WIP challenge: day 16 check-in!

[littlebutfierce]

We're heading into the second half of this month's challenge? How is it going?

Poll #8328 Day 16 check-in

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 6

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What kind of fic stuff did you do this weekend?

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Wrote
1 (16.7%)

Edited
2 (33.3%)

Sent to beta
0 (0.0%)

Posted
0 (0.0%)

Researched
0 (0.0%)

Nothing at all (deliberately)
0 (0.0%)

Nothing at all (despite wanting to)
3 (50.0%)

How do you feel about the upcoming week of the challenge?

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Are you on track for your goals for this month?

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Not even close
1 (20.0%)

I've surpassed them
0 (0.0%)

Can't tell yet
3 (60.0%)

Roughly on track
1 (20.0%)

For discussion: Lately I've been having a lot of days where I want to write fic, I'm intending to write fic, I have ideas & energy, etc. etc. & somehow the day ends & I realize I never stopped to write fic because I simply forgot or other things got in the way. How do you keep fic from going on the back burner? Is there a way you have to get into the habit of writing fic regularly? Or do you figure that if you forgot to write fic, it just wasn't supposed to happen anyway?

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[lacygrey]

I didn't expect to get much done this weekend fic-wise. Weekends frequently equal housework and sometimes music. So, I was pleased that I at least managed to get a bit of planning done for the coming week. Having found last week that if I set myself a very small and precisely defined goal and stated it here, then it tended to get done before the next check-in post I commented, I made a list of such goals this week. If I can do the one that involves the first chapter, I might even get something to my beta this week.

So, before the next check in I'm going to convert a scene I wrote in first person present tense (which is a method I use when I'm feeling at a loss - I try to be the character for a moment) into third person, past tense, like the rest of the fic.

Discussion: What you described sounds a bit like I get with music practice sometimes, or with RL chores or admin. As for fic, I kind of jot sporadically throughout the day (I'm afraid of losing ideas) with sprints when I need to. I don't put off writing, I just do it in a cursory way if I've got other stuff on and hope to fill in the gaps later.

[littlebutfierce]

Yay for the planning you managed to get done! & I'm glad announcing your goals here each day seems to be helping!

Also, that's a really interesting trick about writing in first person in order to get through a rough spot -- I might have to try that!!

& I am impressed that you manage to do writing in bits & pieces here & there -- I think that's ideal, but it's not something I'm super-good at doing.

[lacygrey]

writing in bits & pieces here & there
I'm too scared of forgetting it otherwise!