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Kay_H
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Posted: 29 Jan 2023 at 4:46am |
So embarrassed this morning.
I got so absorbed in this competition that I completely forgot that i had an important real life commitment on Saturday. I rewrote what felt like hundreds of sentences, and then decided I liked most of them better before. By the time I looked up, it was 3am and I’d not eaten anything or moved from my seat! Anyone else ever forgotten a real life thing in the midst of this competition? And how the hell do writers ever write an actual book! The editing! Edited by Veronica Violet - 29 Jan 2023 at 5:20am |
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Aezekiel
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I definitely felt like I was in some sort of alternative dimension this week. My most pressing question though was how do writers write and also have time to do everything else that life requires of you lol
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bobc
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Yes, I had a similar experience. I neglected various tasks during the week, barely left the house the last 48 hours before the deadline, and on Friday zoned out writing and completely missed a scheduled haircut.
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Suave
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I am a bit opposite. I start getting tired of beating my head against the desk and start procrastinating by cleaning the bathroom, or the kitchen, now an then the wheels on my office chair. But from the years of experience here in the contests I never go much past 12 or 1am because I will wake up early the next day still wired, lol.
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shady
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Neglected the contest. Was so busy and emotionally drained, I just wasn't feeling it this time. I almost didn't turn anything in but manage to scrape together my bits and pieces and submitted a short, short story. Why Rom-Com, why?!?
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Random
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Woke up Monday and started banging away. Got so involved I forgot there was something I was supposed to do until far too late. Pretty expensive mistake. I set up an alarm on my phone so I won't do that twice, contest or otherwise.
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Betzer
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For sure! I have so much work to do today because I put it off over the week to work on my short story. Totally worth it though!
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shanan187
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I was so entranced by my story this time that I kept gravitating back to it (you know, when I should have been doing other thing). I didn’t “neglect” work and life, exactly, but I definitely didn’t give them my full attention, either. I had a full draft by Sunday evening. But it was the little edits made in stolen moments that really hammered it home. So… no regrets :)
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FireHorse
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Dunno about neglecting real life precisely, but I have pulled more all-nighters to hit NYCM deadlines these last six months than I did in 4 years of university study.
I'm too old for all-nighters. They've certainly left me unable to give real life the attention it deserves. |
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ReneeLuna
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Sort of. I spent most of the week going about my daily life but with the story growing and insistently pressing in on my awareness, preventing me from fully engaging in anything else. Beyond notes and a brief outline, I couldn't start writing until Friday. Not that anything was preventing me, just my ADHD which demands the doom of a rapidly descending deadline. A week is simply too nebulous. A day? Perfect!
And I actually thought Friday was the deadline until around dinner time. |
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