Day 21 Write Every Day
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My check in: I wrote more than a few sentences and suddenly realized that I have to coordinate time lines between two groups of characters. One group in on a yacht moving from Seattle area to LA. The other group is in Paris and has to fly and arrive in LA and not long after traveling long distances to get from SF to Paris to begin with. Or some of them later coming from Seattle to Paris.
So, I'm in the middle of trying to integrate the time line of what is happening in each group to move the plot along in a reasonable time frame for each and figure out how fast a yacht can get to LA and how quickly one can rent a private plane to get from Paris to LA and what can be determined about the location of the boat via satellite tracking systems--enough of explaining it--my brain is worn out and I cannot do it anymore--and I'm going to have to rewrite some of what I've written because the time line is all wrong for what I wrote.
Whew
I keep forgetting to say: PLEASE If I make a mistake and don't count you on a day, please let me know.
Day 21dswdiane, badly_knitted, sanguinity, the_siobhan
Day 20china_shop, ofmonstrouswords, dswdiane, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, cornerofmadness, ysilme, sanguinity, carenejeans, the_siobhan
Day 19china_shop, dswdiane, ysilme, cornerofmadness, goddess47, sanguinity, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, carenejeans, ofmonstrouswords
Day 18ysilme, china_shop, dswdiane, cornerofmadness, the_siobhan, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, carenejeans, sanguinity
Day 17dswdiane, goddess47, cornerofmadness, sanguinity, carenejeans, badly_knitted, ofmonstrouswords, sylvanwitch, ysilme, china_shop, the_siobhan
Day 16china_shop, dswdiane, the_siobhan, badly_knitted, badly_knitted, ysilme, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, ofmonstrouswords
Icon is Methos being amused that my brain is fried.
My check in: I wrote more than a few sentences and suddenly realized that I have to coordinate time lines between two groups of characters. One group in on a yacht moving from Seattle area to LA. The other group is in Paris and has to fly and arrive in LA and not long after traveling long distances to get from SF to Paris to begin with. Or some of them later coming from Seattle to Paris.
So, I'm in the middle of trying to integrate the time line of what is happening in each group to move the plot along in a reasonable time frame for each and figure out how fast a yacht can get to LA and how quickly one can rent a private plane to get from Paris to LA and what can be determined about the location of the boat via satellite tracking systems--enough of explaining it--my brain is worn out and I cannot do it anymore--and I'm going to have to rewrite some of what I've written because the time line is all wrong for what I wrote.
Whew
I keep forgetting to say: PLEASE If I make a mistake and don't count you on a day, please let me know.
Day 21
dswdiane, badly_knitted, sanguinity, the_siobhanDay 20
china_shop, ofmonstrouswords, dswdiane, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, cornerofmadness, ysilme, sanguinity, carenejeans, the_siobhanDay 19
china_shop, dswdiane, ysilme, cornerofmadness, goddess47, sanguinity, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, carenejeans, ofmonstrouswordsDay 18
ysilme, china_shop, dswdiane, cornerofmadness, the_siobhan, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, carenejeans, sanguinityDay 17
dswdiane, goddess47, cornerofmadness, sanguinity, carenejeans, badly_knitted, ofmonstrouswords, sylvanwitch, ysilme, china_shop, the_siobhan Day 16
china_shop, dswdiane, the_siobhan, badly_knitted, badly_knitted, ysilme, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, ofmonstrouswordsIcon is Methos being amused that my brain is fried.
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Date: 2026-05-22 05:28 am (UTC)Whatever tool you use to keep track of it all, good luck. Just make sure to take good notes, so when it all comes up again during beta you can recreate your reasoning. Or reverse the process when they all go back to Paris and Seattle. ;-)
May 21. Spent most of my writing time watching vids and chatting with friends, but did write THREE sentences! (Three! Count ‘em, one, two, three!)
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Date: 2026-05-22 08:36 am (UTC)May 21st - 1891 words. Two new ficathon fills, a bit of work on two others, a double drabble, and final edits on a fic that has now been posted.
Days 20 & 21 check-ins
Date: 2026-05-22 03:42 pm (UTC)Day 20: A handful of notes
Day 21: Approximately 300 words
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Date: 2026-05-22 04:15 pm (UTC)On Day 21, I added 222 words to "Dixon and the Detective," a word count I should obviously have saved for today (5/22).