WIP Challenge: Day 22 Check-In

[katzenjamming]

Hey y'all! It's Thursday and half the week's already gone... has it been going well for you? (But I'm feeling better today -- thanks for the wishes!)

So, what'd you do today?

• Wrote?
• Planned?
• Edited?
• Researched?
• Sent to beta?
• Posted?
• Took a break?
• ...did something else? (Tell us in the comments!)

Discussion Topic: Is there a certain time of day, practice you have, or other catalyst that sparks inspiration in you (fannish or otherwise)? What is it? Is it something you can count on for giving you ideas, or is it touch-and-go?

Comments

[katzenjamming]

Haven't done any writing yet today (dealing with what I'm guessing is either a stomach bug or insane food poisoning @_@).

But today's topic came from the fact that I just got a shower, and during so I spun off a whole alternate approach to the first chapter in my big WIP that might actually work better than what I have, which I'm super-excited about. I've noticed that no matter what time of day I get a shower, I usually get lots of ideas for various things -- whether it's fic, or ways to approach anything else I have to get done for the day. I really need one of those waterproof notapads to hang in there!

[littlebutfierce]

Oooh, the shower thing is a good idea! I can't remember where I saw it, but it was either on a blog about depression or one about productivity/not procrastinating (maybe the blogger dealt w/both issues?): the person said that if they're feeling stuck & upset & blah, they take a shower, & it pretty much always at least makes them feel a little better. I try to do that (& often faaaaaail) -- if nothing else it gets me physically in a different place, which can help (if I've been sitting on the internet refreshing pages uselessly instead of going to bed or folding laundry or something).

[jagnikjen]

One of the reasons why showers work is because they relax you and the "wall" between the right brain and the left brain is less rigid so ideas can flow more easily from one side to the other. Same for being sleepy-ish.

[katzenjamming]

Wow, I totally didn't know that! I guess this new information proves that I should definitely devise a way to get some writing materials into the shower with me. :P

[littlebutfierce]

Interesting!! I didn't know that. Though the flamingo has just pointed out a possible peril in the shower plan, hehehe.