My personal fannish corner

August 2016

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Writing:

I'd already decided to go to bed last night when I left a comment on a fic, and noticed how wordy it was. So I decided to stay up and try to write, and lo and behold, 1000 words just flowed right out. And they don't even sound horrible now. Yay!

My brain didn't even want to stop after I'd gone to bed at midnight and kept suggesting more words. I am on a day trip today - let's hope I still remember any of those words tonight. ;)

ETA: Am dead tired, the day consisted mostly of climbing stairs and I have no energy left at all. Last thing I want to do is break my streak, though, so I wrote down one of the snippets I still remembered from last night - a little more than an alibi sentence, but only just.

Organization:

I haven't heard from zippitgood. Do we have to make backup plans for September?

ETA: zippitgood wrote me back today and she's ready to take over on Thursday! So everything will go according to plan!

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Day #30: auroracloud, esteliel, fan_girlishness, plaid_slytherin, trobadora (5 of 10)

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Writing:

A thunderstorm came by last night and lowered the temperature somewhat. Let's hope this is beneficial for concentration.

ETA: I started the transition into the next scene, 350 words so far, and I might write a little more today, I don't know yet. I thought about motivations as much as I could and still don't know what exactly she's thinking. I'll just have to find out where writing it leads me, I guess. :)

And a relaxing Sunday to everyone!

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Day #28: auroracloud, avon, esteliel, fan_girlishness, plaid_slytherin, trobadora (6 of 10)

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Writing:

I slept a little better last night, and I have the whole morning free. As usual, I dawdled away my time, but there's still an hour or so left... let's see if I can make something of that.

ETA: Yes, that was a productive day. I wrote 1300 words in two sessions.

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Day #26: auroracloud, avon, esteliel, fan_girlishness, trobadora (5 of 10)

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Writing:

As suspected, the things I wrote over the last three days sucked. Not that I went in the wrong plot direction, but they were stilistically terrible. I needed to rewrite it all. That's what I did last night, and got 300 words for my trouble.

Unfortunately, I went to bed with the feeling that the plot sucks, too. I thought I could space out the ending over three chapters, but now I feel like I don't have that much time or it'll get boring. But I don't want to cut all the sex. ;)

Dilemma. I'll see if I can trouble my beta for plot advice.

ETA: did some fiddling with the character arcs and am now no longer quite so pessimistic about my ability to pull off some kind of prolonged plot line that isn't boring. So far I only did some editing, but I'll try and sit down to write more tonight.

And you? Is the weather as good where you are, too?

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Day #24: afrozenflowerr, auroracloud, esteliel, fan_girlishness, miss_morland, plaid_slytherin, trobadora (7 of 10)

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Writing:

My mind's a blank. My cold refuses to completely go away and it's hard to think again today. But I'm at a good point in my story. I only have three chapters to write. That sounds doable in the four weeks I have left.

How are you doing?

ETA: My head refuses to clear, but I added one tiny aspect of 80 words that came to me last night. I'll call that a success for today.

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Day #22: afrozenflowerr, auroracloud, avon, esteliel, fan_girlishness, trobadora (6 of 10)

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Writing:

I hope I have finally put my cold behind me. *knocks on wood*

Today's going to be a busy day - starting in half an hour, I'll be going from one appointment to the next, until 10pm tonight. So I'll try and get some more done on that character arc sheet right now. That way I can at least think about the story while I'm away from the computer.

ETA: The character arc happened and is now up to date. I'm going to count this even though I didn't manage to turn it into any actual words for the story. But I can tackle that tomorrow.

I'm glad to hear that you are doing well (and trobadora is still hanging in there. Best wishes to you!). miss_morland has finished her thesis and started on new fic, auroracloud is writing her novel full steam ahead, and navaan is still writing on her own and checking in every few days. esteliel is working on an exchange fic due in four weeks.

I haven't heard from avon in two days, but it was a hot and busy week. She's been steadily writing on her novel, too.

What's up with you, afrozenflowerr, plaid_slytherin, and zippitgood?

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Day #20: afrozenflowerr, auroracloud, esteliel, fan_girlishness, plaid_slytherin, trobadora (6 of 10)

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Writing:

Oi, so the alibi sentence I sat down to write last night turned into 500 words. :D

I'm not sure I will be able to use all of them, though. I should think more about how to connect to the next canon event.

My story is set within an episode, and only goes slightly AU on certain aspects, so I have a pretty rigid framework into which to fit my plot. Now I have to get through two, maybe three, scenes of plot until I can tackle the next sex scene. I'm confident I can keep my momentum going until then. *g*

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Day #18: auroracloud, esteliel, fan_girlishness, navaan, trobadora (5 of 10)

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Writing:

Thank you for all the good wishes. A night of sleep has already helped a lot, but I'll take it slow today. Which means I'll have a lot of time to think about my story! :D

ETA: I did a long-overdue reread of the first five chapters of my story and edited little details that don't fit the developed plot anymore. It only got 100 words longer in the process, but at least now it has fewer factual errors. ;D

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Day #16: auroracloud, avon, esteliel, fan_girlishness, navaan, trobadora (6 of 10)

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Writing:

I had the whole morning free and dawdled my writing time away. Ooops. Well, vacation is vacation. I'll see if I can manage anything before lunch, at least.

ETA: I used my last free hour before lunch to write 300 words, and I think I'm finally happy with the scene as it is now.

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Day #14: afrozenflowerr, auroracloud, avon, esteliel, fan_girlishness, miss_morland, navaan, trobadora (8 of 10)

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