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Challenge 307:
A GOOD DAY

Some days, things just go right.

The sun is shining, and the temperature’s nice, maybe with a light breeze. If you have to travel, the trip is easy – all green lights if you’re driving, a pleasant walk or ride if you’re not. Everyone you have to talk to is cooperative; even if the day started out rough, it’s getting better by the minute. This time, everything’s going to be okay.

How do your characters feel about having a good day? Are they suspicious, thinking it might be too good to be true? Do they just enjoy it? How often do they have good days?

Write a story about a good day.

BONUS GOAL: Everything’s Coming Up Roses

If your submission features roses, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting!

Challenge ends Monday, July 20 at 9:00PM EST.

• Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile
• Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 307 – a good day
• If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here

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Here are this week's votes tallied, and below the cut are our winners for Challenge #306 – Heartbreak!

( This week's finalists are... )

Total Challenge Words Written: 2600

Congratulations to both of you, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes!

autobotscoutriella will be making this week’s banners, so keep an eye out for those next week.

You may now post your Challenge 306 entries to any additional communities, blogs, archives or sites as you'd like! We also have a FandomWeekly AO3 Collection if you'd like to add your stories there!

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饣 part 2
饱, full from eating; 饺, dumplings; 饼, baked goods ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrads=184

语法
5.2 令, to make something happen
https://www.digmandarin.com/hsk-5-grammar

词汇
东部, eastern part; 房东, landlord ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/

Guardian:
我看大家也算是吃饱喝足了, it looks like everyone has eaten and drunk their fill
赵处长和他的父亲竟然性格完全相反，更令我诧异的是明明是父子, Chief Zhao and his father have such totally opposite personalities, it makes me even more surprised that they're clearly father and son
[no 东 words]

Me:
他是北方人，过年的时候想要包饺子。
房东不让我们养猫。

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Hello on Wednesday! How are things going in the world of fic?

Did you write?

- Yes!
- No!
- Not yet!

If yes, what kind of writerly activity did you engage in? How do you feel about it?
If no, what were the obstacles/situations that affected your writerly pursuits? What will you do differently tomorrow to get more writing done?
If not yet, because the day hasn't gotten going yet, what kind of writing activity are you planning (or hoping) to accomplish?

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部首
饣 part 1 shí
饭, rice/meal; 饮, to drink; 饰, to decorate/to play a role ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrads=184

词汇
定, to fix; 规定, to set rules; 肯定, certain(ly)/positive/to be certain ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/

Guardian:
你们几个别替他掩饰了, stop playing a role on his account
肯定有女朋友吧, you must have a girlfriend, right?

Me:
吃饭的时候不要太热闹。
他把我们的活动规定了。

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Fandom: Mo Dao Zu Shi
Pairings/Characters: Mo Xuanyu, Wei Wuxian (mentioned), Nie Huaisang (implied), Lan Wangji (mentioned; implied); Mo Xuanyu/Himself, Mo Xuanyu & Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian (mentioned; implied), Mo Xuanyu -> Nie Huaisang (one-sided)
Rating: Explicit
Length: 4,927
Content Notes: Body Modification (voluntary), Cannibalism (mentioned as part of the culture), canon-typical ritual bloodletting, Classism, First Person POV, Needles, Scenery Porn
Creator Tags: Masturbation, Voyeurism, mermaid Mo Xuanyu, Non-Human Genitalia, Prehensile dick, Worldbuilding, Abyssal Mermaids, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, In that most of the sects are benthopelagic sea critters, And Wei Wuxian actually gets to talk to Mo Xuanyu, Monsterfucker Mo Xuanyu, POV Mo Xuanyu, Hair Kink (minor), self-bondage (minor), Misunderstandings

Creator Links: (AO3)

LesbianlazerOwl; (Dreamwidth)

lazerowl; (Twitter)

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Theme: Unreliable Narrator, Cultural Differences, Interspecies Pairings, Languages & Linguistics, Mermaids, Pining, Worldbuilding, Xeno/Alien Biology

Summary: Mo Xuanyu lives alone at the edge of the habitable world, continuing Wei Wuxian's work and strengthening his cultivation. One day soon, he hopes to surpass the Yiling Laozu's power and follow him into the unknown. Complications arise.

Creator Notes: (Cut for length.) ( Continue. )

Reccer's Notes: LesbianlazerOwl’s AU where the Jiang and Jin Sects are deep-sea merfolk is a strange and rapturous gem that turns Lovecraftiana upside-down (from the POV of a character embodying everything Lovecraft abhorred: a queer Asian—here turned sea creature—looking to monsterfuck.)

With all the haughty smarter-than-the-sheeple dudgeon of the alienated Emo Kid, Abyssal Merman! and Seeker of Arcane Knowledge Mo Xuanyu follows his idol the Yiling Laozu’s forbidden explorations of the mysterious and unfathomable surface—where, according to rumor, he found love with an eldritch air fairy! (Should the author ever see fit, I’d love to read a Wangxian prequel.)

LesbianlazerOwl compresses an incredible amount of atmosphere and implicit worldbuilding into just short of 5000 words, in ways that encourage still further speculation (the Sunshot Campaign is referenced; what could justify such a name in this world, and what were the Wen—creatures of the infernal blazing heights of the Epipelagic Zone?)

Fanwork Links: Rise and Shine, by

LesbianlazerOwl for

Shadaras: https://archiveofourown.org/works/42602655

Collections: Mutual Masturbation Exchange.

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Hello on Tuesday! What kind of a writing day has it been so far today -- or if today hasn't gotten going yet, how did you fare yesterday?

- I thought about my fic once or twice
- I wrote
- I did some planning and/or outlining
- I did research and/or canon review
- I edited
- I've sent my fic off to my beta
- I posted today!
- I'm taking a break
- I did something else that I'll talk about in a comment

Tuesday Discussion: It is really hot where I am, so hot it is hard to get any work done, even something "quiet" like writing. Does extreme weather affect your writing at all?

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Here are the entries for this challenge:

( List of entries )

Please Note: Because we only have 3 entries this week, there is only a First Place and Runner Up to vote for!

In order to vote, please reply to this post using the form provided. All comments are screened, and entries are listed in the order they were submitted. For your vote to qualify, you must fill out your entire voting card (both spots) in order to be counted. Winner votes are worth 2 points, Runner Up votes are worth 1 point. Meeting the bonus goal on an entry gets an extra point for that submission.

When voting, please copy/paste the ENTRY NUMBER and the FIC TITLE from the list above into the spot you're voting for (this prevents accidentally mis-numbering a vote and casting it for the wrong entry). It should look like this:

First Place: 61. Fic Title Here
Runner Up: 88. Another Fic Title

Please note that you cannot vote for your own entry, and that votes cannot be made anonymously. You do not have to be a member of the community in order to vote, nor have submitted an entry for this week; everyone is welcome to participate in the voting. IP addresses are logged to prevent duplicate voting.

Voting closes Wednesday, July 15 at 9:00PM EST.

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部首
飞, to fly (the one and only character with this radical, apparently) (pinyin in tags)
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrads=183

语法
5.1 part 2 所, measure word for institutions
https://www.digmandarin.com/hsk-5-grammar

词汇
订, to order/to book (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/

Guardian:
当年天外飞船着陆海星, at that time a spaceship made landfall on Haixing
[no 所 of this kind that I can find]
结果发现林静哥好像把我之前订购的娃娃给藏起来了, in the end I discovered that Lin Jing-ge seems to have been hiding the doll I ordered earlier

Me:
他的工作速度飞快。
这所大学的历史里第一次发生这种事情了。

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It's hard to believe we're nearing the end of our voyage! As of this post, you have a little more than one week to post your fic. Specifically, you have until July 20th, 23:55 UTC (Countdown).

The fic should be complete, but there are no restrictions on wordcount.

Once you've finished writing your fic, you can post it to the AO3 collection, which will remain unrevealed until reveals day: July 21st, 00:01 UTC.

Go go go, you've got this!

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Hello on Monday! How's the day going so far for fic? (If you haven't gotten started on your day as yet, how did yesterday go for writing fic?)

- Excellent!
- Terrible
- Somewhere in between
- Nothing doing

How much time have you spent on writing fic today, roughly?

- None
- 30 minutes or less
- 30-60 minutes
- 60-90 minutes
- More than 90 minutes

In five words or less, how do you feel about that?

vriddy

Mostly I want to save a link to this particular podcast episode because I'm fairly sure I will want to listen again: No Mess, No Magic: Building an AuDHD Friendly Practice with Dr. Bailey Lang.

I think it's excellent advice for anyone with fluctuating levels of energy whether that's due to AuDHD, chronic illness, or a rocky life period. It's meant especially for people who have been burnt by common writing advice. (There are a few choice words about PhD programs in there too!).

I liked the bits about mindset, and reframing discipline as "devotion." There's lot of tidbits that come up, one that resonated with me in particular around keeping your scheduling flexible rather than assuming this is now your process FOR EVER!!! (I am not good at this!). In general, this is all about how to build a writing practice that works FOR YOU PERSONALLY. Hence why I'll likely want or need to give it another listen.

I wasn't actually familiar with this podcast before. If anyone is and has recs for other episodes, let me know! I'm gonna be poking around the backlist.

And while I'm here reccing writing-related podcasts, I recently listened to this episode of The Better Writer podcast: ep 29 - 8 Lessons I’ve Learned Since Becoming an Editor & Book Coach (link has a transcript) and really liked the reminders, especially around how most writers need to add much more conflict and meaningful stakes to their stories. This is something I'm particularly focused on adding or making clearer in my ST revisions (and that I'm so, so hoping will help with pacing 🤞), and that might still be a problem with the beginning of CW... Anyway, I like this podcast for editing mindset and editing tips in general.

Any writing podcasts (and/or specific episodes in particular!) anyone here enjoys and would rec? Beside Writing Excuses, I suppose. It comes up all the time, but I've got to say I've been listening less and less since they added so many ads. Or maybe past seasons resonated better with me and it'll return to the regular rotation soon!

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部首
纟 parts 13-14
缕, strand; 编, to weave/to edit; 缘, reason/fate; 缝, to sew; 缠, to tangle; 缩, to contract
( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrads=120
门 parts 1-4
门, gate/door; 闪, to flash/to hide; 闭, to close; 问, to ask; 闯, to dash; 闲, at leisure; 间, between; 闷, stuffy; 闹, noisy; 闺, lady's chamber; 闻, to smell/to hear; 阅, to read/to review
( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrads=169

语法
4.23 即使, even if
4.24 再...也, no matter how...still...
https://www.digmandarin.com/hsk-4-grammar
5.1 part 1 所, introducing a relative clause
https://www.digmandarin.com/hsk-5-grammar

词汇
底, bottom; 底下, below; 到底, after all; 年底, end of the year
地球, the earth; 地址, address; 各地, various places; 目的地, destination
点名, to call roll; 点头, to nod; 差点, almost; 景点, tourist spot; 缺点, shortcoming; 特点, characteristic; 优点, advantage; 重点, key point
电动车, electric vehicle; 电视剧, TV drama
掉, to fall/to drop
调查, to investigate
( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/

玩玩
A few things I listened to for the first time in a while and was reminded how good they are: Zhu Yilong’s 纸短情长, Zhang Yuan’s 晚婚, Sun Yanzi’s 逃亡. (I do tend to be all the same singers all the time! Keep reminding me of other people I should be listening to.)

夏天好长…好累…还是应该去新西兰过夏天对吧？咱们北半球朋友们好好凉快，南半球朋友们好好暖和啊。

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