check in day 10

[lilly_c]

How is the writing going today? What about the last two days?

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Today I

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wrote
3 (60.0%)

edited
0 (0.0%)

posted
0 (0.0%)

sent to beta
0 (0.0%)

researched
0 (0.0%)

planned
2 (40.0%)

had a cheeky break
0 (0.0%)

dealt with life
1 (20.0%)

Discussion: research. How much time do you spend on research (including canon review)? Do you research before you start? Do you research as you're writing?

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[justanorthernlight]

I wrote today, finally getting to the good stuff.

I find research to be an excellent form of procrastination, and I've basically stopped doing it before writing (excluding canon review). If I need to research something, I google it in the moment. I've wasted so much time 'researching' when I was just afraid to commit to putting the words on page. Fortunately, I don't write things that need an excessive amount of research.

However, I do canon review pretty regularly, it recharges me and keeps the character voice fresh.

[linaewen]

Mostly just got planning done today.

I probably spend a lot of time researching, mostly because I really love doing it. I do quite a bit of research before starting, but usually have to also do some while I'm writing. If I can, I put a placeholder in as I am going so I don't have to stop, but sometimes I just stop, go research, then come back to writing

[doranwen]

I am, sadly, creating worksheets like crazy, trying to keep ahead of students (and hopefully meet the deadline I have for having a specific batch of them ready to sell to someone as a bundle at the end of the summer), so writing is not happening (though beta has my last updates for when they get back to this country as they are traveling).

I research as I'm writing, generally, for what I need to be able to write any one scene, which occasionally means initial research just to have the story work (I need to know all the details possible so I can decide which ones to include or not to include - handwaving is very difficult for me).