February 2024's Writer Support Thread

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I’m a little bitter I haven’t produced an update this month, but I had a lot going on. Hopefully March will be better and I’ll be able to add another chapter to the list.

Of course then I’ll have to start working on parts of the story I’ve been putting away due to being hard to write, but why think about the future? It never did me any good.

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I thankfully managed to achieve my goal of finishing Chapter Two of Daemonglass.

Ironically my surgery was delayed so I’ve spent the past week in no man’s land. Mentally prepared to be in hospital as a patient whilst also being in hospital as an employee definitely an odd feeling.

Just stuck waiting for a new date which I should hopefully get tomorrow.

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Oh I’m sorry to hear that, I’d been wondering how your were doing. I hope that you get the new date as hoped and that it’s not too far away.

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I’m quite lucky as I am asymptomatic so I feel fine in general so the delay isn’t as bad as it could be.

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I absolutely did not meet my goals :upside_down_face:

Covid absolutely wrecked my momentum, and it’s been hard as hell to get back in the right headspace. Here’s hoping for better progress in March.

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February was a writing dud, but I’m hopeful that March will be better. The play I’m in is over soon, and midterms a week after that, so I’ll probably be able to spend some more energy on my projects. I’m in the mood to work on my traditional novel, which has its pros and cons. It’s a lot simpler to work on, but I wish I had a place like this forum for it

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Been waiting for 4 years (No I wasn’t)

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Welp, I got sick halfway through the month and that kind of killed my momentum with writing. A lot. ^_^" But even so, my progress in the first half of the month makes me quite optimistic! The fact that I got quite ahead of schedule at one point makes me think I could reasonably aim for a higher goal next time. (Does anyone else like graphs? I like graphs. Here’s the graph from the NaNoWriMo site showing my progress, including that almost-funny plateau halfway through.)

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Thank you Hannah!

For now, I’m ending the month with the usual “More updates to come next month” quote, since the next update is long.

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Moratorium for February:

  • Finish Chapter One of Phoenix Rising- This didn’t fucking happen. Like. At all. TAT
  • Get posts on the Nascent Souls Tumblr up to March. - This one I did. Yay.
  • Get the game to a point where I can ACTUALLY POST AN UPDATED DEMO, GODDAMMIT. — NOPE.
  • Bonus at work, which will require some sales. I actually managed to make my sales goal A SINGLE WEEK in January, so now I just need to keep that happening. - HOLY SHIT I MANAGED TO DO THIS. Nearly had a fucking mental breakdown, BUT I DID IT.
  • Keep up with my Accountabili-Buddies so that we all make progress on our games. @RascaldeesV2 & @Phenrex . We actually didn’t really chat much this month. to be fair, work was murdering me. so.

Progress on my 2024 goals

  • Complete Phoenix Rising - laughs in full time employee
  • Begin Editing Phoenix Rising - laughs even harder in full time employee
  • Participate in at least 1 game jam - see previous goal
  • Complete at least 1 game jam - see previous goal
  • Learn Spanish enough to be able to use it at work (earn a $2 raise by doing this) - 45 day streak! WOO! I’m doing SO MUCH BETTER!
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