Cue writing-related flail.

[allfireburns]

Okay, so I am finally coming to terms with the fact that I have to drop out of tardis_bigbang, again, because this was, creatively speaking, the month from hell and I could not write anything no matter how much I wanted to. It happens, and I'm trying not to let it bother me too much - I did manage to write a couple small things in the past few days, and those made me feel marginally better about myself.

750 Words, by the way, is really kind of fantastic. I have been playing with it for about a week, and even though I am still not hitting the daily goal most of the time (and I totally missed writing today because... I slept through it...), it gives you points for writing. The best way to make me do anything is to make it a competition (even if I am mostly competing with myself and/or TIME ITSELF), so I think it's pretty cool. Writerpeople, you should go poke at it and see if it works for you.

And speaking of competitions... writerinadrawer is starting up again this summer. And even though I should have learned better last time, I am seriously considering signing up again. I do have a guaranteed spot if I want it, and it might be really helpful to have something to do with prompts and people to compete against and stuff... On the other hand, it might just drive me crazy and make me want to set everything on fire. That is also a possibility. Thoughts, anyone? I haven't been so great at keeping writing commitments this past year or so, but I don't really think avoiding trying is really the way to fix that. *Indecisive flail*

Comments

[yetregressing]

Dude. Thank you for the 750 words link. I just rambled for like 13 minutes. I think it's kind of cathartic to have fairly unpressured writing (unpressured is totally a word) that keeps word counts for you. Kind of like a relaxed Write or Die thing, and it's all private. I don't know. I actually haven't tried writing anything other than emo crap yet, but maybe I will in the future. I don't know. (Also maybe this will be good for my summer, as I will be forced to write my morning pages actually, y'know in the morning.)

*hugs* I love you. And, um. Stuff.

[allfireburns]

You are very welcome! I thought you were one of the people who would probably appreciate that very much. I need to stop putting off my daily writing until an hour before midnight, but it is still getting me to write at least a little bit every day. Still working up to 750 a day. XD

It does put me in mind of a very relaxed Write or Die - which I love, but lately WoD stresses me out way too much to actually be productive with it.

[yetregressing]

Yeah. Especially because I don't have much time (or brain) and so when I write it doesn't feel like I'm DOING anything, and Write or Die doesn't work for me except during NaNo, for the exact same reason--it just stresses me out, because it feels like I am required to write something with plot or whatever. And I forget that I can actually turn words out--again, I'm not doing fiction stuff yet, but I have an hour between when I wake up and when I go to school and in that time I can actually make myself WRITE. And I tend to forget that.

[ordinarygirl]

Uh... honey, you know that both years you've done it, WIAD has driven you crazy and made you want to set everything on fire... right? I mean, it's not like it'd be that DIFFERENT...

*advocates signing up*

*considers doing so herself even though she would totally either a) not get in, or b) fail HARD*

[allfireburns]

Don't go bringing logic into this. :|

But hey, as long as you don't mind (possibly) a couple months of greater-than-usual insanity from me...

[ordinarygirl]

I never do, and you know it. <3