The Summer Cycle

Step 1: Check for fic updates
Step 2: If any, read them, return to step 1.
Step 3: If you see none, wonder why no one is updating
Step 4: Remember you have several stories and drawing projects you need to work on
Step 5: Try to think of what to write for one of them, and fail.
Step 6: Try to forget about projects by returning to step 1.

I think I need to try something different.

EDIT: Within a day of making this post one of my FOE favs updates and before I finish reading it another longer one updates. Dammit.

Comments

[Kicks Mcgee]

I operate on a similar cycle. You can cut steps 4, 5 and 6 out of mine though.

[Emtu]

Pretty much the same here, but as a non-writer, my 4-6 are roughly:

4. Check the front page for new stories to read
5. Check the groups of stories I liked for new stories to read
6. Return to step 1

[anon12]

I'm suffering from Pillow Case withdraw. Please... can we have some more?

[Rubyist]

My Summer cycle:

1. Try to keep a regular update schedule
2. Fail
3. Read several long stories over the course of a month or so
4. Spend too much time on /mlp/
5. Inevitably end up taking 5 weeks or so to make one update of about 4000 words for one story.

Procrastination powers, activate!