Motivational Wednesday: Assistance Swap Meet Redux

[dawn_felagund]

Believe it or not, we have less than a month left in the Season of Writing Dangerously. (Am I the only person who went "Eeeeeeek!" upon thinking on that? Where does time go??) As promised, we are going to repeat the assistance swap meet in the second third of the event in order to, hopefully, give the last little nudge needed to realize our goals!

If you need help with anything in order to meet your goals, please ask away! Whether you have a specific question, need beta-reading help, or could use some personalized motivation and cheerleading, this is the place to ask. Although you're welcome to help someone out in return, it's not necessary in order to participate.

As always, these posts are for SoWD participants to share their progress, cheer, rant, and whatever else they need, so even if you don't need to ask for specific assistance this week, feel free to comment.

Comments

[ysilme]

I've just finished my second goal, writing at least ten drabbles for my 100-drabble-challenge with Elrond. To my surprise, the drabbles took not only much longer than anticipated, but also needed a surprising amount of research. But then, all my previous drabbles were written in in a fandom I know very well and usually didn't have to look up anything. On the plus side, all that research helped me getting much closer to my characters.
I've also decided to change my second goal, writing and publishing a short one-shot: I ran into a research dead end, and also found that with the very wonky knowledge background I have right now for the background, the plotbunny simply isn't cooperating. One of my goals for this was letting go of my usual need to have a perfectly clear background picture, but I now find that having the exact opposite, as in no picture at all, doesn't work either. I'm therefore changing my goal to having an exposé written for this and start working with beta and nitpicker only after the SOWD ends. This is also due to my holiday trip from the 7th on and the likelihood of not having internet access.
My fourth and last goal, the podfic, is in the making. I have underestimated the time I would need for "training reading", as I have done only much shorter recordings before, but it's well under way.

[rhapsody11.livejournal.com]

Ah isn't that typical that once you shut up your inner editor, that lack of research is starting to gnaw at you? You are doing great! *shakes the pom poms some more*

[ysilme]

Yes, indeed. *g* Thanks for the pom poms, I much appreciate them, though I now had to admit that I won't manage to finish the podfic before I leave... ah well.