"I'm going to finish my damn story!": a support thread

[Soixenta]

I did it! I finished the final chapter of my series!

Not that I have not loved writing about Ted the Mage, but I will be happy to go back to writing silly smut.

 

[StillStunned]

I did it! I finished the final chapter of my series!

Not that I have not loved writing about Ted the Mage, but I will be happy to go back to writing silly smut.

 

[NuclearFairy]

I'm gonna do it! I'm going to write that tentacle monster on merman scene!

 

[NuclearFairy]

I managed 333 words last night!

 

[StillStunned]

I managed 333 words last night!

 

[anthrodisiac]

I actually made meaningful progress last night after sluggishly plinking away at chapter 6 of my series for the last week. 445 words. Which is about 10 times as much as the previous 5 days combined.

 

[Soixenta]

I am 1300 words into my second story for @Omenainen's Pink Orchid challenge. It is intentionally abstract, but the spanking has already started!

 

[StillStunned]

I actually made meaningful progress last night after sluggishly plinking away at chapter 6 of my series for the last week. 445 words. Which is about 10 times as much as the previous 5 days combined.

 

[BeechLeaf]

(The spanking will continue until morale improves.)

I've been rearranging notes in several files, hoping I don't lose anything, and have now settled down to two well-planned WIPs. So I have deleted the old one with the very temporary title 'Alice's Sister WITHOUT Orgies' (needed to distinguish it from an earlier one).

 

[StillStunned]

I am 1300 words into my second story for @Omenainen's Pink Orchid challenge. It is intentionally abstract, but the spanking has already started!

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[Omenainen]

(The spanking will continue until morale improves.)

There’s only one answer to this!

 

[StillStunned]

I've been rearranging notes in several files, hoping I don't lose anything, and have now settled down to two well-planned WIPs. So I have deleted the old one with the very temporary title 'Alice's Sister WITHOUT Orgies' (needed to distinguish it from an earlier one).

I can't think of a meme for this. Have a kitten instead.

 

[old_prof]

There’s only one answer to this!

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[Omenainen]

I was thinking the same thing.

Great minds etc!

 

[old_prof]

Great minds etc!

Or great stories..

 

[anthrodisiac]

Great minds etc!

I mentally transposed that to "grate minds" and now can't stop thinking about using a cheese grater on a brain.



...Nope, still thinking about it.

 

[Statius]

I mentally transposed that to "grate minds" and now can't stop thinking about using a cheese grater on a brain.



...Nope, still thinking about it.

Violence isn't the answer, especially torturous violence; although sometimes the way my brain works, I do wonder if mine wasn't put through a grater, or should be.

Regardless, think I FINALLY unlocked the answer to the prologue that's been giving fits for weeks. Now I just need the time to write it.

 

[anthrodisiac]

Violence isn't the answer, especially torturous violence; although sometimes the way my brain works, I do wonder if mine wasn't put through a grater, or should be.

I think mine was put through a paper shredder, and they happened to include most of the paper in the wastebin when they glued it back together.

 

[Seurat]

Stick to one project only. If you can't choose, flip a coin and discard everything until one remains. If you say "but I wanted X and now I must discard it!", discard everything but X.

Give yourself a deadline. Put consequences on it. Look up loss aversion.

You will live and breathe that project only from now on.

I was doing so well... for a little bit. Decided to eliminate one of the sub plots (good idea, I think) and then got distracted when I perused the forums and saw the contest list. A totally shit and trope filled contest entry entered my head and I knocked out the Alpha in 27000 words in a day or three. First revision coming up.

Then I dropped a 7500 word note on a sequel to my Clay Witch story because I had a thought in the shower.

I'm heading back to do the plot elimination on the first this evening, and I hope that I am not overcome by all those little thoughts that cry out to be added to other partially written stories. I'm trying for a deadline of tomorrow. If I don't make it, tell my family I love them.

 

[ThatNewGuy]

I knocked out the Alpha in 27000 words in a day or three.

Holy crap. 27,000 words in three days? That's astounding! Congrats.

Then I dropped a 7500 word note on a sequel to my Clay Witch story because I had a thought in the shower.

Some of my best ideas (and breakthroughs when I'm stuck on a scene) happen in the shower. Love it when that happens.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

Holy crap. 27,000 words in three days? That's astounding! Congrats.

No, that's crystal meth. : P

 

[KittyOfSteele]

A totally shit and trope filled contest entry entered my head and I knocked out the Alpha in 27000 words in a day or three. First revision coming up.

Welcome to the 10K-a-day club. May Walter B. Gibson's Shadow inspire you.

 

[Seurat]

Holy crap. 27,000 words in three days? That's astounding! Congrats.

Yeah, I have no problem with diarrhea of the keyboard except finding a comfortable position to type from. I have plenty of ideas (many times too many) but can't finish. In Lit terms: plenty of [brain] tease, no orgasm.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

Well, the novel is up to 59k and only have the final scene to go. I have it on pause to switch over to my Tainted Love entry which is now officially underway. I have 900 words. It's a slow start and I don't know how long it will be. I'm guessing 15-20k? I hope that I can make the deadline.

 

[Erozetta]

No, that's crystal meth. : P

Hyperfocus would be my guess.