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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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Anyway. I've had a lot of luck with the Pomodoro Technique. Tl;dr version: set a timer for 25 minutes, and just write for those 25 minutes. Take a break for 5, then repeat. It's a small enough chunk of time that I can see the end - my e-mail will still be there in 25 minutes - but long enough I can pound out some serious wordage.
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Great suggestion with 25/5 system.
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Ooh, I looked at the Pomodoro Technique a while ago &... never picked it up. Maybe I should try!!