Writing Log, 1/1/2019-1/7/2019
Jan. 7th, 2019 06:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
todisturbtheuniverseI've decided to keep a weekly writing log, of sorts. I used to post these on Tumblr, two years back, but since I steadily drifted further and further away from posting fanfiction, it started to seem out of place over there. Now that I'm doing the GYWO Habit Pledge (240 days), I want to keep a better record of what I've been working on and do more reflection on the whole process. This'll also be a good way to get me used to Dreamwidth, in case Tumblr really does manage to collapse and I need to exist elsewhere on the internet.
So, to the log.
I made a goal for January to spend just 5 minutes writing every day--enough to get me back in a regular habit. My discipline definitely dwindled toward the end of 2018, with a combination of holidays and burnout and wedding planning and work nonsense. But the first week of January was a good time to get back to it: I only had to work two days, I had a couple of days home alone, and I did a ton of writing. 5 minutes daily, easy. All but one of those days, I wrote more than 30 minutes. I worked on a bit of fanfiction for Stardew Valley; all these random ficlets are really piling up, and I hope I'll get time to clean some up to post soon. Mostly, though, I worked on the F/F contemporary romance (fondly code-named "Sandwich Lesbians" due to one character's familial sandwich shop) that I'm putting together a proposal for. Finally figured out a couple of the things that caused me to stall out on this at the end of last October, and got well underway with two chapters written. Total of 12,275 words, though I'm trying to focus on quality over quantity this year.
This week, I need to focus first on getting my DM prep done for our Pathfinder game this weekend; it'll be the last one for about a month, our longest break to date, due to scheduling conflicts. I have a lot of the content left over from last session, just need to make sure everything is shipshape before barreling into the game this Saturday. After that's set to rights, I'll go back to working on the romance, or maybe polishing up a ficlet or two for posting.
I have some other goals in January, mostly health related: make sure I'm reading a book per week (mental health) and getting exercise 3 times per week (both mental and physical health, honestly). I read 2 books this week, and exercised on 6 days, either by getting a long walk in or finally making use of the stationary bike while it was raining over the weekend. My legs...are a little sore.
In summary:Onward.
So, to the log.
I made a goal for January to spend just 5 minutes writing every day--enough to get me back in a regular habit. My discipline definitely dwindled toward the end of 2018, with a combination of holidays and burnout and wedding planning and work nonsense. But the first week of January was a good time to get back to it: I only had to work two days, I had a couple of days home alone, and I did a ton of writing. 5 minutes daily, easy. All but one of those days, I wrote more than 30 minutes. I worked on a bit of fanfiction for Stardew Valley; all these random ficlets are really piling up, and I hope I'll get time to clean some up to post soon. Mostly, though, I worked on the F/F contemporary romance (fondly code-named "Sandwich Lesbians" due to one character's familial sandwich shop) that I'm putting together a proposal for. Finally figured out a couple of the things that caused me to stall out on this at the end of last October, and got well underway with two chapters written. Total of 12,275 words, though I'm trying to focus on quality over quantity this year.
This week, I need to focus first on getting my DM prep done for our Pathfinder game this weekend; it'll be the last one for about a month, our longest break to date, due to scheduling conflicts. I have a lot of the content left over from last session, just need to make sure everything is shipshape before barreling into the game this Saturday. After that's set to rights, I'll go back to working on the romance, or maybe polishing up a ficlet or two for posting.
I have some other goals in January, mostly health related: make sure I'm reading a book per week (mental health) and getting exercise 3 times per week (both mental and physical health, honestly). I read 2 books this week, and exercised on 6 days, either by getting a long walk in or finally making use of the stationary bike while it was raining over the weekend. My legs...are a little sore.
In summary:Onward.