Charcoal Box - Writing Post

[heavensqueen]

Peer pressure or cheerleading?

This is the post for all of you who write better if they don't feel alone.

Comments

November 3rd!

[(Anonymous)]

How's it going for everyone?

Re: November 3rd! - Saaski

[(Anonymous)]

Pledged 200/day.

I'm currently 400 words into expanding and fixing up what I did yesterday, and still going ^_^

(And I have over 3500 words total between the three treats I've started and my assignment! Some of that was started in October. I keep skipping around. I'm not very good at sticking to one thing at a time.)

/Saaski

Re: November 3rd! - Saaski

[(Anonymous)]

I've made it up to about a thousand words added to what I did yesterday! I'm really happy about my progress. 1400 words into my assignment now. It's definitely going to end up over 2k - might well make it to 3k.

I'm still really happy with the plot. \o/

(4100 total so far on Yuletide.)

/Saaski

Re: November 3rd! - Pichu

[(Anonymous)]

Pledge: 500/day
Today: 520
Total: 1630

Finally started on my assignment and a new treat! :) I now have the barebones of four treats (which I seem to have more inspiration for than my assignment since I'm still waiting on a placeholder letter)...

Re: November 3rd!

[(Anonymous)]

I wrote 100 words or so! #o/ If I write that much per day then I'll be very pleased with myself.

Re: November 3rd!

[(Anonymous)]

I keep restarting my assignment fic. Meanwhile my treat is going okay, but I feel guilty about it so it's hard to focus. :sigh:

Re: November 3rd! - Drabbles

[(Anonymous)]

47/500

I was hoping to break 50 today, but I think I'm going to have to go to bed.

Re: November 3rd!

[(Anonymous)]

After terrible "my writing sucks my recipient will hate it I'm writing coal and I'm unable to write their preferred type of fic", I've managed to write a very rough plot outline. I keep getting terrified how long this is likely to get - no way it's under 8k, it'll probably end in the 10k range.

So far I have 2'700 words but I'll probably end up cutting most of them (see: not my recipient's preferred type of fic).

I'm hoping to get a first draft reasonably early so I can hunt down for a beta who'll help me structure/focus/rewrite the thing in a direction more like the sort of writing recip enjoys.

Re: November 3rd! -- LB

[(Anonymous)]

Haven't written anything yet today, and probably won't. I'm sick, and if any writing energy is likely to be used for planning the next bit of writing.

Re: November 3rd! -- LB

[(Anonymous)]

Sympathies. I'm sick too, and at least 3/4 of the day my head is too fuzzy to write anything. It's really frustrating. I HAVE ALL THIS TIME AND I CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT.

/Saaski

Re: November 3rd! -- LB

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks. Hope you're feeling better soon.

Re: November 3rd! -- LB

[(Anonymous)]

You too!

/Saaski

Re: November 3rd! - Mels

[(Anonymous)]

I managed 100 words today, which is better than none!

Re: November 3rd! - Toby

[(Anonymous)]

Haven't been able to start yet as I haven't had time for canon review so I don't feel comfortable enough with the characters' voices to start writing. But my plotting document is getting impressively long so there are words, they're just not story-words...

Re: November 3rd! avita

[(Anonymous)]

Pledged: 500/day
Today: 0
Total: 2490

On the 2nd I wrote a little more after I said I was going to bed, so I'm still ahead of my goal, but just barely. I don't feel bad about skipping today, though, since I went to a book signing and had a great time.