November 2019 - Day 3

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Here is the place to tell us about your daily success (or the lack of it)!
May the magic be with us all!

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[elmey.livejournal.com]

What I did the first three days

Put together my prompts for the holiday exchange. We give three prompts and it always takes me forever to come up with something. I don't know why I labor over them to such an extent but I do. And of course 90% of the time the author takes them completely literally which is what I am trying to avoid. Because I never take prompts literally... hmmm I'm beginning to think that perhaps I'm the one who's been doing it wrong :D :D

Spent yesterday editing/revising someone else's writing--a last minute beg for a good friend.

Today I took a look at unfinished stories in my folder. There are a couple of fairly short ones that I can fiddle with for the next few days until I choose the prompts I want to write for the exchange. They're unconnected scenes right now, I want to see if I can give them some sort of an underlying thead that ties them together.

We switched to standard time today (rather than daylight savings time). That means that sunset comes at quarter to five--and even earlier as the next couple of moths go on. I hate that, I love having more light in the evenings. Ugh.

[ylla.livejournal.com]

I thought I was the only person as far north as that!

(The idea of (giant?) moths bringing the sunset is slightly terrifying ;-) )

It all sounds like progress :-)

[elmey.livejournal.com]

We're not really that far north, I'm just outside NYC. When we lived in the city the early sunset didn't bother me as much, maybe because the lights are always on, and you're in and out of buildings all the time. Or maybe because I was younger :) Now it's more connected to cold weather, and I don't like driving in the dark, and I just want more light!

[ylla.livejournal.com]

You must be further east within your timezone, I think - our sunrise is getting on for 7:30 now, although our sunset isn't much earlier than yours. I always forget how much different there is from one side of a zone to the other.

But it's been rainrainraining here, so it's dark even when it's light :-/

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

The time change always makes me restless and, hence, very little writing gets done. You seem to be off to a really good start, though!

[elmey.livejournal.com]

It certainly makes the cats restless, they don't do mealtime by the clock and have no hesitation about letting me know :)

I'm going to try for a regular writing schedule this month.

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

That's mine as well and when they start with, "Food? Food? Food?" nothing much gets done...

Best of luck!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Fiddling with short stories can be so very satisfying - they are short, after all! I wish I could write short stuff more often. That way fewer of my stories would have more chapters than hits (not to mention reviews - and no, I don't consider nitpicking as reviews).

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Yes, there are always more readers for the shorter stuff. I admit that I also hesitate starting on a long story unless I know I have a block of time to read it.