LiMoWriMo LiNoWriMo July 2025 – Official Thread

[Nikky Lee]

Alas no writing yesterday. I spent my writing time doing my author tax
On the bright side it's done, and hopefully the return will help pay for my next cover

 

[RK Wallis]

Woah. Not a pantser, then.

I think I'm 80% panster. I use the spreadsheet to go back and edit and tweak what I've written already. Now I'm on the second half, I'm using the spreadsheet to keep on track. It often gets me out of writer's block, but the ending still eludes me...and only free writing will give me the answer.

 

[LJ Beck]

I hit a WTF with my next chapter. lol I hadn't thought it through enough on the first go round, and so that's what happens, right? It doesn't make sense. But that's okay. I knew this and the next 2 chapters were my problem children. I've been doing a lot of good thunkin' tho. Just need to solve a few more bits and I'll be away again.

Curious... how does it affect you when shit isn't working? At first I was annoyed, and then because my momentum took a dive, I was bummed, but then I (reluctantly at first) settled into some problem solving, and as it started to come together, I was feeling okay again. I imagine once it's all clear in my head, I'll be freaking euphoric. Is it like that for you?

 

[Sedayne]

I hit a WTF with my next chapter. lol I hadn't thought it through enough on the first go round, and so that's what happens, right? It doesn't make sense. But that's okay. I knew this and the next 2 chapters were my problem children. I've been doing a lot of good thunkin' tho. Just need to solve a few more bits and I'll be away again.

Curious... how does it affect you when shit isn't working? At first I was annoyed, and then because my momentum took a dive, I was bummed, but then I (reluctantly at first) settled into some problem solving, and as it started to come together, I was feeling okay again. I imagine once it's all clear in my head, I'll be freaking euphoric. Is it like that for you?

I think the only thing you can do is push on through. In writing, unless you have some crucial deadline to go to print, you can afford to take risks in your decision-making. Even if it gets more tangled and messy, you can take that long way round to get where you need to be.
Like many people, I have a job where decision-making can be critical, so it's liberating that risks in writing aren't really risks at all. If you accidentally kill a character, you can resurrect them easily enough - not so IRL.
And writing has a habit of working itself out - sooner or later there will be that a-ha moment which is, as you say, freaking euphoric. I'll accept that temporary bummed-out feeling for the reward ahead.

 

[Aethalope]

I hit a WTF with my next chapter. lol I hadn't thought it through enough on the first go round, and so that's what happens, right? It doesn't make sense. But that's okay. I knew this and the next 2 chapters were my problem children. I've been doing a lot of good thunkin' tho. Just need to solve a few more bits and I'll be away again.

Curious... how does it affect you when shit isn't working? At first I was annoyed, and then because my momentum took a dive, I was bummed, but then I (reluctantly at first) settled into some problem solving, and as it started to come together, I was feeling okay again. I imagine once it's all clear in my head, I'll be freaking euphoric. Is it like that for you?

Tear up the chapter and start again with a different vibe, different setting, different weather, or different mood for one of all of the characters, as appropriate.

Sometimes the troubled character is just hangry, so finding a way for them to eat often works in unexpected ways. That might just be the Malaysian in me, though.

 

[MattScho]

I hit a WTF with my next chapter. lol I hadn't thought it through enough on the first go round, and so that's what happens, right? It doesn't make sense. But that's okay. I knew this and the next 2 chapters were my problem children. I've been doing a lot of good thunkin' tho. Just need to solve a few more bits and I'll be away again.

Curious... how does it affect you when shit isn't working? At first I was annoyed, and then because my momentum took a dive, I was bummed, but then I (reluctantly at first) settled into some problem solving, and as it started to come together, I was feeling okay again. I imagine once it's all clear in my head, I'll be freaking euphoric. Is it like that for you?

Let's see, annoyed, lethargic, bummed... I think you almost nailed my reaction trail, though you skipped the always helpful yelling at the words on the screen phase.
In my experience, euphoria comes a while after publication, when you can read back through and realize you didn't f' up.