I know I'm in my own world... it's okay, they know me here

It's been slow going for a few days - not sure why, think I probably shouldn't have given myself a night off when I did. Nonetheless, I seem to still be going and I've written a good amount tonight, so I'll take it as a win!

A REC FOR YOU GUYS:

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This fic made me laugh so hard my internal organs hurt. It's completely and utterly ridiculously funny crack - and yet, somehow, still seems in-character? If you would like to read about how Cobb is a registered nurse, Arthur has always secretly wanted to be Robin the Boy Wonder and Yusuf can move things with his mind, read on!


The Adventures of Yusuf, Best Superhero Ever by jibrailis. Extract: Yusuf had not expected the process that would start with him being bitten by a cat and end up with him becoming a superhero, but to be fair, he hadn't expected Casual Friday either.


Tags: inception, yusuf, arthur, gen, fic, cliche:superpowers, a:jibrailis

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As part of the campaign I am inflicting on myself to develop better writing discipline, I decided to instill some new writing habits into myself to try and reprogram my brain into settling down to writing when I tell it to.

It actually seems to be working, too, and no-one is more surprised than me!

This pretty much came about when I realised that as long as I was sitting on the sofa where I always sit my brain automatically fell into a sort of pissing-about mode where it just wanted to veg out and play computer games or read or watch TV. Which unfortunately was not conducive to writing.

So I figured maybe if I chose a different place to be my writing place, and always went there to write, then maybe my brain would reset to writing mode when I was there? Worth a try, right? But I hate writing at a desk, and obviously the sofa is out, so I settled on my bed as a writing place. And to reinforce it I decided to make myself a hot chocolate when I went to start writing as another sort of reminder that it was productive time now.

I've written every night this week, at least 800 words per night. Part of that, no doubt, is being excited about a new project, I'll admit, but I haven't written this much this regularly in at least three years.

So here's my wordcounter as of tonight, before I head off to bed:

Dragonbird

Do you have any weird writing rituals or habits? Do they really help, or can you ignore them and still get on with writing?

Whee!


This Mortal Armour

I know this is still a WIP, but I've been thinking lately that I might really benefit from having a proper beta reader. Would anyone be interested? I'm looking for someone to give it a really in-depth reading and poke at it viciously until I weep but it's much better. (Kidding about the weeping... I think.) Mostly I want to approach it like a real editor would, if that makes sense.

Hope someone feels they can help! I'm not a big fan of asking on comms for a total stranger to do it, since you never know what you'll be getting.

I cracked 100,000 words on The Night Tower this morning.

GO TEAM ME!

As of right now:

75,429 / 100,000 (75.4%)

Obviously 100,000 words is a total guestimate, but it's the maximum people will usually take for a first novel, so I'm using it as a filler number, which means that I am now 3/4 of the way through my first draft!

I'm getting there! I'm writing again now that exams are over and I have time again, I'm booking myself in to a one-day writing course on Rewriting and Editing at the university, and I really feel like I'm starting to get to the wrapping-up-plot-threads-for-the-conclusion point, which obviously rules. (I also just got to plant the first real clue as to the identity of the killer, which had to remain secret up until now. Awesome!)

So I'm really happy!