September WIP Challenge Check-In, Day 5 -- Toot Your Horn Sunday

[soldierwitch]

Happy Sunday, y'all!

I'm Witch. I'll be your check-in host for this week. Happy to be reveling in all things writing with everyone.

Whether you see this day as the end of your week or the start of a fresh one, I thought we could use today's check-in to give ourselves a pat on the back for what we've accomplished so far in September.



Here are our discussion prompts:

-Name one thing you're happy about with your fic and/or the fic writing process so far.

-Share something you're proud of that you accomplished. Have you thought about your fic more than you had? Did you put something on the page no matter how short? Did you finish your outline or a first draft? Whether it's a big or small achievement, toot your horn!

-What do you have planned for this week in the September WIP challenge? Are you taking time off from writing? Pivoting to another part of your process? What are your goals for the week?

Comments

[peachpai]

I'm proud of myself for getting back to writing after weeks of nothing. I set a tiny goal last week at 50 words a day, and most days I exceeded it! I find this trick highly effective for getting my brain to remember how to put words on a page. 50 words is only about two sentences and I get the satisfaction of achieving a goal. :) I think I will probably continue the same goal for another week and then see about increasing it a bit if all goes well. Any larger goals feels like a bit much right now, and I'm far enough ahead on inkingitout that I have plenty of wiggle room.

[soldierwitch]

Oh, I love that daily word count goal! Achievable and low stress. I'm going to have to add that to my writer's block tool box because that's fantastic. Glad to hear 50 words a day has been working for you. It's always good to set reasonable goals, I'm still working on that myself.

How is inkingitout btw? I'm contemplating signing up when it opens up again at the end of the year.

[peachpai]

I highly recommend it and I hope you also find it useful! It's something I picked up in my grad school days for times I was in a slump on my dissertation or struggling with anxiety. Breaking down monthly goals into bite size chunks is the only thing that consistently works for me.

Honestly, I expected to drop it a few months in, yet here I am at the 55k mark lol. It's great! Extremely low pressure, you can work on anything you want - it all counts toward the goal, even stuff that never sees the light of day. The mod team is lovely and supportive, I enjoy the weekly check ins.

[soldierwitch]

Oh, really? That's exciting. I thought it had to be 75K of a specific fic. If I sign-up I think I'll be focusing on a high word count WIP, but I'm glad to know there's wiggle room. Also, congrats on hitting the 55K mark!

[peachpai]

Thanks! :D

Yeah even though the main focus is overall word count, there is a slot to list project name in the tracker chart you're given for the challenge, so it's easier to keep track of progress on a lot of different things.

[soldierwitch]

Okay, I'm no longer on the fence. I'm definitely signing up in December. Everything you've mentioned sounds great.

[peachpai]

Well then, welcome aboard early! :D I will probably sign up again next year too.

[soldierwitch]