Write Every day 2026: January, Day 31

Jan. 31st, 2026 11:06 pm
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How have we already reached the end of the month?! Final check-in for January today! Tomorrow I'll post the final tally, and WED will continue over at [personal profile] sakanawords. :D

Today's writing

A lot of writing - my deadline is in about 7 hours hours, and I've filled in all the gaps in my story by now, but there are still a few things I want to add before I post later tonight. *flails*

Tally

Days 1-25 )

Day 26: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 27: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 28: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme
[personal profile] carenejeans,
Day 29: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 30: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula@sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 31: [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] trobadora

Let me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)

Write Every day 2026: January, Day 30

Jan. 30th, 2026 11:27 pm
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Rushing towards the deadline ...

Today's writing

I have once again reached the "should I just scrap all of this and start over?" point. I tell myself to just keep writing for now; I can still start over and write a whole new story after the deadline. For now, I need to finish this draft so I can post it.

So I keep writing. For now.

Tally

Days 1-25 )

Day 26: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 27: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 28: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 29: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 30: [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] trobadora

Let me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)
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I feel like it's very hard for me to describe my creative processes.  Maybe it's because I haven't spent much time actually thinking about what makes them happen.  Maybe it's because I'm so used to them that there doesn't seem to be anything worth talking about.  Maybe it's because 99% of my process is extremely internal, just turning the idea over and over like a rotisserie chicken until it's ready.  Which, I mean, isn't not my process, so I guess that's descriptive???

Maybe if I break it down by types.

For fics--specifically fics written for fun that actually have a plot and aren't just elaborate set-ups for jokes:
There's a lot of poking at a plot to see if it's worth being Fic Plot or just Fun Daydream Idea.  Pretty much all my fics start out as Fun Daydream Ideas anyway, but if something keeps coming up and I can see the story being written--I mean this literally; I see the sentences in front of me and will start rewriting/rewording them as I go--then it's time to start writing them down.

For fics that are basically elaborate set-ups for jokes:
A punchline gets me, or a pun, or a meme format makes me think "how could I put this into [fic universe]?" and then that's it.  My like my full fics, I start writing and rewriting the idea over and over in my head.  Sometimes I'll swap in different characters for whatever places they need to be.  For example, I'm being haunted by the "Robert and Barbara Wire" Tumblr post, and I have a different word in mind but using that format, so I've been trying to figure out which of the Batfamily I want to use for each speaker.  So, like all of them, I keep turning it around and trying new characters in different roles until I find what I like.

Fandom related posts, not fics:
Pretty much the same as above.  I don't write a lot of serious meta about my fandoms because that's just not my preferred way to fan, so most of my fandom posts are jokes.  I will say, though, that I tend to work these the same way I work my stand-up comedy bits:  I try it out in my head to play around with it and see if there's a funnier way to do the bit.  If I can't decide what version works best, I start inflicting it upon testing it out with my friends and family.  Usually, I'll start IRL with my mom (as she knows at least of most of my fandoms) or a friend via text.  Then I might move to a Discord friend, test it there.  Once I think it's got the right feel of what I want, then I'll usually share it on Tumblr (which is pretty much my only social media presence nowadays).

And there you have it!  Or some of it, at least.

Write Every day 2026: January, Day 29

Jan. 29th, 2026 10:21 pm
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Turns out I do have a cold! But my next exchange deadline is on Saturday.

Today's writing

Writing! Wrangling! All of that. I'll get there ...

Tally

Days 1-25 )

Day 26: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 27: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 28: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 29: [personal profile] trobadora

Let me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)

Write Every day 2026: January, Day 28

Jan. 28th, 2026 10:43 pm
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  1. Many thanks to [personal profile] sakana17 for offering to host WED in February! We'll continue next month over at [personal profile] sakanawords. :D

  2. This morning I had the plumber in to have my my gas boiler serviced and the flue replaced. "Oh no, you don't need to remove the stuff under it, it'll be fine," they said. - Never mind the stuff directly under the boiler, the entire room ended up covered in dirt.

  3. Mystery of the day: am I developing a cold, or did I just breathe in too much dust/soot? /o\

Today's writing

More exchange fic wrangling.

Tally

Days 1-25 )

Day 26: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 27: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 28: [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Let me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)

Write Every day 2026: January, Day 27

Jan. 27th, 2026 10:19 pm
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We're nearing the end of the month, and I don't believe we have a host for February yet. Who's up for hosting?

Today's writing

Mostly structural work on an exchange fic, trying to wrangle it into a viable shape.

Tally

Days 1-25 )

Day 26: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora

Day 27: [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] trobadora

Let me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)

Write Every day 2026: January, Day 26

Jan. 26th, 2026 10:12 pm
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Hi! Someone please tell me where I can buy some extra hours for my days ...

I'm a bit behind on a few things, and nothing is going very quickly, but I'm catching up! This week will be busy both at work and otherwise, but my schedule should be regular again overall, and check-in posts should go up at the usual time.

(I also haven't done this week's Guardian rewatch yet, but soon, I hope!)

Yesterday's and today's writing

Some much too slow writing yesterday; an alibi paragraph for today. Faster and more substantial writing tomorrow, I hope, because the next deadline is close ...

Tally

Days 1-20 )

Day 21: [personal profile] alightbuthappypen, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 22: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora

Day 23: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora

Day 24: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora

Day 25: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora

Day 26: [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] trobadora

Let me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)

Write Every day 2026: January, Day 25

Jan. 26th, 2026 02:42 am
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Sorry for lateness; will reply to comments and update the tally tomorrow!

Write Every day 2026: January, Day 24

Jan. 24th, 2026 11:24 pm
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*rushes in* Where did the day go?!

Today's writing

Still treading water. *sighs*

Tally

Days 1-20 )

Day 21: [personal profile] alightbuthappypen, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 22: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora

Day 23: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora

Day 24: [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] trobadora

Let me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)

Write Every day 2026: January, Day 23

Jan. 23rd, 2026 09:51 pm
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Good news: not as tired today!

Bad news: extra stress at work and otherwise!

Today's writing

I did manage to write a few paragraphs, but it feels like I'm just treading water right now. I really need to make some progress over the weekend; the next deadline is fast approaching ...

Tally

Days 1-20 )

Day 21: [personal profile] alightbuthappypen, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 22: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora

Day 23: [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] trobadora

Let me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)

Write Every day 2026: January, Day 22

Jan. 22nd, 2026 10:44 pm
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I'm incredibly tired again today for no discernible reason. *sighs*

Today's writing

Still slowly working on things. Still not gaining any momentum, but haven't thrown in the towel either, so there's that?

Tally

Days 1-20 )

Day 21: [personal profile] alightbuthappypen, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 22: [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] trobadora

Let me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)

Memories

Jan. 21st, 2026 08:28 pm
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Going through and collecting the URLs at Dreamwidth for the stories I was writing twenty years ago. And I need to say thank you again. So many of you wrote Samfic for me while I was going through a rough time. And I loved to sometimes return the favor and write a hobbit pile or attempt a slashy Drabble when someone hoped for one. I wish I had saved every picture and story, because some are lost to time, but enough remains to warm my heart.

Write Every day 2026: January, Day 21

Jan. 21st, 2026 10:49 pm
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61% of respondents find shorter fic easier to write than longer! And the majority of respondents mostly write stories between 1 and 10k words. Interestingly, the 10-50k range seems to be the rarest!

For me, I find longer fic easier because I can much more easily come up with ideas for longer stories than shorter. Self-contained small things? I wish I could write them more often! But most story ideas I have want to be longer, alas.

I used to write more shorter fic, but I've mostly lost the knack, possibly because my current fandoms lend themselves to that less? Or it may be me that's changed. *g*

Today's writing

So far I'm failing at gaining any kind of writing momentum this month, but I'm still working on things. A little progress.

Tally

Days 1-15 )

Day 16: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 17: [personal profile] alightbuthappypen, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 18: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 19: [personal profile] alightbuthappypen, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 20: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 21: [personal profile] alightbuthappypen, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Let me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)

Write Every day 2026: January, Day 20

Jan. 20th, 2026 11:21 pm
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What I did during my lunch break: assemble Ikea shelves \o/
What I didn't do during my lunch break: write /o\

(And then the entire afternoon was non-stop meetings until smoke came out of my ears.)

Today's writing

A little more than an alibi sentence, but not much more.

WED Question of the Day

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 18


I find ...

View Answers

shorter fic easier to write than longer fic
11 (61.1%)

longer fic easier to write than shorter fic
4 (22.2%)

something else (see comments)
3 (16.7%)

I mostly write ...

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drabbles and ficlets (<1k)
2 (11.8%)

short fic (1-3k)
5 (29.4%)

medium length fic (3-6k)
4 (23.5%)

longer fic (6-10k)
4 (23.5%)

long fic (10-20k)
0 (0.0%)

very long fic (20-50k)
0 (0.0%)

epic fic (>50k)
2 (11.8%)

I often write ...

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drabbles and ficlets (<1k)
9 (56.2%)

short fic (1-3k)
12 (75.0%)

medium length fic (3-6k)
8 (50.0%)

longer fic (6-10k)
7 (43.8%)

long fic (10-20k)
3 (18.8%)

very long fic (20-50k)
1 (6.2%)

epic fic (>50k)
3 (18.8%)



Tally

Days 1-15 )

Day 16: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 17: [personal profile] alightbuthappypen, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 18: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora

Day 19: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora

Day 20: [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] trobadora

Let me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)
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[personal profile] fleetsparrow
I am sticking to 3 because, if you saw my last attempt at "top X list" I, uh, have trouble restricting.

These are not in specific order, just in the order I thought of them:
  • I'm curious
  • I'm Justice-oriented
  • I am actually 5 puns in a trench coat pretending to be human
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[personal profile] fleetsparrow
Christmas is my favorite holiday.  Its got joy, its got lights, its got music--what could be better!

This year I went a little fucking crazy deep into the Christmas music archives, adding as many Christmas songs and albums to my single streaming playlist as possible.  It now sits at an overwhelming amazing 1,594 songs for a total of 79 hours and 5 minutes!

There are so many songs I had never heard before adding them.  Many of my favorites from that bunch were written in the '60s, when Christmas music and lore were not so set in stone as we seem to think of them now.  (Even Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a modern invention, he of the Montgomery-Ward catalogue.  But I digress.)

Here is a couple of Top 10(ish) lists.  You may have heard of some of them, you may have heard of none of them (or maybe you know all of them??? if so, please share where, as I am constantly looking for more.)

Top 10 World-building songs:
  1. Jingle-O The Brownie - Tennessee Ernie Ford
  2. Uncle Mistletoe - The Three Suns
  3. Poppy the Puppy - Gene Autry
  4. The Three Little Dwarfs (Hard Rock, Coco, and Joe) - Gene Autry
  5. Little Klinker - Tennessee Ernie Ford
  6. Santa And The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
  7. Captain Santa Claus (And His Reindeer Space Patrol) - Bobby Helms
  8. Freddie, The Little Fir Tree - Gene Autry
  9. Socko, The Smallest Snowball - The Bell Sisters & Spike Jones & His City Slickers
  10. Christy Christmas - Brenda Lee

Honorary mentions (eclectic collection):
  1. Christmas Is A-Comin' - Bing Crosby
  2. Santa Claus, That's Me! - Vernon Dalhart
  3. Who's That Up On The Roof - The Caroleers
  4. The Stingiest Man In Town - The Four Lads
  5. The Christmas Blues - Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends
  6. Christmas Rappin' - Kurtis Blow
  7. The Fairy On The Christmas Tree - BBC Orchestra & The Three Sisters
  8. The Bell That Couldn't Jingle - Burt Bacharach
  9. Snoopy's Christmas - The Royal Guardsmen
  10. The Night Before Christmas (In Texas That Is) - Montana Slim

Shout-out to the spoken word Christmas recordings:
  1. Christmas Dragnet (Yulenet) Parts 1 & 2 - Stan Freberg
  2. I Was A Teenage Reindeer - Jim Backus & Daws Butler
  3. I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas - Yogi Yorgesson
  4. Elvis For Xmas - Mad Milo
  5. Chinchy Old Scrooge - Phil Moore
  6. Blink Before Christmas - Phil Moore
  7. Santa Claus Proves There Is A Santa - Ernest Hare
  8. Santa Claus Hides In Your Phonograph - Ernest Hare

Write Every day 2026: January, Day 19

Jan. 19th, 2026 11:01 pm
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In the first draft poll, 30% of respondents usually produce a first draft that's very close to the final draft, and no one usually produces first drafts that barely bear resemblance to the final draft. And most respondents (57%) at least sometimes produce a first draft very close to the final draft. *g*

For the "usual" question, slightly more people have too-wordse first drafts (25%, compared to 20% for too sparse), whereas in the "sometimes" question, too sparse is more common (38%) than too words (23%).

(70% of respondents believe that tickyboxes know no such thing as overkill, btw!)

As for me, it differs wildly - I used to produce very clean first drafts that didn't get changed much during editing/betaing, but for the last several years now it's been much more inconsistent. The more I struggle with either writing or finding time/energy to write, the worse my first drafts get - because sometimes I just have to get something, anything, down first, or I won't get anywhere at all. But it's pretty frustrating, so I want to get back to how I used to write, and I need to figure out how to do that with less time and energy than I used to have ...

One thing's remained the same, though: my first drafts are generally too sparse, which is why they always grow - sometimes considerably - during editing as I flesh them out and add in all the things that I had in my head but didn't put in the actual text. *g*

Today's writing

Again not as much as I'd like. I need to actually sit down and finish something, but it's hard to find the energy.

WED Question of the Day

Today I don't have a poll, but instead a request for advice: when you're low on energy, do you have any strategies that make it easier to write? Or to get started writing, at least? Because I often find myself just staring blankly at a page for way too long until I somehow get going, and I'd really rather not. *g* When I have more energy, I can usually get there much more easily, which is really unfair. :p

(I want to be writing! I feel better once I actually get started writing! But getting there is such a pain on some days. *grumbles*)

Tally

Days 1-15 )

Day 16: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 17: [personal profile] alightbuthappypen, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 18: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora

Day 19: [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] trobadora

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I always feel like wishlists are so hard for me to create.  They feel a lot like asking for help, another thing I have a terribly hard time doing.  Yes, this is something I'm currently working on in therapy.  How is that going?  Haha, don't worry about it.

But, in the interest of Putting Myself Out There, here is a wishlist:
  1. Top surgery
    1. Oh, we're starting in Hard Mode I see... fun!
  2. A couple new multi-color packs of Pilot Varsity disposable fountain pens
  3. A good region-free DVD player
  4. Any kind of recommendations on how to learn written shorthand
  5. Advice on how to do candle magic when you can't burn candles
    1. Or, alternatively I guess, what to substitute for candle magic when you can't burn candles
  6. Recommendations for language learning apps that aren't Duolingo (or Rosetta Stone, only because I already have that)
  7. A year of Boot.dev
  8. Gift card(s) to Bookshop.org, Google Play Store, or BetterWorldBooks (the last of which might make me finally move my unending wishlist from Thriftbooks to BWB)
  9. Best places to learn Linux and such
  10. Obligatory newly-curated Amazon wishlist

please do not judge the fact that it took me 3 entire hours to post this single thing akdhgaolksdjflkhajd I sleep now before I break out in hives for Wanting Things and Letting People Know I Want Things

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