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nicksgal:
So I like to poke and see what the guests are doing and I ended up down the rabbit hole that was the "Realistic vs. Entertaining" debate and laughed so hard I cried. I was so sad when I remembered that photobucket closed and I couldn't see Mare and Julie's "My Sexy Humpbacks" mock ups anymore and then that it devolved into a weird fetish conversation and ultimately the April Fool's Challenge that year. I missed this.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on January 02, 2021, 12:42:00 PM ---So I like to poke and see what the guests are doing and I ended up down the rabbit hole that was the "Realistic vs. Entertaining" debate and laughed so hard I cried. I was so sad when I remembered that photobucket closed and I couldn't see Mare and Julie's "My Sexy Humpbacks" mock ups anymore and then that it devolved into a weird fetish conversation and ultimately the April Fool's Challenge that year. I missed this.
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LMAO I will need to look up that thread because I don't remember what led up to me making that, but I totally still have it! I'm a file hoarder and probably have most of the stupid pictures I posted on Photobucket. You never know when you're going to want to see something again...
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on January 02, 2021, 11:29:35 AM ---Back to writing questions! Let's turn this vent into a question.
So what do you do if you're feeling motivated to write and/or edit, but your brain is just spent on staring at your computer or red/green walls of edits. Do you keep going because you're feeling inspired? Do you take a short recess then come back? In general when you're inspired to write, do you keep going as long as inspiration strikes or do you set yourself time limits? Has that changed at all since quarantining and stay at home orders have happened (increased or decreased)?
On the reverse, if you're in an "open/stare/close" mood, how long do you stare before you close? Do you leave it on in the background while you do something else or is a permanent close for the day? How many times a day would you open a document?
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If I'm really inspired and the words keep coming, I'll keep writing until my eyes cross... and then I'll turn on voice typing so I can close my eyes and dictate to the computer if I have to LOL. Unless I have to be somewhere, I don't force myself to stop. But when I hit my wall and start staring at the screen for more than a few minutes without actually typing anything or realize I've spent the last hour refreshing Twitter instead of writing, that's when I know it's time to take a break. I don't have a set amount of time I'll give it, but I can usually just tell when I'm not going to be productive and continuing to sit at the computer is just wasting my time. Depending on how late in the day that happens, I may try to come back to it later, but I usually don't have much luck if I was productive earlier in the day. I call it my little fanfic bubble - when I'm in my bubble, I can focus for hours, but once that bubble bursts, it's hard to blow it back up later. I used to do my best writing late at night, but the last couple years, I've had better luck writing first thing in the morning, before I get distracted by anything else. I guess that means I'm getting old LOL.
I tend to leave my current project open all the time. How many times a day I pull it up depends on what day it is and what else I have going on that day. On a Saturday like today, where I have nowhere to be, I'll try to work on it multiple times throughout the day. I already wrote awhile this morning, then took a break to shower and eat and update my site, but I'll be back at it later. I'm trying to get as much written as I can before I go back to work next Wed and my bubble bursts again LOL.
I have probably spent more time writing this past year than in the previous few because of the pandemic. It's given me the perfect excuse to stay home and write to my heart's content without guilt. I'm not being antisocial; I'm being safe! LOL
RokofAges75:
Okay, I looked up that thread, and WOW, does that not capture the early days of this forum perfectly?! We started out with a fanfic-related discussion question, and within two pages, we got distracted making fun of some teenybopper fanfic, Refresh, LD, Fergie, and JT. Then the inevitable 00Carter hijacking began, and that's as far as I got LOL. Here it is if anyone else wants to read it: http://absolutechaos.net/fictalk/index.php/topic,454.0.html
I wish I could remember what plot point of By My Side inspired the original question because I'm sure there was a personal reason for me starting that thread LOL.
RokofAges75:
I also cringed at us hating on "mature fans" in that thread because most of us are now in that age bracket. Ha! Of course, ol' Cookie Fondler from LD could have died of old age by now, who knows LOL.
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