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In non-boop related life updates, I have fully finished an outline for a book and have actually written 3400 words in a first draft and that is a huge deal for me, because I've never gotten this far with original fiction before.
#i'm actually very proud of myself#my goal is to finish a first draft#i don't really care what happens after that i just don't want to be one of those people that is always talking about writing a book#and never doing it#so yeah#that's what i've been up to so far this year#also i'm trying sock curls tonight for the first time and i'm sure it'll be a disaster but here's to trying new stuff
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Delighted to announce that my story has officially reached novella length! I truly didn't think it would get this far, and didn't think I would be able to stick with it to get it this long. According to Wikipedia, a novella is 17,500-40,000 words, and I'm currently at 17,714. And I'm going to keep writing for awhile tonight. I'm just super proud of this
#the goal was always for it to be a novella so i looked up how long a novella is#i didnt think id make it. i didnt think id get half as far as i have#but i might actually finish this#to be clear. its just a first draft. its rough and i need to polish it#and bring in more detail#work on the intricacies of the magic#change some names. i dont like my main character's name but i didnt want that to hold me up so i gave her a placeholder#and there are three other prominent characters. i just named them on the spot#for some reason it ended up being the name of my old roommate's gf. the name of my gf. and the name of a friend's crush#so i need to change that up. but mostly i didnt want to get hung up on names. i can change them later#really need to change the mc's name though. i dont like it and it doesnt fit her#and thats not even a main priority considering the magic system and the notes that are just (speaks some language. maybe latin)#or (ritual happens)#whoch is fine for a first draft. which im fairly close to being done with actually#i got the idea from the ttrpg Unknown Armies. specifically the campaign im in#as well as babylove and honeybloods by i.s. belle#and honeybloods is based off of Jennifer's Body so we're all just taking inspiration from others and making it our own#anyway im done yapping for now. gonna go see about performing another ritual that will just be written as (exorcism happens)
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getting an iced pumpkin chai in the morning and then my personal goal is to spend the whole day writing and i hope i can come back to this post tomorrow and rb w how much progress i’ve made!!!
#i have a love/hate relationship w this fic and i’m gonna rant to myself bc hehe it’s almost midnight so why not :>#okay SO. i for some reason just didn’t create any proper outline for this story and i think that’s why it’s taken me so long to write it#because i don’t necessarily have a why/a REASON for this story or plot… like even thinking abt doing the dialogue and trying to find flow +#cohesion is making me so 😐 and also honestly… i’m terrible at doing drafts in the first place#i don’t write linearly i jump all over the place while writing and SOMETIMES i can connect things but this time i could NOT#and i would focus on one tiny part for SO long and make no progress anywhere else like GIRL……… ENOUGH#but hmmmm yeah i also for some reason feel like esp w my writing it’s super robotic and doesn’t have emotion#like i’m not writing w suguru’s voice and instead i’m writing as the author and it’s kinda irking me#if that makes sense… hmmmm……….. also i might be doing dual pov so hopefully it doesn’t look too wonky#but yeah 😭 i need to work on scene setting & describing things effectively + doing show not tell#like i just made a mini outline rn and wow . it’s Not it at all 😭😭😭 there’s no WHY to the story and it’s making it hard to write#okay not necessarily a ‘why’ but like . What’s The Point of the story#sigh. i need to figure that out#also there’s so much stuff i want to add but i feel like it’ll be clunky + it’ll move fast or be weird#but my goal for tomorrow is truly and honestly write the meat and bones of it and then i can edit ruthlessly later on#i was thinking of getting it out this week but i forgot election week/don’t have anything really written either 😭#but hopefully next week if i try hard enough! the goal is before december bc i want this to be a november fic#but yeah that’s my mini vent @ me i’m glad to just talk abt in the tags#feels like for this story specifically it’s been a lot of looking at my docs instead of writing which is WHACK 🤨#also i don’t like my writing style + i want to write better in GENERAL#that’ll come w practice & doing it often though 😭#ALSO . SIDENOTE but why does tumblr not let me link things anymore like NDNDNDND SO STUPID#OOOOH AND . i need to start/finish selfship moodboards & also create wip lists for geto/gojo/toji but for REAL#as in wipe i’ll actually plan to write next not just ones i like the sound of 😭#ANYWAYS I’M SO SLEEBY……… honk shoo mimimi cult leader geto please pat my head to sleep and be kind to me#GIRL THIS IS LONG AS HELL OMFG . silence @ me 🤫 what a YAPPER#personal
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*vibrates excitedly*
happy new year everyone. I FINISHED MY FUCKING ROUGH DRAFT.
#kit talks#kit writes#you have no idea how proud I am that I Actually Finished A Goal#i mean. yeah. it's the day before the end of the year. that may be pushing it A Bit#but I don't care. i finished my rough draft by the end of the year. i'm so fucking happy#now to do editing then see if anyone is interested in reading hte first draft when it's done
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btw the masters project is going very well actually! i'm at around 1.5k words and pandoc is outputing in the proper expected format. still plan on writing a bit more about the theory side of things because i haven't read shit and wanna make clear that i intend to find something to read. bataille will be unavoidable i fear.
#my academic writing is very dry and economical wish i could be just a bit more prolix tbh#but it's presentable and that's enough for now#my goal is to have a finished first draft by sunday and i'm well on track in that regard#next week is all about emailing my intended advisor and acting on new information i might have from him#as well as prepping other things for the submission like my portfolio and documents#if all fails i'm still gonna apply the day before the window closes no matter what bc that's the goal#and that's september 5
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HA I'm 100% not making this camp nanowrimo goal
#I have written: 800 words so far wITH THE GOAL TO WRITE 10K?? HAHHAA#what's funny is I wrote 10k in February#about 20k in Jan#couple thousand in Dec#50k in nov#SO TELL ME WHY I'M DISAPPOINTED BY THE IDEA OF NOT HITTING THIS GOAL#listen... not making the goal doesn't make me feel sad because I'm not making the goal#makes me feel sad because idk! I love writing! I want to do that! I love living IN it#and for me living in it is soooo in the drafting process#and I feel like I've done a really... wonderful job at prioritizing writing & now I'm realizing I need to be#gentle with myself LOL#I'm moving this month after thinking I'd be moving in june#OBVIOUSLY I just finished my degree#I'll be moving into my own room (FIRST TIME EVER!! HAVING MY OWN ROOM!! A CONCEPT!!) when I get back home#lots of change haha#I think the mental strain of all of that has just made me tired#but it's not like I don't want to write ! I do! but I'm tired and that's what makes me sad#not being able to do the thing because I'm tired!#anyway I don't usually care this much about progress but I guess#since nano it's been nice to see the “progress” not because it's progress but because#to me it shows that I'm doing this thing I love very much#anyway proud of me for all I do!#I actually think this is why write every day works better for me than word count goals#(THE HORRORS THAT I ACTUALLY FOLLOW THIS ADVICE NOW HAHAHA)#but I liked that better cuz it was like... oh if I literally write ONE word I hit that goal LMAO#think I'll pivot my goal to that and whatever I write I write!#also writing frequently is kind of a must for me considering my short term memory is just awful#I find I get confused and flustered and overwhelmed when I don't write for a couple days#but yeah one word a day??? i can do that!
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I...I think I might be able to finish draft 1 of Jade Torch book 2 by the end of the month...if not sooner 👀
#i think i wrote nearly 3k today#it's been kinda great to get up early almost every day and crank out 1.5k or more#and get back on track to where i wanted to be#my initial goal during the summer was to be finished by vacation on the first week of october#but then life imploded in august and derailed everything#but it's looking good for a draft by the end of october#dragonanne writes a thing#jade torch book 2
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i finished chapter eight of the absolution of father greene : )
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Contemplating whether to finish the six Anthony Lockwood fics I already started or actually finish the rest of my 1989 TV themed fics because my initial plan was to release all the fics the same time as the album 🤔
#I've only finished the first draft for two of the 1989 TV songfics#help#what did I do to myself?#do I have enough time to do both?#I'm tempted to mix energy drink and coffee to power through my goals#not to mention my life might be changing in the near future#I'm rambling now#sorry to anyone who comes across this
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i rly want to finish this next chapter of sage advice by the end of the month
#i've rewritten most of this chapter because i didn't like how the first draft came out.#well. that's part of it#i'm also trying to give myself permission to write slower without feeling bad about it in general#i graduate soon so i've been focused on finishing my requirements and applying for jobs#it's already april??#fucked up tbh#anyway my goal is still one chapter per month b/c i rly would like to finish this fic this yr#at current pace i think i'll be done by sept.#ani.txt#fic updates
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the sheer amount of thought and mental effort I'm putting into what is fundamentally just self indulgent written fap material WHY AM I LIKE THIS
#far fetched#if I can finish the first draft tonight I get to watch the wesley willis documentary#my goal/reward system is odd but fuck you it works
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do you really believe in him? is he a good kid? no problems? you're gonna love him. you're gonna love him.
#i miss tyler bertuzzi#i made this a year ago because it came to me out of nowhere & when i finished it tyler scored four goals & the red wings still lost & i jus#i remade parts of it & fixed things because this was one of the first ones i ever made but i think about this poem all the time with him.#this is one of my favorite & most-fitting edits & honestly. i could make so many for tyler. this could be edited down a lot tbh#do you really believe in him? is he a good kid? no problems? you’re gonna love him. you’re gonna love him.#in the original athanasiou is faith (love before he was gone) sheer for moe (overwhelming joy) & dyl was tireless (the two of them always)#oh also the original restless splendor is the griffins winning the cup :)#you all have seen/read parts of this poem in my tyler bertuzzi tags like That is how much this (abridged)poem is him to me it is no one els#there are. so many alt versions to so many different parts of this so like i started writing these (see that i said i like hit first) & now#i have to admit that it really was just the beginning we don't have a future we have a dog i love & is right completely#tyler bertuzzi#detroit ride or die#liv in the replies#softly: the bertuzzi thesis#this is excerpts from atlantic by mark doty & the dogs at live oak beach remixed and abridged sorry#HAHAHAHAHA ok when i said i was thinking about tyler & dogs i meant the four tyler borzoituzzi posts sitting in my drafts but like. here#this is possibly one of the most self-indulgent things i’ve created & it is straight up just for me 🫡#& i have looked at it for so long that i’ve started to hate it is 1AM i am simply full sending & we’ll see how i feel in the morning
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why is this fic so fucking long
have I lost the ability to write anything of a digestible length
#it's not like the old cliche of the oneshot becoming a three-novel epic#I knew it would be kinda long but I was thinking like maybe 50k#I'm 96k in and about 70% of the way through the outline#my weird goal is to finish the first draft and post ch1 before the sag-aftra strike ends#hard to measure since we don't know when it's gonna end
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Goals for before I leave for college this weekend:
Obtain edibles (this afternoon)
Walk to the library and get a library card so I can listen to audiobooks for free
Clean my room (least fun but I will thank myself later)
Oh my god I NEED to send that email I've put it off for literally 3 months. send that email!!!!
Not a goal BUT after my last session of Physical Therapy this Thursday I get to take myself to the bookstore as a treat >:^)
#k talsk#my big summer goals were 1. get knee surgery (complete) and 2. finish first draft of my book (complete) so now it's the little stuff!#weed mention#weed tw#not fun enough to make it onto the list is two more dr's appointments. and packing.
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WIP Word Search Tag Game
Tagged by @sctirs! Thank you so much for letting me play!!
Rules: Search for the words given by whomever tagged you within your wip(s) and post them for us to see! Then tag as many people as you want and give them five words to find in their works.
pour
No wips found for this one:(
shiver
He doesn’t know, and the fact sends chills shivering down his bones.
“Kim Dokja?” Yoo Joonghyuk’s voice is faint. He turns to find the prince scanning him. “What is it, Kim Dokja?”
sweet
Something bubbles within him. It’s sweet. It’s like something easing up in him, just knowing that he’s here, with his brother. Loved.
attempt
Han Yoojin nearly smacks his face against the annoyingly clean bathroom wall in his attempt to get to his feet. He needs to see Yoohyun—even if it’s just his name. He needs to see him beyond ink and bright lights projected behind a screen.
snap
His brother cups his cheek, his fingers splayed on his skin. He treats him like he’s fragile, but all Han Yoohyun feels is dangerous. He knows he can snap that wrist in two if he tried.
Han Yoohyun looks into his brother’s eyes—stares at his reflection in the clear sight of them—and then closes his own.
Unfortunately, I think everybody I wanted to tag has already been tagged, but I did love looking for these words! For anyone who wants to do this, or just wants to see whether these words are in your wips, here are the five I’ve chosen: curb, quibble, question, ponder and happier.
#i have and will write several drafts of a wip until i'm satisfied with it#so we'll see whether any of these see the light of day#or if these pieces here actually make it into the final draft#none of these shall be named until they're finished#my writing#ideally i'd like to get at least one of these wips done. eventually. hopefully before the year is over#...which is secondary to my goal of rereading the webnovels#s class#orv#once again i just wanted to thank you for tagging me!! i'm so honoured and grateful and this was so so fun#it's my first time doing this kind of thing so i'm a little nervous in posting this aaaaa#tag game#wip show and tell
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lately my only goal w my writing sessions is just to do whatever i need to feel good and set myself up for success w the next writing session and it feels kind of like basic advice but i seriously never gave specific focus to that and it's kinda life changing lol
#like i'll have specific goals like finish this story draft or write this many words finish this scene/chapter etc#but if i dont feel like i can make that happen i try not to see it as a failure and just reroute it into#okay what do i need to do to make sure i get closer to that tomorrow#or will make it easiest for me to get back into it tomorrow/what will set me up for success tomorrow#actually v clearly focusing on THAT instead of focusing on what i DIDNT do right now makes the whole#thing feel easier overall AND makes me feel like i can actually continue to get closer to Finishing The Thing#and i make it very tangible like how much do i need to write that also accommodates my abilities today. or do i just need to write a quick#outline or just the first line etc#i dont think im gonna finish this micro first draft tonight so i thought what can i do that will help ensure i (hopefully) can tomorrow#and it was just write all the lines that are in my brain out on the page. like no matter what i can do that n i probably can do more#like i have specific goals and self imposed deadlines so im trying to get things done by certain times but giving myself grace with it so i#dont burn myself out in the process#also trying to plan in advance so i never Have to do something By The Next Day that i dont think i can do#this is what helped me finish my dissertation LOL#i realised it was far more beneficial to not force myself over my limits for that day but set myself up for success the next day#i would be like “i need to do this but i know it will be easier to do it with a refreshed mind tomorrow”#and i kept thinking “getting a good nights sleep will help me more tomorrow than forcing myself to write/edit more”#“so i have less to do tomorrow”. like okay maybe id have less to do but id also have less brain power bc i overexerted myself!#which then turned into okay what else can i do to ensure success tomorrow etc#like im tired tonight! my brain isnt working! but i know i can do things that will make me more motivated to write tomorrow#and that in itself is a success. no failure in writing as long as you are taking care of and helping yourself#instead of isolating every writing session into a single Okay How Much Can I Do Today#but acknowledging how a string of writing sessions work together. some have more production some dont#and working with that
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