120614 Thursday: So, how's it going?

[0jack]

So, what's going right for you at the moment? Is a story coming together, do you have some good ideas, are the words showing up? What's good?

Poll #10822

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Today's original fiction work included:

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adding to my word count
1 (25.0%)

research, world building, character development
1 (25.0%)

plotting, outlining, rough notes
0 (0.0%)

discussing or writing about my WIP
0 (0.0%)

daydreaming or working in my head
1 (25.0%)

editing my original fiction
0 (0.0%)

meta: reading about, writing about, or discussing writing
0 (0.0%)

meta: queries, submissions, contracts, taxes, etc.
0 (0.0%)

things external to but necessary for writing (sorting, filing, cleaning)
0 (0.0%)

something I will share in comments
0 (0.0%)

none of the above and that's okay
2 (50.0%)

none of the above and I need help/advice/hugs in comments
0 (0.0%)

How did you do in terms of meeting your goals today?

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Mean: 5.50 Median: 5.5 Std. Dev 0.50

Don't ask! 1		0 (0.0%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)
4		0 (0.0%)
5		1 (50.0%)
6		1 (50.0%)
7		0 (0.0%)
8		0 (0.0%)
9		0 (0.0%)
I would like a trophy! 10		0 (0.0%)

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Comments

[yoshitsune]

sob why is it so difficult to think of what's going good atm...? My writing slump has only gotten deeper this week.

But at least I do have some ideas of what I'd like to do, when I have the beans to do the actual writing. And there's a pairing that has taken over my heart with its warm honeymoon feelings and makes me feel silly and giddy at times; and when I can get it together writing them is really fun.

And I managed to get my hands on a book that's really important to my research (in digital format so I can highlight things as I like :D).

[msmcknittington]

I got a new printer/scanner/copier last week, so I've been cackling maniacally while I print things off lately. And then I highlight! And paperclip! And file in my pretty new file box with carefully labeled folders!

Next week I get to put shelves up in my sewing closet so I can organize all my sewing stuff. Because that's the other thing that's distracted me from writing: My flooded basement sewing room. Sigh.

Anyway, I get to use the stud finder. Let's focus on the positives.

[yoshitsune]

ohhh nice, a new printer is a great thing. Mine has pretty much run out of ink so I just use it to scan.;; But that's also useful when maps/images are involved.

[msmcknittington]

I had to switch focus to a research project for my other hobby, so I haven't been writing much fiction. But I did acquire a book that will help me with research on the steampunk project and did ILL requests for some others to help with the non-writing research project and am kind of regretting I did not check out another on Victorian people's relationships to their bodies and medicine. Oh, well. I bet it will be there when I go back!

I also did some research on traumatic head injuries, so as to avoid having an unrealistic portrayal of a concussion. No hopping right back on his feet for my character! Of course, his leg's also broken, so that was unlikely to happen in the first place, but he's going to have a hell of a headache, too.