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mistressofmuses) wrote2021-07-17 06:47 pm
mistressofmuses) wrote2021-07-17 06:47 pm
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Work whinge and Camp Nano
I'm starting to feel like Saturdays just inevitably suck at work. Today was another super hectic day to the point of being miserable. I got most of what I needed to done, so that's good at least. And also had good sales (for me, lol.) But UGH. I think the issue is probably mostly understaffing - I genuinely don't know how many people work weekends, and since it's summer, there are inevitably people who've taken time off. I know we're constantly getting "PLEASE REFER PEOPLE! WE'RE HIRING!!" emails, and of course the summer is the busiest part of the year, and we're getting into the last month before school starts up and all the people who desperately want to get things in before that... But still. Sucky and I hate it.
Writing has been all right. I've still hit my word goal for each day so far in July, which is nice. I'm still not thrilled with Chapter 2 of Connections of the Heart, which is going to require a LOT of fixing because I was floundering bad. But Chapter 3 feels better to me. I also finished a rough draft of Chapter 2 of Step Right Up! That felt like it'll require a bit less work to rewrite/edit, so hopefully that will be post-able pretty soon after the month is up.
I haven't totally decided whether I'll count second draft/rewrite words toward my goal for the month on Camp Nano. I kind of want to, since it'll leave me with something more ready to be posted, and finishing (or at least making progress on) these two fics is my real goal. Step Right Up was posted on May 31! It's already been on hold for a month and a half! And Connections of the Heart was posted in late June, but that'll be creeping up on a month by the time Camp NaNo is done.
But at the same time, it feels like that would be double-dipping, since I wrote the first draft of those words this month, so writing them again-just-with-some-changes seems a bit like cheating. But I don't have the time or energy (plus it's also just not a good strategy for me) to try and write new draft one words AND editing draft two words on the same night.
Even though Chapter 3 is going better, I'm still struggling over the wordcount for each day. And I'm so tired, I'd really rather curl up and read instead, lol.
Writing has been all right. I've still hit my word goal for each day so far in July, which is nice. I'm still not thrilled with Chapter 2 of Connections of the Heart, which is going to require a LOT of fixing because I was floundering bad. But Chapter 3 feels better to me. I also finished a rough draft of Chapter 2 of Step Right Up! That felt like it'll require a bit less work to rewrite/edit, so hopefully that will be post-able pretty soon after the month is up.
I haven't totally decided whether I'll count second draft/rewrite words toward my goal for the month on Camp Nano. I kind of want to, since it'll leave me with something more ready to be posted, and finishing (or at least making progress on) these two fics is my real goal. Step Right Up was posted on May 31! It's already been on hold for a month and a half! And Connections of the Heart was posted in late June, but that'll be creeping up on a month by the time Camp NaNo is done.
But at the same time, it feels like that would be double-dipping, since I wrote the first draft of those words this month, so writing them again-just-with-some-changes seems a bit like cheating. But I don't have the time or energy (plus it's also just not a good strategy for me) to try and write new draft one words AND editing draft two words on the same night.
Even though Chapter 3 is going better, I'm still struggling over the wordcount for each day. And I'm so tired, I'd really rather curl up and read instead, lol.