Check in Day 17

[creascendo]

Hi everyone!  Sorry for the later than usual post.

How is your writing going today? 

Did you:

• plan
• research
• write
• edit
• send to beta
• post
• take a break
• deal with life
• do something else

Discussion: Improvements.  Have you noticed improvement in your writing (or writing-related skills) over time?  Are you proud of your higher words-per-hour count?  Or your research techniques?  Is editing easier each month?

Comments

[samuraiter]

Had a great morning. Managed 1,300 words!

Improvements. Hmm. It isn't so much speed, though that's certainly gotten better. Really, it's been more ... efficiency, if that makes sense. I've gotten a lot better at handling the words and making them do what I want them do; that is, my style's gotten more flexible over time. There really is some truth to the old saying that you need to get all one million of your bad words out in order to dig deep enough to get to the good ones. (Well, hopefully, my bad words weren't as bad as all that.)

[linaewen]

I've been away all week with no chance to write or even get online. Hopefully I can do some catching up today -- I think I have a challenge fic due, so I expect I'll work on that. ;-)

I have definitely improved in my writing over time. Not that I was all that bad to start with, but the way I use my words has improved so my writing flows better than it did before. I'm getting a better feel for punctuation, too, which helps with the flow. Unfortunately, I have digressed in the area of words-per-hour (or even words-per-week) due to letting my busy life mess with my quiet writing time (among other things). I am proud of my editing, it's something I'm good at and something I do in real life on a regular basis, and research is always awesome. I think research is my favorite part of writing!