WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 31 -- Sunday

[linaewen]

 Hello on Sunday!  What kind of a writing day has it been so far today -- or if today hasn't gotten going yet, how did you fare yesterday?

 

       - I thought about my fic once or twice

       - I wrote

       - I did some planning and/or outlining

       - I did research and/or canon review

       - I edited

       - I've sent my fic off to my beta

       - I posted today!

       - I'm taking a break

       - I did something else that I'll talk about in a comment

 

Sunday Discussion:  It's a new writing week, and the last day of the current month.  Did you meet your writing goals for the month?

 

Comments

[linaewen]

I have thought about my fic a few times this month but didn't do anything towards working on it. I still have time today to get going on it if I am serious about my goal of writing a new chapter. I may not manage that goal this month now, but I should at least do some review to get the story back into my head so I can renew my inspiration!

[mistressofmuses]

Getting back into the right headspace to get back to a story is an important thing. You can do it!

[linaewen]

Thank you! I'm feeling hopeful!

[frogfarm]

I finished the first two scenes in the chapter, and then got stuck. But something will come out today, even if only a paragraph.

[mistressofmuses]

Any progress is good progress!

[peachpai]

I have barely touched anything in a week, my sleep schedule was too erratic to think straight most days. SIGH. I did actually meet and exceed the goal I originally set for myself in January, though, so that's something!

[mistressofmuses]

That's definitely something! I hope your sleep schedule gets sorted out, though.

[brithistorian]

I haven't written so far today, but yesterday I cranked out 1150 words of my most active WIP. Because I go back to school on Tuesday, I had been working overtime in January to get ahead of my goals. My goal, based on a goal 75,000 words for the year, was 6370 words in January. Instead I wrote 37,750 plus whatever I write today. This puts me far enough ahead that I could potentially stop writing for the entire semester and still not fall behind for the year's goal. (I won't stop writing for the entire semester - I need that outlet outside of school for my mental health - but I could if I needed to.)

[mistressofmuses]

That's a wildly impressive wordcount, holy crap! Congratulations!

[brithistorian]

Thank you!

[mistressofmuses]

Yesterday I finally finished the epilogue of my current WIP! Now I'm at a bit of a loss - this was a rough draft, so it certainly needs another draft/rewrite, which I've been looking forward to. I don't know if I want to channel my enthusiasm to start on that, or do the suggested thing and let it sit for a few weeks before looking back at it.

[brithistorian]

Congrats on finishing your rough draft! One of these days I really need to learn to write multiple drafts: I publish each chapter as soon as I finish it and try to fix continuity errors on the fly. I've got to learn to have more patience.

[mistressofmuses]

Thank you!

It took me some doing to get myself to do the multiple draft thing. While I also try to give myself an outline to work from, I'm not great at planning everything I want to go into a story - I discover a lot of threads or themes that I realize later on I'd like to develop, so I enjoy having the freedom to go back and strengthen them.

Though tbh the real reason I started trying to complete things was so I wouldn't feel guilty at being unable to keep to a posting schedule once I do start sharing, haha.

[brithistorian]

I don't even pretend to keep to a posting schedule - I write as much as I can of whatever I feel like, and post it whenever I finish a chapter. Probably not the best of writing habits. ^_^

[mistressofmuses]

I'm a big fan of whatever works for you! If posting as you write and when you feel inspired works for you, there's nothing wrong with that!