writing update #12

[excellente]

 Well. It's been a week. Things are moving so fast that even within the seven days since my last post, the world seems to have changed completely. I found out on my way back from my work trip on Thursday that I'd possibly been exposed to someone who had tested positive for covid-19 and given I was mildly symptomatic, I had to put myself into self-isolation and then go get tested. I'm still waiting on the results, though I'm pretty sure it'll be negative since it seems unlikely that I would have a really mild case given how immuno-compromised I am.

It's been hard to entirely isolate from my partner, since we don't really have the space in our house to do so, but I'm sleeping on a mattress on the floor and we haven't had any physical contact since I got back to at least minimise the risk if not eliminate it.

Anyway, stats!

• Mon 16/3 444
  
• Tue 17/3 576
  
• Wed 18/3 349
  
• Thu 19/3 359
  
• Fri 20/3 337
  
• Sat 21/3 392
  
• Sun 22/3 324

While I've definitely been able to hit my words this week, and it hasn't felt as hard as I was expecting, I haven't really been enjoying what I'm writing. It feels stilted and mechanical and just not great. I know that having free brain time to put into it is a big aspect, so I'm going to try and make time for that more in my daily walks (which I will be instituting to stop me going stir crazy).

I'm now working on chapter 6 of fake marriage!au, which is a chapter I'm struggling a bit with (the whole first page has been highlighted as "future emm please fix this"), plus I'm due to be putting up chapter four soon which...... needs a lot of work. I'm also really worrying that the further into it I guess, the worse it gets.

I got heaps of comments for chapter 1 and 2, but hardly any for chapter three. I don't want that to sound like me whining or being all "give me attention + affirmation" (although, please do) and I understand that as I go through it's normal for this to happen, but I am worried it's because it's just.... not great?

IDK we'll just see how it goes I guess.

Comments

[logicgunn]

I do that too, I leave notes to "Future Wade" to come back and fix. The latest is: [they leave the bunker and there is much banter]. It's easier to do this so you can keep writing than to struggle over it and not get anywhere.

Fingers crossed you don't have Covid. x

[pink_ink]

it has been ... a lot these last few weeks. i'm sending you good thoughts, if you want them.

i'm looking forward to reading the next chapters of your fic! i have to say i lost track of everything in the last couple of weeks but i'll come back once i've read it :D

[pink_ink]

i ended up commenting with my AO3 account instead (i'm the one who guessed the 10 things i hate about you & the B99 references). just wanted to let you know!

[excellente]

Nicely done! There's still one reference no one has picked up yet, but it's very NZ specific lmao. Thanks so much for your comment btw, it means a lot!