Write Every Day: Day 1

[the_siobhan]

I only managed an alibi sentence today, unless you count the 50+ words written on my resume (CV for the Europeans) I swear I had a current resume tucked away on a hard drive somewhere, but the only one I could find is from 2008. Which just a titch out of date. The hardest part has been trying to track down the dates for everything I've done in the meantime.

How did your day go?

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[regshoe]

Oof, that resume sounds like a challenge!

Day 1: I wrote 1,200 words on the second draft of the Flight of the Heron/White Cockades crossover which is my current main project—reworking the pivotal dramatic scene. Just a few more days to go on this draft, I think...

[the_siobhan]

That's a respectable word count! Well done.

[badly_knitted]

Hello, thank you for hosting this month!

Aug 1st - 740 words. A drabble, 3 double drabbles, and some editing on a fic for posting.

[the_siobhan]

Very well done!

[badly_knitted]

Thanks! I was happy with it.

[china_shop]

Congrats on getting your resume done!

Day 1: a little bit of work on my goal fic, some scribbled notes about how the climax is going to go, and I finished and posted a long meta post about the writing theory differences between writing fanfic and original fic.

(My goals for August (how is it August??) are 1) this current fic (which was supposed to be a short diversion while I waited for another fic to come back from beta, but is already just shy of 30k), and b) the fic that has indeed now come back from beta. Also, I'm co-modding a Guardian-specific gifting fest, so I plan to write c) a few (hopefully short!) gifts for that.)

I'll be back later to check in for today (2nd)...

ETA: Day 2: I worked on my fic for a while (and completely failed at noting down a word count). A medium amount? :-)

[the_siobhan]

how is it August??

I KNOW RIGHT!

Well done on all your work!

[trobadora]

On the 1st, I made a few small edits to my everywoman fic. Reveals are delayed, and I won't lie, I'm glad - I've been pretty foggy the last week due to a summer cold, and I'd really like to read through the thing at least once with an actually clear head. *g*

(Ugh, CVs.)

[the_siobhan]

Absolutely understandable, doing any kind of braining is near impossible when I'm feeling stuffed up. Well done on getting some editing done and I hope you feel better soon.

[luzula]

I wrote 500 words on my longfic; total wordcount 60,900. Also I posted a short fic which I wrote a while ago and which just had a few small things left to fix.

My goal for August is to get my longfic at least to 70K, with a stretch goal of 75K.

Thanks for hosting! : )

[the_siobhan]

Sounds like you are on well on the way to your goal. Well done.

[diamond_for_the_stare]

I helped brainstorm FanExpo programming for the Ontario HWA. Apparently there will be a horror stage for the first time this year! Also swapped august open submissions info with some people. There, I wrote four sentences. :)

[the_siobhan]

That all absolutely counts. :-)

[sylvanwitch]

I'm teaching a half-day essay-writing course all week, so I did that this morning, and then I had more adulting to do this afternoon and didn't get to sit down to write until a few minutes ago, so the fact that I managed 150 words on the Laci Waxwing story makes me happy.

Also, I empathize with you, re: resume/CV. I haven't updated mine in probably a decade, but I distinctly remember how difficult it was to recall dates, roles, activities, etc., when I did it back then. I'm glad you got it done! :-)

[the_siobhan]

I actually spent some time scrolling through DW entries, hoping I had announced when I got new jobs. I found a few, so yay for blogging.

Well done on your words!

[ljm]

Day 1: 378 words

[the_siobhan]

Well done!

[shadaras]

Hello! :D Thanks for hosting this month!

Day 1: 900 words of exchange letter. xD

[the_siobhan]

That's an excellent word count. Well done!

[sanguinity]

Aug 1: Finished revising chapter 10 and sent to beta!

Goals for August: Dare I say "finish the draft of Hornblower's Lost Honour"? Now that I've sent off chapter 10, I only have the epilogue left, and I daresay I'm past the halfway mark on that already.

[the_siobhan]

Oh look at you go. Well done!

[boxofdelights]

I did write, though not on the project I meant to work on.

[the_siobhan]

Honestly, I find working on something different the best way to get out of brain block. Good on you for getting words down.

[lferion]

1 August - 155 words on my Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang piece.

Thank you for hosing!

[the_siobhan]

Well done!

[chanter1944]

Hi there! Following the Write Every Day thingie around. :) Managed a few sentences for day 1, which is not zero, but I wish it were more. Now, however, I'm *yaaaaawn* going to bed.

[the_siobhan]

Hey any amount counts. Well done!

[cornerofmadness]

Day 1 400 some words on Digging Up Bones, got another 100 on Bound by Fear and posted that chapter.

Also got 2 rejection letters today

[the_siobhan]

Oh yikes. I'm sorry about the rejection letters, but good on you for your words.

[marvelouscity]

Just an alibi sentence for me too, because the time definitely got away from me and how is it already 10:30?

Thanks for hosting this month!

[the_siobhan]

You have no idea how often I ask that question. :-p

Good on you for getting that alibi sentence down.

[yasaman]

Thank you for hosting this month! My Day 1 started with 560 words on what I'll call WIP 1, which I've been plugging away at these last couple months.

[the_siobhan]

Well done!

[ysilme]

CV writing totally counts in my book! ;op And doing an alibi sentence on top is great; all this application stuff can really sap your (writing) energy, I'm sure.
I originally had somewhat ambitious writing goals for August, following some good things happening to me last month, writing-wise; but between hormones playing me badly (can you say that in English?) and bad health news about a dear friend it's hard to focus right now. OTOH writing is a trusted coping mechanism for me, so instead of my planned projects I might write a lot of drawer fic or so.
Anyhoo, writing-related things did happen yesterday, as I was preparing the moodboards I made for the Scribbles & Drabbles challenge for posting on AO3, and worked at converting the prompts I put with them into a kind of summary/image description for their public posting. I didn't count the words but worked at that for about two hours.

[the_siobhan]

"Hormones playing me badly" isn't a sentence I've come across in English but it absolutely works. In fact it's very lyrical.

Good for you for getting all that done even when you aren't feeling at your best. Sometimes distraction is a good thing.

[silveradept]

Day One managed to do a little bit of trying to write my way out of the situation I had written myself into. Haven't fully done it yet, but there's light at the end of the tunnel for this. I think.

[the_siobhan]

Well done on your progress!