WIP challenge day 6 check-in!

[littlebutfierce]

The writing session is still rolling on, but I'm sneaking out for a bit to do this post! (Besides, I did more in the session than I thought I would, so hooray!)

Poll #7693 WIP challenge day 6 check-in!

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 7

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What have you done today on your fic?

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Wrote
7 (100.0%)

Edited
4 (57.1%)

Posted!
1 (14.3%)

Sent to beta
1 (14.3%)

Researched
1 (14.3%)

Procrastinated
0 (0.0%)

Took a planned break
0 (0.0%)

Something else I will describe in comments
2 (28.6%)

And how many words did you write today?

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0-249
1 (14.3%)

250-499
1 (14.3%)

500-749
1 (14.3%)

750-999
4 (57.1%)

1000 or more
0 (0.0%)

How did the first week of the challenge go for you?

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For discussion: What do you do when you really need to buckle down & work on your fic? How do you close out all the potentially distracting things in your world? In the writing session we talked about internet blockers (like Leechblock & Chrome Nanny). Do you use anything like that? Turn off your phone? Tell your family to stay away on pain of death?

Comments

[rebecca2525]

I'm now at the beginning of the final chapter. \o/

I live alone, so other people aren't an issue for me. Although most of my procrastinating involves the internet, I've never tried to use any of the programs you mentioned. I do sometimes write when I have no access to the internet, but it doesn't feel like I get more writing done then. My thoughts just wander off if I want to procrastinate. And since writing is a hobby for me, cutting myself off from the internet feels like too much of a sacrifice. *clings to internet*

[littlebutfierce]

Woohoo!! That's awesome -- go you! Good luck pressing on & getting the last chapter done.

Writing is definitely a hobby for me too, but... sometimes I get itchy if I have too many WIPs & feel like I have no progress on them. ^^;;; Though, yeah... cutting off the internet, even in short stints, is hard for me! (Plus I need it for research sometimes when I am writing...)

[rebecca2525]

Yeah, research is a good point. You don't realise who often you search for little things until you don't have internet access. And not being a native English speaker, I also use an online dictionary and thesaurus and sometimes just google expressions.