November 2021, Day 15

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Hello? Anyobody still here? *waves at vanished fellow writers*

This 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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[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Still in the process of re-reading unfinished old stories in the hope that inspiration might hit.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

I do that too. Sometimes it helps, sometimes I wonder what the hell I was thinking about :D

[ylla.livejournal.com]

That can be good fun :)

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Yep, been there done that :) It reminds me that I can churn the words out... and also how much I love those characters.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Still here :)


as usual, the weekend was not conducive to writing, but I managed to squeeze in a bit of research on locations and some technical issues I needed to clarify so I don't sound like a complete idiot!

Managed about 200 words of usable writing today, it'll part of the introduction to the story.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

200 usable words are nothing to sneeze at!

[ylla.livejournal.com]

Sounds good to me :)

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Yay for locations (I love doing that, and spend far too much time on ooohing and aaahing over pictures) and 200 words!

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

Day 15: A bit of writing in the notebook this morning
250 words, toying with an idea for the story's emotional arc. I still have to finish watching the episode before I go any farther with this idea. I never got back to doing that, and I'd better get it done so I can move on.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That's a good idea. Moving on is important, or else one can get stuck at a point for too long. *says the author of several decades-old WIPs*

[ylla.livejournal.com]

Be sure always to call it please 'research'. Watch well!

[elmey.livejournal.com]

May I ask what episode? Or do you prefer to leave it as a surprise?

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

That sounds good, I hope watching helps!

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, RL did give me a walloping with a couple of bad days so no writing (except for my Sunday positivity post, which I try not to miss if I can help it). Unfortunately, it's the kind of RL that can't be usefully turned into fiction (especially not the plumbing problems bit)

But I got some written today — a fanfic I was quickly reading in bed annoyed me so much I am responding with a decidedly snarky (and nonfannish, the characters have all been turned into originals so I aren't tempted to plagiarise/pastiche the original author) story. About 700 words of story and ideas down.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

700 words? That's impressive. It shows how far righteous indignation can get you. ;))

[ylla.livejournal.com]

Can't sleep, someone is *wrong* in this fanfic :D Good word count, though!

[elmey.livejournal.com]

If I had written a story for every fanfic that annoyed me... :D :D

But how great that it at least inspired you, I'm sure by the time you're done it'll stand on its own as a good story.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

I'm here. Busy day at work, so just notes. And some comments. :) Haven't even thought of the next essay topic yet.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

The topic will come to you in good time. *fingers crossed*

[ylla.livejournal.com]

You've been getting things done.

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Hello, hello! It has been a crazy few days...so apologies for the disappearance! No words as of yet...but I'm ruminating, lol!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Ruminating is writing, too — it just happens in your head instead on paper!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It was not a writerly day for me — I did my stint in the little charity bookshop where I volunteer on Mondays, then met my daughter for tea and a sandwich, accompanied by a good gossip, and we did some shopping together. Came home, cooked dinner, and collapsed in front of the TV for the evening!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Family time is important! And to collapse in front of the telly is not a bad way to recover.

[ylla.livejournal.com]

I am still around, but for the last few days I've felt like I had time either to write words or to write comments!

Not that I wrote many words, either - 101, and some general tidying up. I think I was mostly busy sewing up some of the charity knitting - hats and so on - that's lying about being untidy.

From about 1600 the trade in coal had become steadily more important as the pressure on wood for all kinds of purposes grew and less could be spared for fuel

[elmey.livejournal.com]

I admire you for getting in some words at least. And I think we decided your knitting work counts for a few stars :)

[candidlily.livejournal.com]

Had to take an unexpected trip somewhere without internet for most of the day, but I managed to get 400 words in!

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

400 is terrific :)

[madwriter.livejournal.com]

Not doing NaNoWriMo specifically, but mainly because I'm already working on a novel.

As of today, 12,500 words added this month. :)

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Oh that's wonderful! What is the novel about?