Check-In – Day 30

[samuraiter]

*gets a new stack of papers to shuffle*

My apologies for missing yesterday, but ... here is Wednesday! What have you been doing?

— Thinking. Maybe a little, maybe a lot.
— Writing.
— Planning and / or researching.
— Editing.
— Sending things to the beta.
— Posting!
— Relaxing, taking a break, etc.
— Other stuff-ing. Look at the comment.

Question: If you do not meet your writing goals for a month, how do you process that? (Me? I apologize profusely to myself and try to do better the next month.)

Comments

[linaewen]

Still haven't written up my handwritten story, but I have more free time after today, so it's on the docket for the weekend. Did some other writing today, so managed to at least be productive.

If I don't meet my goals, I tell myself they are still worthy goals and vow to try again to accomplish them the following month.

[frogfarm]

Was expecting today to continue the post-vacation relaxation of no writing, but ended up with some last minute scribblings on Yet Another Buffyverse/Bodyswap. (As ever, there are some things of which I never grow tired.)

I don't set goals for writing as much anymore, except to always at least think about it every day. I tried goals when I was writing the series, but they never really stuck; the only things that sort of meet that descriptions are ficathons, challenge responses and other 'by request' type stuff where things are set in stone to one degree or another and it's up to me to whip up a meal that satisfies those requirements. Those were always fun, helped me stretch my muscles in unexpected ways, and it's something I should get back into.