[glitteryv]

Yah, sometimes RL/offline life can eat most (if not ALL) of one's writing time. While I don't stall when it comes to sex scenes, I can sometimes have a hard time keeping the momentum when I'm writing a bridge scene (meaning, a scene where the characters regroup/go about their day/what-have-you before I throw an obstacle or two.)

[bay_alexison]

Haha, I'm like that with sex scenes too. I tend to imagine a lot how I want the the sex scenes to go, but when I try to type it I'm like, "GAH! WHAT IF I MESS UP? D:" But yeah, I then make myself write it out and edit it out later.