Write Every Day: Day 3

[the_siobhan]

This might be just a check-in post, we'll see if I can get a sentence or two in later tonight.

Tonight I'm attending a virtual history lecture on the Toronto Circus Riot being hosted by the Ontario Genealogical Society. I love hearing about stories like this because it proves that no matter how ridiculous and far-fetched your story might be on the surface, history has something even worse.

And having typed that, it just occurred to me that I should put my own name under the dates I managed to get writing done. D'oh.


Day 3 Tally:
china_shop

Day 2 Tally:
china_shop shadaras diamond_for_the_stare sylvanwitch sanguinity lferion chanter1944 ljm cornerofmadness marvelouscity regshoe yasaman boxofdelights luzula ysilme badly_knitted the_siobhan

Day 1 Tally:
regshoe badly_knitted china_shop trobadora luzula diamond_for_the_stare sylvanwitch ljm shadaras sanguinity boxofdelights lferion chanter1944 cornerofmadness marvelouscity yasaman ysilme silveradept the_siobhan


Let me know if I missed your name at any point. And feel free to jump in any time.

Comments

[regshoe]

Day 3: 1,300 words of re-drafting, and if tomorrow goes well I should be able to finish the draft then...

[the_siobhan]

That's an amazing wordcount. Well done!

[badly_knitted]

Aug 3rd - a triple and a quadruple drabble, so 700 words.

[the_siobhan]

Well done!

[badly_knitted]

Thank you!

[trobadora]

Some fic editing for me on both the 2nd and the 3rd.

[the_siobhan]

Yay for productivity!

[shadaras]

Day 3: ~1,200 words of fic! :D

[shadaras]

Day 4, since this seems to still be the most recent post: A lot of fic comments, due to an exchange revealing, and some noodling about an exchange assignment. I think I know what I'm doing for it? We'll see if I still agree with myself in the morning. :)

[the_siobhan]

The brain noodling is an essential part of the writing process. :-)

[the_siobhan]

That's an amazing word count!

[silveradept]

Checking in for Days 2 and 3, then, progress made in digging myself out of pits of my own making (totally intended that, no, really) and trying to get these things done before deadline.

[the_siobhan]

Hey if it works, you totally intended it. ;-) Well done.

[luzula]

Wrote my 500 words; total wordcount 61,900. Hope you get some writing in, too!

[the_siobhan]

You're doing amazing! I envy how consistent you are.

[luzula]

Thanks! My goal is 500 words a day, which I mostly manage.

[armiphlage]

That clown riot was disturbing.

[the_siobhan]

It's a pretty wild story.

[warriorsavant]

Hadn't heard about that lovely incident. Thanks.

[the_siobhan]

It's one of my favourite pieces of local history.

[sylvanwitch]

Ooooh! That sounds like a fascinating lecture! Enjoy!

Today was another day when I hit a wall, energy-wise, and have struggled to find motivation once my adulting was done, so I ended up adding another 179 words to the little thing I started yesterday.

I really do need to go back and finish the two? three? stories that also started this way. *sighs*

[the_siobhan]

It was really interesting. It tied into the history of sectarian violence in the city that really isn't talked about.

Sometimes your brain needs to be distracted by shiny things. They'll still be there when you have the energy to focus on them.

[diamond_for_the_stare]

Six sentences of journal and some research on military fiction with women MC's.

[the_siobhan]

That sounds really interesting. I'm looking forward to hearing more about it.

[alexseanchai]

3: I wrote an entire scene!

…They're still not at the event. Though at least now they're in the building and they're appropriately dressed and accessorized?

[the_siobhan]

Wahoo! Well done. :-)

Characters do develop minds of their own, don't they.

[sanguinity]

Aug 3: Further editing on the epilogue.

[the_siobhan]

Go you!

[lferion]

3 August -- 40 words on a poem for Fan Flashworks

[the_siobhan]

Nice! Well done.

[ljm]

Day 3: 213 words

[the_siobhan]

Go you!

[cornerofmadness]

How was that lecture? Thanks for linking to it. I have never heard of it but enjoyed the story.

Day 3 - edited a little and got 370 words on Digging Up Bones

[the_siobhan]

It was really good - I ended up ordering a couple of books about local history by the lecturer because he was so engaging.

Well done on your progress!

[cornerofmadness]

Oh very cool

[chanter1944]

200 words, give or take, for day 3. 150 or so of those words surprised me a little, but hey, I'll take it.

[the_siobhan]

Never look a gift muse in the mouth. :-) Go you!

[elusis]

I mean does it count if I didn't write a single word on any of my actual projects, but I wrote a lot of words on two Performance Improvement Plans I wish I didn't have to write, and lots of words of tedious emails??? probably not huh.

[the_siobhan]

Pft, it absolutely counts. Sometimes getting the stuff we're dreading out of the way is an achievement all of itself.

[yasaman]

Day 3: 617 words on WIP 1 today!

[the_siobhan]

Go you!

[boxofdelights]

I wrote stuff.

[the_siobhan]

Go you!

[ysilme]

I love hearing about stories like this because it proves that no matter how ridiculous and far-fetched your story might be on the surface, history has something even worse.
This. I hope it's been fun!
We're in the next heatwave and yesterday has been miserable. I occupied myself with writing detailed image descriptions for my moodboards, which amount to 1095 words.

[the_siobhan]

Hopefully the weather breaks soon for you. We had a massive thunderstorm today and it feels like somebody took a weight off my forehead.

Well done on all you managed to accomplished in spite of it.

[china_shop]

4th: 903 words on my WIP, which is a triumph given everything else that went on today.

[the_siobhan]

Go you! That's a great word count.