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!

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 14

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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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[charamei]

Apparently I suck at procrastinating, because I was fully intending to give writing a rest until Monday and yet in the past hour I've cleared my workspace (read: wall), taped a piece of A2 paper to it and got half my story arc(h) for the novel drawn up. Ahhh, the dewy-eyed first romance between author and story. It won't last ;)

I have a bad habit of procrastinating by writing other fic, or working on the wrong story ;) But that's assuming I get as far as opening Word... half the time it's refreshing the reading list, refreshing Lifehacker, and The Sims 2. And TV! And, you know, everything else in the world...

[jagnikjen]

Ahhh, the dewy-eyed first romance between author and story.

Go with it--even if it doesn't last. We gotta get while the gettin' is good.

[glitteryv]

I hope your romance goes strong. *cheers you on*

[littlebutfierce]

Oh, the honeymoon period for a fic! I wish I could stay in that "I AM A GENIUS" stage forever. ;)

But hee, apparently your muse has things you should say earlier than you thought! That's kind of exciting.

Procrastinating by writing other fic is kind of a good procrastination... at least you're still writing? Though yeah, I get sucked into refreshing my reading page a LOT.