November 2021, Day 19

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

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]

I had another big baking day. But as of tomorrow, I'm taking a break from the baking and will try to do some writing again.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Writing will seem like a vacation after all the work you've been doing!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

We'll see. Usually the baking is the relaxing part...

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Yay baking!

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Creativity comes in many forms (I wonder if I can persuade Sis that the flapjack she is making is a study/writing aid for me? :)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I have had a good day :) I have finished the chapter of the WIP — I did about 1,100 words this afternoon and revised some of what I'd already done, and the chapter comes in at around 3.750 words. Now to pass it to my beta.

Here is a bit focussing on Spike -

Spike looked deeply into the wine glass. As the contents caught the light he was reminded of blood. Blood drunk from a similar glass, from a mug, on Weetabix… or straight from the neck of the victim, still pulsing out until their heart realised the situation was hopeless. And yet Maedhros believed he, Spike, should be free to go and live in the outside world, see the stars, feel the sun, see Dawnie… but not himself.

Tough one.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

A very successful day then. Very good description of a contemplative Spike!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It felt good to have it all fall into place and fit at last.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Like a jigsaw puzzle that magically arranges itself, isn't it?

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

That's it exactly! All the bits of conversations, and the points of the argument suddenly fell into order and made a logical whole. It is so good when it fits together like that!

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Very good.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, that's good (the throwing in of the mundane 'Weetabox' is great, gives it extra pulse and personality).

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Back in the original series it was mentioned that Spike ate Weetabix with blood on, so I can't really take credit for the idea — just for remembering to use it in the right place.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Not much done today, just some "thinking". Got my booster shot and have been lazing around the rest of the day just on principle ;) No bad effects so far and I suppose I should rouse myself and make dinner.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

The thinking is important — if I hadn't been thinking over the past few days I wouldn't have been able to finally write it all down today :)

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

That's a wonderful point!

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Good day. :)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Well, writing would hardly happen without thinking, would it?

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

That's a good excuse to rest up (aka laze away, we also call it vegging out :)

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Still working on the same little ramble (I can't yet call it a story) of Two People and a Death Worm On Legs, I did some more descriptions for the ancient and mildly Lovecraftian city they are still on the outskirts of which made about 440 words (gove or take, because I keep changing and/or scrubbing bits). I also chased up some Important Visual Aids aka pictures off google :)

One thing about adapting/changing fannish characters into one's own characters for a story... one can happily bash write a fanon favourite I personally can't stand as I see him without feeling like I'm bashing upsetting people who love the fanon :) Not that he's more than passingly mentioned, but still... these versions are mine all mine (and I'm still thinking of names, for them, for the Death Worm On Legs, for the city... happy sigh)

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Yay :)

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Yay indeed, this is going slowly but I'm liking it :)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

A Death Worm on legs? Now that I'd like to see!

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

It'll probably turn out in my head like one of those medieval drawings of dragons/wyrms I'm so fond of (and have a LOT of pictures of :)

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[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Notes and some comments today.
Did figure out what the next essay will be about. Probably. lol

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Planning ahead is always useful. Even if you change the plans as you go.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Probably is better than 'oh dear god I have nothing else sooooo....' which is where I start at too often :(

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Mostly comments today...too tired to Brain properly, it seems.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Then you should rest and allow your brain to figure out things on its own while you sleep.

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Alas, that rest thing has not happened yet — but I'm excited that this may happen for me tonight, lol!

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Braining can be hard some days...

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh, yes!

[candidlily.livejournal.com]

331 words today!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Good job!

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Well done!