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See, the problem I have whenever I read a lot of fanfic is that I start looking for a certain plot or trope that I want to read, and if I don’t find it, I want to write it. But I already have several unfinished stories I’m working on and barely any time to write and I don’t want to have another unfinished thing hanging over my head.
This wouldn’t be such a problem if I was capable of writing something that wouldn’t take 100k words. But my story ideas are always so chonky.
I don’t know why I’m hyperfixating on fanfic lately, but it’s really nice to take the time to read again. I’ve been leaving lots of comments to put some good juju out into the fandom world. I miss the community fandom used to be
I spent all my free time these past 4 days binge reading Din/Cobb fanfics. 10/10 would recommend.
588 words tonight! Most nights I don't have the spoons for writing, but I really felt the need to, so I stayed up tonight. I'm doing some work on my second novel for today, at least, but most of my writing lately has been fanfic.
My kids have been off of school for a week and a half now. Since I don't have to spend my lunch hour going to pick up my youngest from school, I've been spending most of my lunches in the break room, writing on my laptop. It's been working out okay so far. It's not the most creative of spaces, but I've been managing to get a few hundred words out per writing session. Which is a lot better than my output the past several months since I started working again.
Since I've been doing my little word count checkpoints here, this is what I managed last week:
Tuesday, 5/26: 393 words
Wednesday, 5/27: 236 words
Thursday, 5/28: 352 words
Friday, 5/29: 384 words
I'm feeling pretty good about the steps I've taken towards getting momentum going again! Of course, my brain is kinda swimming in story thoughts now, and it's kinda driving me crazy that I have to DO THINGS that aren't writing, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Oooh, 627 words tonight! I'm not used to staying up this late anymore since I started working full time. And I did have a tiring day today. But I'm happy to take a little time tonight for myself after SEVERAL busy weekends in a row.
I’ve had to give up Critical Role Campaign 4 for now. I just don’t have enough free time for it anymore. And tbh, I’m not enjoying it as much as previous campaigns. I feel like maybe it’s too structured? I miss the original cast all being together at the same time. While I find the story interesting, it feels more like a performance rather than friends gathering together and playing a narrative game. I miss the spontaneity, the goofiness, the jokes, the trolling. The incredible moments when the characters go in a completely unexpected direction and none of it was planned or outlined in advance but it’s somehow the most meaningful thing.
I don’t mind change, but this has been so drastically different. It’s been hard for me to feel like it’s even the same show.
Ugh, I’m falling asleep and kinda rambling. Off to bed.
It sucks having to call out sick right before you’re finally allowed to take sick leave. Like, you fucking germs couldn’t have waited until Monday to get freaky??? You had to go infect me today???
Rude.
I do a lot of complaining about not being able to write cuz I'm busy and tired all the time. Which I also do in real life, which is fun for everybody involved. BUT my husband is lovely because I've been talking about ways I might be able to write during my lunch breaks when the kids are out of school and I don't have to pick up the littlest from school for a while. And I mentioned maybe getting a very small, inexpensive laptop to bring to work so I can write in the breakroom maybe. And also whenever I go somewhere where I have to do a lot of waiting around.
My birthday is a week from Monday, and because my husband is the best husband and also pretty predictable, he got me that laptop. And it's adorable and the perfect size (12-ish inch screen) and I can't wait to put stickers on it. And hopefully use it to get some writing done finally.
