Motivational *mumble* Friday Post

[dawn_felagund]

I am two days late this week! This is ridiculous. My theory that my brain works worst on Wednesdays (Wednesdays have been my least favorite day of the week since I was a little kid) is being proven by my attempts to make motivational posts on Wednesdays! My apologies, everyone.

This week's quote is in honor of muses ... or whatever that crazy, fickle force is that makes us write like unstoppable superheroes one day and then fritter away the entire uninspired day on Tumblr the next. I also liked it because this is, after all, the Season of Writing Dangerously, i.e. taking creative chances that might sometimes feel a little like madness.

"The man who arrives at the doors of artistic creation with none of the madness of the Muses would be convinced that technical ability alone was enough to make an artist ... what that man creates by means of reason will pale before the art of inspired beings."
~Plato

As always, feel free to brag, rant, plead for help, whine, celebrate, cheer each other on, and anything else related to your SoWD projects!

If you have a quote, image, video, or other idea that you think would inspire your fellow participants in one of these motivational posts, please do let me know. Also, we're coming up on the halfway point of SoWD in about two weeks, and we have something special planned for that occasion. If you like making banners and such and would like to help us out, please let me know. (If you've volunteered generally to help with SoWD, no need to volunteer again; you're on the list of people I will contact.)

Here's to a week of madly productive muses! :)

Comments

[ladybrooke]

Bright side: I have 5 of 25 stories written and posted. :D 20% done! With a few more that will be posted soonish.

Not so bright side: Having met my goal of starting my CampNaNo, I think I'm going to stop trying to reach the goal, because the finger on my left hand that I slammed in a car door last spring and my entire right arm have been acting up and throbbing the past few days. I might dabble in it more later, but right now I just want to not do the frantic 2000 word sprints I end up doing for NaNo. On the bright side of that, I have enough chapters written that after getting it beta read and all that, I could post one weekly for three months - giving me more than enough time to get the next set of chapters done when my arm doesn't hurt as much.

I'd offer to help, but I'm not good at making banners. If there's anything I can do, just let me know!

[independence1776]

Congrats on the 20% done!

As for the Nano: that's a smart idea. Taking care of yourself matters more than meeting a wordcount goal.

[ladybrooke]

Thank you!

It is! Especially since I can't afford to overdo it and cause more damage - the next semester of uni starts in a month.

[j-flattermann.livejournal.com]

Well, 20% done is fantastic and the rest sounds like a good plan to me.

Take your time don't rush. Your health is much more important, so give your arm a rest. I know exactly how that feels for since childhood I am suffering from writing cramps. I am left handed but wasn't allowed to write with the left so I have to write with my right hand and that hurts as hell after a while.
In school it was so bad that at times I couldn't even get the pen out of my fingers for they were just hardened stiff.

So my rec - don't be too hard on yourself. Give it time. You're doing great.

[ladybrooke]

Thank you!

It is. I logically know that (I've caused myself problems at times by trying to push myself to do too much in school). I'm really sorry to hear about you writing cramps! It's horrible that you were forced to write with your write hand.

I will take the time. I've got other, simpler things I can work on without pushing myself too hard.

[dawn_felagund]

Thank you for the offer, Brooke, and will do! :)

Ugh on the arm ... although I am glad that you are wise enough to prioritize healing! Would that I'd been able to do this at your age! :) Would that I could do it now ...

I hope you feel better--and congrats on your progress! :)

[ladybrooke]

You're welcome. :)

*cough* It's not so much prioritizing healing as prioritizing not having to walk into my second class when uni starts back up and explain to my professor/adviser "Oh yeah...my hand...It was feeling a lot better, then I overdid trying to write a novel in a month...and 31 other stories...no, I'm perfectly capable of not making dumb decisions...stop looking at me! I don't always overdo things". I've put myself in the hospital before due to not taking care of things, and go to class with pneumonia. Wisdom doesn't have anything to do with it. ;)

Thank you!