ext_41457 ([identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] picowrimo2022-03-05 07:06 pm

March 2022, Day 5

This is the place to tell us about your daily success (or the lack of it)!

May the magic be with us all!
artemis10002000: Don't drink water... fish have sex in it (donghua Jiang Cheng)

[personal profile] artemis10002000 2022-03-05 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
That's something to celebrate! Definitely sounds like a very work-intense scene, it is good to be past that.
artemis10002000: Don't drink water... fish have sex in it (donghua Jiang Cheng)

[personal profile] artemis10002000 2022-03-05 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I have still not started yet since one small task or another distraction keeps getting in the way, but officially declaring my intent to get a least some editing done tonight

[identity profile] akane42me.livejournal.com 2022-03-05 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Very impressive to have the draft done already. It must have been tricky. I had to look Sumerian mythology up to even know what it is:) Wow. You plunged right in and worked through the exorcism! Good job.

[identity profile] akane42me.livejournal.com 2022-03-05 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Good luck! I hope you'll be able to do some editing later on.

[identity profile] akane42me.livejournal.com 2022-03-05 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
No writing on Day 3 and 4. Just too much going on and I turned into a sloth during the little free time I had.

But I'm back at it today. This morning I wrote and transcribed 350 new words, and I will spend time looking for an episode in which Illya Kuryakin briefly thinks Napoleon has been killed. I can't remember which episode it was. I want to take a fast look at it to see how to use this specific bit of the episode in my story. I hope it won't take too long to find the episode.

In other writing activities, I will create the Weekly Reader post for mfuwss, and write some overdue notes to some friends.

[identity profile] sallymn.livejournal.com 2022-03-05 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)

I posted the prompt ficlets from yesterday… the first, an extremely silly but fun (for me!) one with the prompt 'dragons' I redid a bit of what I wrote, and then a bit more, and so today added enough to make it just over 1200 words (nothing happens, of course, this is me). It's for the Chalet School books by Elinor Brent-Dyer (https://rthstewart.dreamwidth.org/173768.html?thread=13775560#cmt13775560), but don't worry if you've never heard of them :)

I did another for that prompt, a tiny tiny and very silly snippet (three sentences for once! - and only 69 words) from the Dragonriders of Pern (https://rthstewart.dreamwidth.org/173768.html?thread=13776840#cmt13776840) universe :)

And this one for The Untamed (https://rthstewart.dreamwidth.org/173768.html?thread=13777096#cmt13777096), based on the prompt 'hair braiding' (with Nie Huaisang and Jin Guangyao).

And I have a couple of ideas to write up in the next day or two :)

artemis10002000: Don't drink water... fish have sex in it (donghua Jiang Cheng)

[personal profile] artemis10002000 2022-03-05 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I have! I got one chapter edited. Gonna try for some more.

[identity profile] adafrog.livejournal.com 2022-03-06 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
Why is the idea of bastardized Sumerian mythology so interesting?

[identity profile] adafrog.livejournal.com 2022-03-06 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
You can do it!

[identity profile] adafrog.livejournal.com 2022-03-06 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
Being a sloth is also good.

[identity profile] adafrog.livejournal.com 2022-03-06 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Yay!

[identity profile] adafrog.livejournal.com 2022-03-06 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
I wrote in my Lenten journal last night. Some comments today.

[identity profile] gavinf1980.livejournal.com 2022-03-06 08:21 am (UTC)(link)
Managed about 15 minutes of X-Files fan fiction writing last night, and worked on finishing one scene and writing another.

I'm working my way through a murder mystery story that's inspired by "The Man with Two Brains" but having a subplot involving the Smoking Man that isn't going to be explained — yet.

[identity profile] candidlily.livejournal.com 2022-03-06 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I wrote 1.3k! Lots of little sections written throughout the day added up nicely.
artemis10002000: Don't drink water... fish have sex in it (donghua Jiang Cheng)

[personal profile] artemis10002000 2022-03-06 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
It's true! I ended up editing what is currently chapter 4 as well, though after editing I realized it is a little too short to make a full chapter. But still!

[identity profile] sallymn.livejournal.com 2022-03-07 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
"Bastardized Sumerian mythology and stuff"... I like :) I have a habit of doing that myself for whatever history/mythilogy/whatever I am playing with (some of my fandoms like Stargate and Merlin, it's pretty mandatory!)

Congrats on your progress!

[identity profile] sallymn.livejournal.com 2022-03-07 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
Well done! I know how sometimes starting can be hard, especially when real life gets in the way...)

[identity profile] sallymn.livejournal.com 2022-03-07 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Those small tasks that seem like they'll just keep you busy for a little.... they add up, don't they?

[identity profile] sallymn.livejournal.com 2022-03-07 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Sloths are good (have you heard the Flanders and Swann song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RNqBOyPX9Y)?)

I'm glad you got stuff done today, though! And watching the episodes to find that all-important scene is research :)

[identity profile] sallymn.livejournal.com 2022-03-07 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Definitely yay :)

[identity profile] sallymn.livejournal.com 2022-03-07 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] sallymn.livejournal.com 2022-03-07 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
Comments are good, people do appreciate them :)

[identity profile] sallymn.livejournal.com 2022-03-07 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, it's best to keep something back... I hope it goes well :)

[identity profile] sallymn.livejournal.com 2022-03-07 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
Oh well done, that's an awesome day's work!
artemis10002000: Don't drink water... fish have sex in it (donghua Jiang Cheng)

[personal profile] artemis10002000 2022-03-07 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
They sure do, and before you know it the day is over

[identity profile] akane42me.livejournal.com 2022-03-07 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I agree completely:) Thanks!

[identity profile] akane42me.livejournal.com 2022-03-07 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks:) I'm happy to have gotten back on track. I can't afford to skip days, there's only two weeks left!

[identity profile] akane42me.livejournal.com 2022-03-07 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I have not heard the song! I love it!
Still haven't scanned the episodes, but I will do it today. I already know I'm going to use the first scene from the first episode and the last scene from the final episode. The trick will be to find the episode in which one character thinks the other one has been killed. Fortunately there are some wonderful websites that summarize the episodes, so I hope I can find it quickly. Then in the days to come I'll watch the episodes — I have the DVDs, yay that will be fun!

[identity profile] adafrog.livejournal.com 2022-03-07 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh. Very interesting.

[identity profile] adafrog.livejournal.com 2022-03-07 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
:)

[identity profile] akane42me.livejournal.com 2022-03-07 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Well done! That first one's very lively, enjoyed it:)
And awww, Dragonriders of Pern, I've always meant to go back and read the first few books of the series. I just loved those books.
And the braiding ficlet — nice!
'... small, careful, gentle... bloodied, murderous, cruel hands.' eeek that was a great last line there.

[identity profile] akane42me.livejournal.com 2022-03-07 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Way to go, the daily Lenten journal. And comments can take time, it's amazing how much. Which is why I'm always behind on them:)

[identity profile] akane42me.livejournal.com 2022-03-07 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
This sounds great! Good luck with the story! Yay Smoking Man!

[identity profile] akane42me.livejournal.com 2022-03-07 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
What!!! Wow! Fantastic word count! I am impressed that you were writing throughout the day, as well. Moth to the flame! Way to go:)

[identity profile] sallymn.livejournal.com 2022-03-08 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! I am trying to vary the fandoms I am doing this for.

[identity profile] sallymn.livejournal.com 2022-03-08 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a sign of Serious Fanning when we are pretty sure which episodes we have to go to for certain sorts of scenes {g}

[identity profile] akane42me.livejournal.com 2022-03-10 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
LOL yup. The trouble is, the scene I can't find is tiny, and it has nothing to do with the plot! So I'm looking for a needle in a haystack among the many, many, many episodes I can't categorically rule out. I think I'm going to have to give up on finding that scene, though. I've spent enough time looking for it with no luck. My last resort, and this is only after I have pretty much finished the story — I could scan the scripts and do a last minute revision to use the scene instead of inventing something:)

Well, if I ever do find that scene, I'll use it for some other little story!