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writethisfanfic2011-05-07 09:33 pm
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WIP challenge - day 7 check-in!
It's my last day doing the check-ins for this month -- tomorrow I hand over to lola_mento. Thanks very much to everyone who's volunteered to do check-ins, hooray! If something comes up & you can't take your shift, please let me know ASAP & I'll find someone else (or step into the breach). Also feel free to experiment w/the format of the check-in! (I think, because I'm a paid member & an admin for the comm, I should be able to allow any members, whether they are paid members or not, to post polls -- perhaps one of the check-in folks could let me know? If it doesn't work I'll check w/Support.)
Anyway! On to today's poll.
For a discussion topic, I'd like to hear about how folks get, & stay, in the zone when writing. We all have periods when we're more distracted than others, but I feel like sometimes I can't sit down to write without switching over to another window to look at DW or check Twitter or see if an e-mail's come in. Every other minute. I should probably use an internet blocker, sigh. Has anyone been able to improve their concentration or minimize distractions? What did you do? Somehow I still manage to write things even while flicking between tabs, but I wish I could focus more. Do you struggle with this?
lola_mento. Thanks very much to everyone who's volunteered to do check-ins, hooray! If something comes up & you can't take your shift, please let me know ASAP & I'll find someone else (or step into the breach). Also feel free to experiment w/the format of the check-in! (I think, because I'm a paid member & an admin for the comm, I should be able to allow any members, whether they are paid members or not, to post polls -- perhaps one of the check-in folks could let me know? If it doesn't work I'll check w/Support.)Anyway! On to today's poll.
Poll #6909 Day 7 check-in!
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 12
The fic! How is it going today?
Have you been able to do any of the fic-related stuff you set out to do this weekend yet?
And what fic-ly things did you end up doing, then?
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Write
7 (63.6%)
Edit
2 (18.2%)
Send to beta
0 (0.0%)
Research
2 (18.2%)
Procrastinate
4 (36.4%)
Something else I will describe in comments
3 (27.3%)
Your fic, in three words or less!
For a discussion topic, I'd like to hear about how folks get, & stay, in the zone when writing. We all have periods when we're more distracted than others, but I feel like sometimes I can't sit down to write without switching over to another window to look at DW or check Twitter or see if an e-mail's come in. Every other minute. I should probably use an internet blocker, sigh. Has anyone been able to improve their concentration or minimize distractions? What did you do? Somehow I still manage to write things even while flicking between tabs, but I wish I could focus more. Do you struggle with this?
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None of the words have to do with the actual prompt yet, but...they help set up the attitude in the prompt, I guess?
Oh well--300+ words!
I'm pretty bad about checking e-mail, DW, procrastinating in general, etc. This week I started keeping my Gmail open in a tab, which helps some with that. I've also been writing a bunch of OTHER things rather than the stuff I'm assigned to do. Oops. I respond pretty well to rewards, so maybe a system like <user name="jagnikjen"> suggests would be helpful for me.
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Heh, I keep my Gmail open in a tab, but that means I spend a lot of time clicking over to see if anything new has come in. ^^;; I have the Gmail notifier (where you have a little icon in your toolbar w/the number of unread messages you have), but it doesn't update that often (I need to go look at preferences to change that), so I end up looking at my Gmail tab anyway.