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wordstitch ([personal profile] wordstitch) wrote in [community profile] onedeadplotbunny2015-02-05 10:56 am
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Check-in time?

How's everyone doing with their writing this week, now that we've passed the half-way point?  Have you been working on your WIPs?  Made any progress?  Run into any trouble?  Let's talk about it!  


(not sure if I'm supposed to post this, but since nothing was posted yesterday I thought I'd go ahead!)  

 
 
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[personal profile] retsuko 2015-02-05 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I've gotten about 2,000 words on my WIP done this week. Feeling really good about that. AND I've signed up to attend the first writer's group meetup that I signed up for later this month. :)
retsuko: (tea room)

Re: as for me...

[personal profile] retsuko 2015-02-05 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Good for you for writing despite emotional upheaval! *high-fives you*

What is the 750 words challenge?
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[personal profile] retsuko 2015-02-05 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I am excited! It's a "shut up and write" group, the idea of which is that it's more of a space to get some work done instead of actively critiquing one another's work, but I'm hoping to meet some neat people and perhaps form a satellite group for that. Right now, I think about 8 people are going to come.

I'm writing a long piece of original work that started as a Christmas present, then became a birthday present, and now is an unknown-finish-date present for my significant other and a friend. ;)

ETA: What sort of writing group are you attending? :)
Edited 2015-02-05 21:23 (UTC)
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[personal profile] crookedspoon 2015-02-05 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
After [community profile] fic_promptly's Contest Week (that coincided with the last mad rush of [livejournal.com profile] femslash100's drabbletag), I find myself in a bit of a writing slump. It's not surprising, but I still don't like it. I have an abundance of ideas that need whittling down.

As for deadlines, I have one fic to edit ASAP, and another to write until the 14th. That one I haven't started yet. Overcoming that hurdle is difficult sometimes, especially when I have other things to occupy myself with.

ETA: Forgot to mention I do so love your username! :D
Edited 2015-02-05 21:58 (UTC)
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Re: as for me...

[personal profile] crookedspoon 2015-02-05 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Good luck with the challenge! February seems like a good month to start.
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[personal profile] crookedspoon 2015-02-05 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Go you! 2k is impressive :D
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[personal profile] alasse_irena 2015-02-05 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I...have not been productive, although I *thought* about my bingo card. Oops.
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[personal profile] alasse_irena 2015-02-05 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh god, I have like *four* bingo cards from three years ago still lurking, none of which I filled out a single square on....hopefully I will improve this time!

My card is from genprompt_bingo (I don't know how to make that a link on my phone)....but thus far it has not made me more productive.

I have like 20 minutes before I have to go to work. *starts up computer hopefully*

[personal profile] chordatesrock 2015-02-05 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I finished a first draft of something on my list!
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[personal profile] dhampyresa 2015-02-05 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I made good progress, I think. This evening I got home, fired up the word processor and wrote 725 words in 45mn which was an experiment that seems to have worked out awesomely. Shall repeat and get more data.

[personal profile] chordatesrock 2015-02-05 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Wait, the wips are dead bunnies? I thought the WiPs were live bunnies that died when they were written. Hence, "the only good plotbunny is a dead plotbunny" would mean "the only good plotbunny is one you've already written".

(Thank you so much for the encouragement!)

[personal profile] chordatesrock 2015-02-05 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent, that's a good pace!

[personal profile] chordatesrock 2015-02-05 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Eh, I'll call it done when I've got it edited. It's definitely got one foot in the grave now, though! :D
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[personal profile] menage 2015-02-06 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't made any progress since Sunday. *keels over*
For the past few days I've been questioning my work, even though it's unwritten! I've been wondering if the characters would even be in character, or if the au i'm writing is too far from canon, and generally I've been asking myself other negative and discouraging questions. Wah, a first draft is just a first draft so I know I shouldn't overthink it. It has to be written before it can be edited and judged, right? So why can't I make my inner editor understand? So all week I've been staring at my outline, thinking about the next scene, and then my thoughts wander to negative things like, "this is complete and utter trash and no one will want to read it."

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