Comments on: Two types of progress: wrists and writing http://chocolateandvodka.com/2008/11/02/two-types-of-progress-wrists-and-writing/ bubbling enthusiasm for $arbitrary_topic Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:40:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Suw http://chocolateandvodka.com/2008/11/02/two-types-of-progress-wrists-and-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-19769 Suw Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:50:01 +0000 http://chocolateandvodka.com/2008/11/02/two-types-of-progress-wrists-and-writing/#comment-19769 Neil, thanks! You know, it's funny that you should mention leaning on your elbows and stress - I have started to notice that leaning on my elbows, or letting my wrists lean on the computer, aggravate things. So I am instituting a strict no-leaning policy. I have always been quite aware of these sorts of things, so I am quite surprised that I have lapsed into such bad habits. I'm also trying to sit back further, instead of hunching over, and that seems to be helping. I'm also sure that stress (of which I have had plenty lately) also plays a big, big part. I always have held my tension in my shoulders and neck and it wouldn't surprise me at all to find out that that's worsening the situation too. But I have seen an improvement during the nights since the the injection - I haven't had any problems at all. My wrists are still a little bit achy during the day, but that's the lingering side-effects of the injection, I think. I just hope that the improvement continues. Next appointment with the physio is next week. Fingers crossed! (Or not, in my case...) Thanks for your invitation to Friday Flash Fiction! I used to have friends who wrote a lot of flash, but I was never very good at it. But be that as it may (I know that practice makes perfect and all that), I am going to focus on The Revenge of the Books of Hay for now. We're at 46 handwritten pages, which I estimate to be about 8000 words. About another 2000 and I'm at my word count target, but whether we'll be at the end of the story I'm not sure. i had a sudden subplot come to the fore... Neil, thanks! You know, it’s funny that you should mention leaning on your elbows and stress – I have started to notice that leaning on my elbows, or letting my wrists lean on the computer, aggravate things. So I am instituting a strict no-leaning policy. I have always been quite aware of these sorts of things, so I am quite surprised that I have lapsed into such bad habits. I’m also trying to sit back further, instead of hunching over, and that seems to be helping.

I’m also sure that stress (of which I have had plenty lately) also plays a big, big part. I always have held my tension in my shoulders and neck and it wouldn’t surprise me at all to find out that that’s worsening the situation too.

But I have seen an improvement during the nights since the the injection – I haven’t had any problems at all. My wrists are still a little bit achy during the day, but that’s the lingering side-effects of the injection, I think. I just hope that the improvement continues. Next appointment with the physio is next week. Fingers crossed! (Or not, in my case…)

Thanks for your invitation to Friday Flash Fiction! I used to have friends who wrote a lot of flash, but I was never very good at it. But be that as it may (I know that practice makes perfect and all that), I am going to focus on The Revenge of the Books of Hay for now. We’re at 46 handwritten pages, which I estimate to be about 8000 words. About another 2000 and I’m at my word count target, but whether we’ll be at the end of the story I’m not sure. i had a sudden subplot come to the fore…

]]> By: Neil http://chocolateandvodka.com/2008/11/02/two-types-of-progress-wrists-and-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-19758 Neil Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:16:09 +0000 http://chocolateandvodka.com/2008/11/02/two-types-of-progress-wrists-and-writing/#comment-19758 You have my sympathy; wrist problems - particularly the pins and needles sensation - are really unpleasant. I get intermittent, mild wrist problems as I spend most of my day job working at a laptop and most of my evenings spent writing. Two things seem to aggravate it particularly: the first is leaning on my elbows whilst thinking or even just sitting on the sofa and the second (somewhat more oddly) is stress. Not sure if that's any help but not leaning on my elbows so much and the odd time out when I start to get stressed has helped minimise the pins and needles. On the writing front: have you heard of Friday Flash Fiction? It's an Internet meme where you post a piece of flash fiction (<1000 words) on your blog for free on a.urm...Friday. Yeah, the title kind of gives it away :) Anyways, it started life as a productivity hack that SF writer (Gareth L Powell) used to get him into the habit of producing something every week. It's about seventeen months old now and there's a bunch of us that do it on a semi-regular basis, taking time out to read each other's stories and provide feedback where we can. Most importantly it was (and is) fun. Anyway, I thought it might be of interest if NaNoWriMo is a little daunting. You have my sympathy; wrist problems – particularly the pins and needles sensation – are really unpleasant. I get intermittent, mild wrist problems as I spend most of my day job working at a laptop and most of my evenings spent writing. Two things seem to aggravate it particularly: the first is leaning on my elbows whilst thinking or even just sitting on the sofa and the second (somewhat more oddly) is stress. Not sure if that’s any help but not leaning on my elbows so much and the odd time out when I start to get stressed has helped minimise the pins and needles.

On the writing front: have you heard of Friday Flash Fiction? It’s an Internet meme where you post a piece of flash fiction (<1000 words) on your blog for free on a.urm…Friday. Yeah, the title kind of gives it away :) Anyways, it started life as a productivity hack that SF writer (Gareth L Powell) used to get him into the habit of producing something every week. It’s about seventeen months old now and there’s a bunch of us that do it on a semi-regular basis, taking time out to read each other’s stories and provide feedback where we can. Most importantly it was (and is) fun. Anyway, I thought it might be of interest if NaNoWriMo is a little daunting.

]]> By: Suw http://chocolateandvodka.com/2008/11/02/two-types-of-progress-wrists-and-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-19014 Suw Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:36:15 +0000 http://chocolateandvodka.com/2008/11/02/two-types-of-progress-wrists-and-writing/#comment-19014 Ooh, I didn't know about NaBloPoMo. Neat! I wish I wasn't going on holiday on 22nd Nov, otherwise I'd sign up right away, but no real point promising to post every day when the plan is not to take the laptop to the US. (Although that may change, depending on how well I'm getting on with the story...) Ooh, I didn’t know about NaBloPoMo. Neat! I wish I wasn’t going on holiday on 22nd Nov, otherwise I’d sign up right away, but no real point promising to post every day when the plan is not to take the laptop to the US. (Although that may change, depending on how well I’m getting on with the story…)

]]> By: Annie Mole http://chocolateandvodka.com/2008/11/02/two-types-of-progress-wrists-and-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-19012 Annie Mole Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:13:22 +0000 http://chocolateandvodka.com/2008/11/02/two-types-of-progress-wrists-and-writing/#comment-19012 Good luck - can't remember the last time I did something handwritten that wasn't just notes or doodles. My ex husband is also writing a teen/children novel - but his is based on a talking skeleton (he started it way before Halloween though) There's a number of people I know doing <a href="http://nablopomo.ning.com/" rel="nofollow">NaBloPoMo</a> - which you hardly need as you blog regularly anyway - but some may find that less daunting than writing a novel in a month! Good luck – can’t remember the last time I did something handwritten that wasn’t just notes or doodles.

My ex husband is also writing a teen/children novel – but his is based on a talking skeleton (he started it way before Halloween though)

There’s a number of people I know doing NaBloPoMo – which you hardly need as you blog regularly anyway – but some may find that less daunting than writing a novel in a month!

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