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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[destinyislands]

I edited/look over something I have due near the end of the month. That was about it for today. I had planned to do some canon refresh/research for my Kaleidoscope assignment, but...I ended up not? I don't know what happened.

Definite deadlines tend to make me more focused on getting writing done. Otherwise, I end up slacking a lot with ideas I get. Giving myself a specific set amount of time to write within helps a lot too.

[littlebutfierce]

Yay for the editing!

I really need to do more Kaleidoscope canon refresh myself. ^^;;;;

Deadlines help me, too -- some fics I'm just kind of internally on fire to finish? The ones that you just HAVE TO WRITE ASAP. But for the rest, yeah, I find deadlines useful.