kate | Write Every Day: October 2023 Day 17

Well, a bit of noodling on the way to rehearsal not only didn't narrow my ideas down, I actually thought of another one. SIGH. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to actually outline a bit and see which one is doable in the timeframe.

Day 1 tally:

alightbuthappypen,

badly_knitted,

carenejeans,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

kate,

luzula,

lferion,

regshoe,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

silveradept,

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

yasaman,

yhlee,

ysilme

Day 2 tally:

alightbuthappypen,

badly_knitted,

carenejeans,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

kate,

lferion,

luzula,

regshoe,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

silveradept,

sylvan_witch,

trobadora,

yasaman,

yhlee

Day 3 tally:

alightbuthappypen,

badly_knitted,

carenejeans,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

kate,

lferion,

luzula,

regshoe,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

silveradept,

sylvan_witch,

trobadora,

yasaman,

yhlee,

ysilme

Day 4 tally:

alightbuthappypen,

badly_knitted,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofhappiness,

kate,

lferion,

luzula,

regshoe,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

silveradept,

sylvanwitch,

yasaman,

yhlee,

ysilme

Day 5 tally:

alightbuthappypen,

badly_knitted,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

genarti,

kate,

lferion,

luzula,

regshoe,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

silveradept,

spikedluv,

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

yasaman,

yhlee,

ysilme

Day 6 tally:

alightbuthappypen,

badly_knitted,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

kate,

lferion,

luzula,

regshoe,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

silveradept,

spikedluv,

sylvanwitch,

yasaman,

yhlee,

ysilme

Day 7 tally:

alightbuthappypen,

badly_knitted,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

kate,

lferion,

luzula,

kate,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

silveradept,

sylvanwitch,

yasaman,

yhlee,

ysilme

Day 8 tally:

badly_knitted,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

kate,

lferion,

luzula,

regshoe,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

silveradept,

sylvanwitch,

yasaman,

yhlee,

ysilme

Day 9 tally:

badly_knitted,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

kate,

lferion,

luzula,

regshoe,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

silveradept,

sylvanwitch,

yasaman,

yhlee,

ysilme

Day 10 tally:

badly_knitted,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

kate,

lferion,

luzula,

regshoe,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

silveradept,

spikedluv,

sylvanwitch,

yasaman,

yhlee,

ysilme

Day 11 tally:

alightbuthappypen,

badly_knitted,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

kate,

lferion,

regshoe,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

silveradept,

sylvanwitch,

yasaman,

ysilme

Day 12 tally:

badly_knitted,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

kate,

lferion,

luzula,

regshoe,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

silveradept,

spikedluv,

sylvanwitch,

yasaman,

yhlee,

ysilme

Day 13 tally:

badly_knitted,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

kate,

lferion,

luzula,

regshoe,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

silveradept,

spikedluv,

sylvanwitch,

yasaman,

yhlee,

ysilme

Day 14 tally:

badly_knitted,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

kate,

lferion,

luzula,

regshoe,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

silveradept,

spikedluv,

sylvanwitch,

yasaman,

yhlee,

ysilme

Day 15 tally:

alexseanchai,

alightbuthappypen,

badly_knitted,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

kate,

lferion,

luzula,

regshoe,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

silveradept,

spikedluv,

sylvanwitch,

yasaman,

yhlee

Day 16 tally:

alightbuthappypen,

badly_knitted,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

kate,

lferion,

luzula,

regshoe,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

silveradept,

spikedluv,

sylvanwitch,

the_siobhan,

yasaman,

yhlee,

ysilme

Day 17 tally:

alightbuthappypen,

badly_knitted,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

kate,

luzula,

regshoe,

shadaras,

sylvanwitch,

yasaman,

yhlee

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Posted by

sanguinity

Oct 16: Threw out yesterday's story and began a new one, which is going much better. 600 words.

Posted by

kate

D: I'm always sad to hear something didn't work out. But good to hear the new story is working much better, here's to a better way forward!

Posted by

sanguinity

Eh, I still have the draft if I ever feel differently about it. But better to spend my time on something that makes me happy, than on something that doesn't!

Posted by

lferion

16 Oct -- Innumerable stars piece finished, sanity-checked and posted!

Now to poke at the current fan flashworks prompt and the new Silmarillion Writer's Guild challenge.

Thank you so much for your encouragement!

Posted by

kate

Woo hoo, congrats on posting! :D :D :D

And congrats on fresh starts, hope they provide much inspiration!

Posted by

spikedluv

Day 15: 800 words! I don't normally get any words on Sunday or Monday, but I was waiting for something to finish in the oven so I grabbed a notebook and started writing out ideas (outlined) for my Fandom Trumps Hate story.

Day 16: Surprised to get another 800 words today! Got a good start on FTH now.

Posted by

kate

Wow, two great days, congrats! And on doing FTH, that's so awesome!

Posted by

sylvanwitch

YAY for noodling! I hope you find the idea you want! :-)

On Day 17, I wrote 670 words of outline during my lunch break. (And this time, I mean actual outline--like ideas in a sequence to explain where the whole story is going.)

Posted by

kate

Thank you! It's good to think about this stuff, hoping it turns into solid words soon.

Way to go! You're always so good about squeezing words in when you can, and that's a great count!

Posted by

regshoe

Day 17: Various preparation for posting.

Posted by

kate

You are killing me with the suspense omggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

Congrats on being one step closer!

Posted by

regshoe

Hee! I am hoping to post tomorrow evening, though I have just been interrupted by a RL thing that will require some attention over the next few days—we'll see. Thank you :)

Posted by

alightbuthappypen

Day 17: hit my target again, 344 words, but really had to drag them out tonight.

Posted by

kate

Good for you for sticking with it and getting those words! Hopefully they come easier soon. <3

Posted by

luzula

Go you with the noodling!

Day 17: Did not write, but I went through the Yuletide tagset and made a longlist of fandoms to request/offer, so I'm counting that. Wow, there's so much I'm interested in this year!

Posted by

kate

Thank you!

That DEFINITELY counts, and is awesome to boot! So good to hear it's really piqued your interest, good luck on a great match!

Posted by

badly_knitted

There are either no ideas or two many. Hope you can settle on something workable.

Oct 17th - 913 words. A triple drabble, triple and a half, and some work on 2 fics. I've started editing the spook_me fic, and I'm expanding the challenge fic from a few days ago because it felt unfinished.

Posted by

kate

Wow, that's all fantastic, congratulations! Hopefully that challenge fic gets wrangled into shape!

Posted by

badly_knitted

Thanks, it's coming along. By the time it makes its way to my journal it should be all polished and shiny. I hope.

Posted by

yhlee

Ah, good luck with outlining!

Day 17: I FINISHED THE !@#$ SCREENPLAY (TV pilot thing), next up is getting feedback from the instructor. I expect RED INK ALL OVER but that's a problem for future!me, right now I just want to collapse lol.

I still have to work on the !@#$ string quartet tonight, and then tomorrow I guess I can go back to linguistics space opera lolsob.

Posted by

kate

OMG CONGRATS!!!! Screenplay done, check!

I hope the string quartet ended up being nice instead of a chore! And lol, there is always something waiting in the wings. :D

Posted by

yhlee

Thank you!

I'm loving the quartet, actually! I've really mostly composed for piano or orchestra/larger ensembles. String quartet is a really fun challenge because all the lines are so exposed! I am learning a TON, but also, learning curve, haha. I played viola as a student, so at least I'm generally familiar with string techniques. :) My HS senior project was a four-movement orchestral suite and the fact that the engraving software broke down (Finale ca. the late 1990s) weirdly helped in that besides soprano/alto/bass clefs, I was forced to learn to read/write French horn in F and Bb clarinet/trumpet in Bb lol. I still hate movable C (I KNOW, as a violist!!) and I never picked up harmonica, guitar, or lute tablature. (I played classical guitar briefly but that doesn't use tab!!!) But you know, I'm a hobbyist so this isn't mission-critical. :p

That said, my God, modern Sibelius is SO MUCH BETTER than late 1990s Finale. I imagine modern Finale is also much better too. :p

Posted by

shadaras

Day 17: I had free time today! So I typed up the handwritten notes I made over the weekend and also finished that story off, for a total of ~3k words. :)

Posted by

kate

Oooh, free time, I'm jealous! Congrats on a really fantastic wordcount!

Posted by

chanter1944

Checking in for days 16 and 17, before I forget again!

Just a few sentences for day 16, word count not tracked, but not zero. Whew!

206 words, so far, for day 17.