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[nineveh_uk]

I have received a gift fic! Traitor to the cause. Vorkosigan fic in which, as the summary puts it, “Miles finally goes too far.”

I had two meetings at work today. Both have been cancelled. I am rather pleased with this as I have a ton of stuff to do that is more important. It would help if I weren’t feeling knackered due to waking up in the middle of the night because I was hungry, failing to go back to sleep after having a biscuit, and then not being able to eat more than half an orange for breakfast because I was tired… Oh irony.

There are too many things on at the cinema! I still haven’t seen Spectre, and I want to see Carol and Bridge of Spies. I really need to actually to get my act together and go, rather than procrastinate. Or end up at random films about sheep instead.

At the end of picowrimo I have managed 6300 words on the eternal WIP, finished the bodyswap fic, and done much thinking about other ideas. I am considering this satisfactory, especially as I am carrying on into December rather than collapsing into a heap. Does anyone have any comments on using Scrivener? One of the many things I have learned from the eternal WIP is that I need a better way of organising both text and notes. Random bits of paper in a carrier bag and notes for different chapters jumbled together in Word docs is not ideal.

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[elmey.livejournal.com]

I invested in Scrivener a couple of years ago. Because I also have a very long WIP which is in disarray by now with umpteen drafts and different scenes in different places. I'm not using it--I do think it would be extremely helpful, but I couldn't gather up the energy to sit there and actually learn it well enough for it to be useful. I think if you're willing to put in the time to learn it (they have all sorts of tutorials, but it would take many hours, portioned out over several days) it's a good thing. But my god I just couldn't face putting in the time.

Now that you've reminded me, maybe I'll try again over the holidays to master the thing.

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

I had two meetings at work today. Both have been cancelled.

Congratulations! I wasn't so lucky today, but since I have a meeting once in a blue moon, I can't complain.

I know that feeling when scheduling fun things seems like work. Maybe over the weekend when you've more energy!

[dbassassin.livejournal.com]

Post-it notes on the dining room wall is how I organise fic notes. It has an unexpected side benefit in that if you have people coming to stay you have to choose: either explain what the wall of post-it notes is for, or just write the fic so that you can take them down.

[sonetka.livejournal.com]

When I'm writing long things I usually end up with two files which I work on side by side; one ends up with all the deleted bits I might want later, research bits, and things like that, the other ends up with the finished story. It's not the most efficient system in the world and if Scrivener looks really good I may look into that.

I also want to see Carol and am somewhat annoyed that several October movies already seem to be long gone from the theaters. It's a little horrifying to realize how few movies I see now which aren't fully or partially animated. (The new Star Wars may fall into this category as well, of course, though I've heard that Abrams backed off on the All Green Screens All The Time policy of the prequels so there's hope yet).

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Hurray for gift fic, and for cancelled meetings!