check in day 22

[lilly_c]

How is the writing going today? What about yesterday?

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Today I

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wrote
3 (50.0%)

edited
0 (0.0%)

posted
0 (0.0%)

sent to beta
0 (0.0%)

researched
1 (16.7%)

planned
1 (16.7%)

had a cheeky break
1 (16.7%)

dealt with life
3 (50.0%)

Discussion: resources. What are your favourite resources for writing? (this can be anything - software, assistive tech, recurring challenges and exchanges, comms etc) also if you think it would be useful to have, I can make a sticky with resources and try to keep it up to date especially the comms side of it.

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[lilly_c]

For writing I use Libre Office and Jarte. I also use my study bar which is free and has screen mask, dictator option and other things, personally I find this to be a lot better than Read & Write Gold and Dragon. I've recently been trying Grammarly which is free but also has a premium/paid option.

Surprisingly I'm not all that involved with comms and exchanges. The low key/no pressure Summer Mini Challenge is running again from 20.6 to 22.9 sign ups are already open so there's plenty of time.

[rebecca2525]

It's not specific to writing, but the most helpful tool for me to get anything done is Habitica. I always set up writing-specific tasks when I work on something longer.

[linaewen]

I use Jarte almost exclusively (though I'm trying to get the hang of Scrivener, as well). One of my favorite websites for writing is Online Etymology Dictionary, which I use to determine if a word is old enough to use in a story that demands a more archaic vocabulary.

This is my second year being involved in getyourwordsout, and while I tend not to meet my writing goal every month, this has been a helpful community for getting more written than I would on my own. I am also involved in several fandom specific challenge communities that give me good prompts to keep me going with writing ideas.