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WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 26 -- Sunday

Hello on Sunday! What kind of a writing day has it been so far today -- or if today hasn't gotten going yet, how did you fare yesterday?

- I thought about my fic once or twice

- I wrote

- I did some planning and/or outlining

- I did research and/or canon review

- I edited

- I've sent my fic off to my beta

- I posted today!

- I'm taking a break

- I did something else that I'll talk about in a comment

Sunday Discussion: It's a new writing week, and the last week of the current month. How are you doing so far with meeting writing goals for the month?

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Check In: Day 25

Saturday writing vibes or nah?

Today's question: how do you recharge when/if you get writer's block?

Poll #33762

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If writing = dancing, then today I spent it...

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grooving! (I wrote)
5 (62.5%)

swaying my hips side to side (I edited)
1 (12.5%)

doing a two-step (I planned/outlined)
0 (0.0%)

quietly listening to the tunes (I rested)
2 (25.0%)

Database maintenance

Good morning, afternoon, and evening!

We're doing some database and other light server maintenance this weekend (upgrading the version of MySQL we use in particular, but also probably doing some CDN work.)

I expect all of this to be pretty invisible except for some small "couple of minute" blips as we switch between machines, but there's a chance you will notice something untoward. I'll keep an eye on comments as per usual.

Ta for now!

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Friday, October 25 - Hobbies

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Check In: Day 24

OMG, the weekend's upon us! What is time????

Question: Where do you draw inspiration from?

Poll #33758

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I've got an annoucement to make:

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Today I rocked (I wrote)!
2 (40.0%)

Today I high-fived my fic (I edited)!
2 (40.0%)

Today I gave my fic two thumbs up (I planned/outlined)
0 (0.0%)

Today I waved at my fic from across the room (I rested)!
1 (20.0%)

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Check In: Day 23

I know the weekend is calling all of us, but let's focus on today. ;)

Poll #33755 DOUBLE RAINBOW!

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Thursday vibes are...

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great! (I wrote)
5 (50.0%)

cool! (I planned/outlined)
4 (40.0%)

nice (I daydreamed/bounced ideas with someone else)
2 (20.0%)

fine (I rested)
1 (10.0%)

I keep track of my writing...

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with a planner/journal (digital or physical)
2 (20.0%)

a spreadsheet (my own or someone else's)
5 (50.0%)

by posting here!
0 (0.0%)

keeping track of my writing? Erm...
3 (30.0%)

Thursday, October 23 - Free for All

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Wednesday, October 22 - Contrast

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Check in: Day 22

Middle of the week is upon us already!

General question: are you a planner or a pantser?

Poll #33753

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It's Wednesday and I am feeling...

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Groovycakes and sparkly! (I wrote)
2 (50.0%)

Pretty good and satisfied (I edited)
0 (0.0%)

Contemplative and focused (I outlined/planned)
2 (50.0%)

OK and wistful (I rested)
0 (0.0%)

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Tuesday, October 21 - Promotion Day

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Check In: Day 21

Yays for a new opportunity to work on our fics!

Question: What's one piece of writing advice that sounds wild/silly but actually works for you?

Poll #33749

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Tuesday and I are

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...in good terms! (I wrote)
5 (55.6%)

...in friendly terms (I edited)
2 (22.2%)

...in acquaintance terms (I outlined/planned)
1 (11.1%)

...in rival terms (I daydreamed)
2 (22.2%)

...in full enemies terms (I rested/didn't write)
0 (0.0%)

Monday, October 20 - Dance

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Check In: Day 20

New day, new opportunities to work on our fics.

Is there something you like to do in order to get into a "writing mindset"? Do you review your draft? Check out Pinterest for more inspo? Chat with a friend abt what you want to do in the fic/chapter/draft?

POLL TIME!

Poll #33745

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I looked at Monday in the eye and...

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Then I wrote!
3 (42.9%)

Then I organized my notes/outline!
0 (0.0%)

Then I edited!
1 (14.3%)

Then I daydreamed/bounced ideas off with someone!
0 (0.0%)

Then I rested!
3 (42.9%)

AWS outage

DW is seeing some issues due to today's Amazon outage. For right now it looks like the site is loading, but it may be slow. Some of our processes like notifications and journal search don't appear to be running and can't be started due to rate limiting or capacity issues. DW could go down later if Amazon isn't able to improve things soon, but our services should return to normal when Amazon has cleared up the outage.

Edit: all services are running as of 16:12 CDT, but there is definitely still a backlog of notifications to get through.

Edit 2: and at 18:20 CDT everything's been running normally for about the last hour.