#keen-li

Oh I’m so glad I’m not alone!! I saw by accident by going to answer and just got jump scared (in a small way). It’s slightly discouraging because like. I don’t know who they were. What if they were moots or my darling anons. I don’t know who was taken from me!! And I check every account that’s followed me so I know it wasn’t p.rn bots or anything like that.

And you do like have advice for trying to balance out writing multiple fics.

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My writing schedule hasn't really changed for a long time, and I've adjusted it in a way that it won't be getting in the way of my main daily schedules.

For example, I usually work on the weekends, and to compensate this, I'll either get Monday and Thursday completely free or I'm often scheduled to work from home. That's why you'll see me either posting a fic or at least focusing on finishing something during those days. I work from 10 AM to 3-4 PM (this is the official working hours from my office, but I often work until late at night when I'm working on a project) so I often have to steal chances during the free time I have left to write. I usually write super early in the morning for an hour when I can before work, and then go back to writing at night (I don't set how many hours to spare to write at night but use a word count goal to set the time). If I don't have to work on the weekends, I'll be using those days to write all day with the goal of having my Monday posting schedule filled.

I mostly write at night because that's when I can have better focus. Just don't do what I often do, which is losing sleep to write. You'll write better with a fresh mind, which is the reason why I often write early morning before work lately, when my mind has gotten enough rest and hasn't been corrupted by all the stress from the rest of the day heheh

How I balance writing multiple fics at a time: I usually set myself a daily writing goal to help stay focus.

My daily word count goal is 500 words/day. Whether it means I'll have to reach 500 words in total for a day or 500 words per fic in a day depends on when I'm planning to post the fic(s) I'm focusing on. 500 words might sound a lot, if you have a long, busy day and less time to write, but it has worked for me really well so far. 500 words can turn to be a full dialogue scene/back to back between characters, a prologue, sometimes even a short scene. Either way, it gives me a definite progress each day to make sure I can finish something at the end of the week. If I want to finish something faster, I'd switch my writing goal to one scene/day. This works mostly when I need to finish a long fic while working on my ongoing series.

A couple of advice that I can give you for trying to balance out writing multiple fics:

— filter the fics you need to work on and try not to do too much at once Let's say you have 27 WIPs (I have more lol..), try to limit yourself to a small number to focus on at a time. For me, 3 WIPs at a time/on one sitting is my limit. You can decide your own limit based on your capability. Just try not to do too much at once because it gets overwhelming. Try to categorize your WIPs and determine which fics take first priority when you're writing and which ones you can consider as your side projects. This will help you decide which ones to focus on as your main project and which ones you can work on together/at the same time every time you need to sit down and write. I often take some time on the beginning of each month to list out the fics that I want to work on that month, splitting them between the ones that take first priority (eg. ongoing series, collab fics, commission/request) and which ones I consider as 'side projects' (eg. epilogues, one-shots, drabbles). Focusing on different fics that hold the same importance at once can be draining, so doing this will help ease your weight a little bit more. You can do the same each week by limiting your WIPs further. Say you have one fic as your main focus for a whole week while working on one or two smaller ones on the side as you go.

— set up a goal for yourself to help you focus You can set a daily goal, weekly, or monthly. Choose what works for you the best. Writers who are experienced in joining events like NanoWriMo are used to setting a word count goal for themselves (eg. for NaNo in November, the goal's usually set at 50k words), so you can try and do the same but with less word counts to reach each month. For me, I set my monthly goal to write 30k to 40k words regardless of which fic(s) I'm working on or how many I have to focus on, but that's only because I can't always set a goal of finishing one long fic a month and I'm currently prioritising my ongoing series which has different lengths each chapter. If big numbers seem too intimidating, go small. Smaller goals, like setting up to 500 words/day or one scene/day can help give you constant progress with your writing, and it might not seem too overwhelming if you look at it in a smaller form. If it's possible for you to set a regular posting schedule each week, you can use that specific posting day as your weekly goal to always be able to finish something within a week.

— you can also set a time as your goal. For example, you can try to write non-stop for an hour a day, during your free time. If you're familiar with writing sprints, you can use this setup to help you focus on your writing for a time. If you're not familiar with it, this is some sort of a program with time simulation which can help you remain focus for a set time to write. Look at it as a marathon, but with writing instead of running. A few writing networks that run through discord chats often have this program set up in the chat which members can use to write together. For me personally, I use ohwrite app to do my writing sprints. The app set up an automatic countdown for 25 minutes to write with 5 minutes break in between. Using this app allows you to either write on your own, or set up a room to write together with friends, or join a global room to write with others (idk if this is still available, I just use my own room lol) Setting a time goal helps for someone like me who has a daily schedule set for work and other activities to make sure that I always spare that timeframe I've scheduled specifically to write something (or a few things). And watching my word count rising and building up as the time is counting down to a stop can be really motivating me to continue writing.

— take breaks in between Setting up a goal doesn't mean it has to be your final limit. It's not uncommon to go over and keep on going once you've reached your goal and you're still motivated to continue writing. But always remember to take breaks. Once you have a writing goal set, you can even use that goal to remind you when to take a break. For example, you're aiming to write 500 words today, and you have, but you want to keep going. Take a moment to rest first, then write again until you reach 500 words, and take another break. Writing multiple fics can also mean you are writing multiple themes, different characters each fic, and even different narrative voices. Sometimes when we're working on multiple stuff at once, we're jumping between fics and going back and forth, switching focus and changing POVs, etc. Doing this continuously can be one of the reasons a writer fall into a burnout. Try to take short breaks in between each fic instead of jumping simultaneously. For example, let's say you're working on fic A as your top priority this week, and you've chosen B and C as your side projects. Say you're done working on A or find yourself stuck on it, you want to jump to B and work a little from it for a while before going back. Try not to jump right away, but take a moment to rest. Go read, watch one video from YouTube, etc. Make sure you have a fresh mind when you jump into a new fic and do the same when you want to jump back. This might take a bit longer for the writing process to finish, but it often wastes less energy because you're allowing your mind to take it easy while working on multiple stuff at once. If you're using the writing sprint mentioned above while working on several WIPs, you can use the time simulation to help you jump between fics. Say you want to use 25 minutes to finish one fic, take a 5 minutes break as suggested by the app, then open a different WIP to focus on for the next 25 minutes, and so on.

I'm sorry this got so long. I'm not sure how much of this helps, but I hope this answers at least a small part of your question and you can try out if any of this works for you. Feel free to come back and ask me more if you still have any questions!

I can't do this anymore😩😩🫠🫠😭😭

he's tryna kill us.

Lol and don't get me started on reader and bro.😂

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