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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[glitteryv]

I worked on another story (adding about 1,650 words and doing a final edit before sending it to beta). Then, opened my goal fic doc and . . .kinda . . . stared at it for a little too long. Added my (now usual) 400 words. I'm focusing on spending some time wrasslin' with this fic over the weekend.

As for procrastinating, well, there's the usual surfing of DW, LJ and the handful of blogs I read. I can get distracted rather easily.

What I figure works for me is to sit down and write about an hour or so after I get home from work. By then, I've already shaken off the workday, have had dinner, answered emails and commented on my close friend's posts.

That's not to say that I do this everyday. I just work at making it a habit. Occasionally, I struggle (like in the past two days when I had all the intention to really work at my goalfic, but ended up a little on the the slacker side), but there comes a point when I end up looking forward to shutting the whole world out and seeing where my fic is going to go.

[littlebutfierce]

Wow, yay for all the progress on your fic! Writing is still writing, so even though it mostly wasn't on your goal fic, that's awesome. Good luck focusing on that one this weekend.

By then, I've already shaken off the workday, have had dinner, answered emails and commented on my close friend's posts.

Oooh, I try to do this too, except it doesn't end up being an hour after I get home, b/c I do get sucked into playing on the internet a lot first. :/ I have my 750words.com e-mail reminder to come in at 6 pm, but oftentimes it just sits there for a few hours before I get to it. & if I'm just doing a brain dump in there, no fic, then sometimes it's even harder for me to get around to writing until much later. Sigh.