#wrisomifu

[buttonspushingthemselves]

In light of recent shenanigans from NaNoWriMo, I've been thinking of another November writing tradition with roots on Livejournal: Write Something You Miserable Fuck, aka WriSoMiFu. It wasn't a contest, there were not prizes, the real treasure was in fact the friends we made along the way.

The idea behind WriSo was to write for ten minutes a day - original stories, fanfic, to-do lists, journal or blog entries, anything - and that's it. Also complaining the entire time was both expected and encouraged.

It was billed as "NaNo for the rest of us" and it was great, there was a genuine community of fellow suffering MiFus, and I miss it.

[vashti-lives]

So I super failed out of NaNoWriMo this year because 45 getting elected made everything feel meaningless and hollow and I didn’t want to do anything but sit and cry! 

But that’s a not a great attitude to have forever so I’m calling June my NaNoWriMoReDo, except that it’s still 2017 and everything is still terrible and also work is weird and stressful at the moment so fuck 50,000 in a month and fuck 1,700 words a day. 

Instead my NaNoWriMoReDo is going to be modeled more after he old LJ community Write Something You Miserable Fuck aka WriSoMiFu. Which means my only goal is to open up my current project and write something everyday. 100 words, 50 words a 7 word sentence. Anything goes. The other part of WriSoMiFu was the daily LJ post where the comments were expressly for complaining about how terrible writing is, because that’s a tried and true part of the joy of writing. So that will probably also happen occasionally, if not everyday. 

This year has been generally terrible and I think I have to baby myself back into writing or it’s never going to happen. 

[sapphofinch]

the writers block is strong but the nanowrimo/wrisomifu motivation + rock music is STRONGER

[geesenoises]

Write Something, You Miserable Fuck (wrisomifu) is a Discord server based on the Livejournal community that peer-pressured everyone into writing for at least 10 minutes per day for the entire month of November. (Though the server is not run by the same people! Just drawing inspiration from them.) From the original LJ community profile:

Write Something, You Miserable Fuck is a writing group for underachievers who enjoy the company of same. To join, all you need to do is commit to writing (original fic, fanfic, to do lists, your thesis, your memoirs - anything!) for at least ten minutes each day for the entire month of November. And you are permitted - encouraged even! - to complain bitterly about every single word.

Non-miserable writers are also welcome to join, though please understand we are not all so blessed.

To participate, join the Discord server, commit to writing for at least 10 minutes per day, and complete a daily check-in. Commiserate and encourage each other. We’ll get through this month together.

Please reblog and share the invite link! Message me if you have any questions.

Click here to join! Read through the rules to get started. Come in, get cozy. We start on November 1st. Looking forward to seeing my fellow mifus there.

[geesenoises]

I don’t have anything for WIP Wednesday today, but I am for sure working on getting a wrisomifu discord going. Hope to post a link next week to get some people on board before November starts!

[geesenoises]

i know nothing about running a discord server, but i’m very sad to find that the “write something, you miserable fuck” lj community is permanently closed and it doesn’t seem like anything has taken its place so i’m vaguely thinking about maybe making a wrisomifu server?

does anyone have any thoughts/tips on this?

and if you’ve never heard of wrisomifu, here’s their lj profile: 

Write Something, You Miserable Fuck is a writing group for underachievers who enjoy the company of same. To join, all you need to do is commit to writing (original fic, fanfic, to do lists, your thesis, your memoirs - anything!) for at least ten minutes each day for the entire month of November. And you are permitted - encouraged even! - to complain bitterly about every single word.

[folatefangirl]

Wow, I can’t wait ‘til November when the soul-eating guilt about not working on my fics will finally push me to write for ten minutes a day and complain about it the whole time!

[misty-anne]

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Does anyone else miss WriSoMiFu?  No more Bad Babysitter, or 10 minute word counts....