Check-In, Day 05

Oct. 5th, 2025 08:12 pm[personal profile] mistressofmuses posting in [community profile] writethisfanfic
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Apologies for the late post; long workday.

So the question is...

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What are your writing plans for this week?

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I have an existing WIP (or multiples!) that I plan to work on!
8 (100.0%)

I'm planning to start a new project!
2 (25.0%)

This week is going to be all about planning!
1 (12.5%)

I have non-writing projects that are likely to absorb my week!
2 (25.0%)

Something else!
0 (0.0%)



Here's to another week, and hopefully getting to everything we hope to!
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this issue is solved! turns out aspect-ratio works just fine on DW, i was just not using it correctly so the problem was in front of the keyboard and not in the code, haha

here's what i originally posted:
hi again! this is more of a general html/css question, but it has to work within dreamwidth's constraints, so i decided to ask it here. please let me know if this isn't the appropriate comm for this. i hope i used the right tags for this post.

here's what i'm trying to achieve (this would be displayed inside the most recent entry on my journal, so i can use regular CSS and not just inline, in case this matters):


i want to have a big box, and inside it a picture and a small box below that. i want the big box to resize responsively while keeping its proportions: suppose its width:height ratio is 1:2; i want it to keep that ratio always. as it resizes, i want the picture and small box inside to also resize while also keeping their proportions.

normally this would be really easy to do with aspect-ratio (<- this is a link to mozilla's developer resources) but that property doesn't seem to work on dreamwidth -- when i put it in my custom CSS, it doesn't seem to do anything, and it gets highlighted in red. (it works okay when i try it in online CSS editors, so i think it's not my mistake that's causing this.)

assuming this is true and i can't use aspect-ratio on DW, i need to cobble together some other solution, but i'm completely out of ideas. is this possible to achieve without aspect-ratio, or should i just change my idea to something that can be done on DW?

thanks again for your time!
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linaewen: Girl Writing (Girl Writing)
Hello on Thursday!  I am declaring it the weekend a day early, hope no one minds!

Looking back at the day today -- or yesterday, if today hasn't gotten going yet -- how did it go?

   - I thought about my fic once or twice
   - I wrote
   - I did some planning and/or research
   - 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

Looking forward, how are you planning to spend your weekend?

   - I'm going to make up for not writing all week by having a writing marathon
   - I'm going to keep writing at my current rate and see how it goes
   - I have other plans, but I might have time to get some writing in
   - I'm going to take a break from writing

Have a great weekend with hopefully lots of writing happening!

Me-and-media update

Oct. 2nd, 2025 06:01 pm[personal profile] china_shop
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"Still Wishlisting. This will be super quick," she said three days ago, and then failed to post it.

Kdramas
Watched more of You and Everything Else and now feel I maligned it unduly based on the first seven minutes. The childhood scenes are excellent! Will definitely be watching more.

More of A Hundred Memories, which I'm loving, and two more episodes of Low Life.

And quite a lot more of Bon Appétit, Your Majesty (Netflix) with Andrew. We're both very much enjoying the cooking (schnitzel!), and surprisingly, both wishing the ship would just go away. (Normally I would be on board with romance storylines, and I can kiiiind of see what she sees in him, but this guy needs a LOT more redemption and power-differential mitigation before I'll like it.)

Other TV and films
More of The Newsreader, more Bluey. And at the cinema:

Prime Minister -- a documentary about our erstwhile leader Jacinda Ardern. This was really good -- very candid, brought up a lot of memories from the last 5 years, made me tear up.

The Ballad of Wallis Island -- an incredibly charming little film that hits all the expected beats but does it so well and with such specificity that it totally worked for me. I loved it! Made me cry. So very glad that I saw it at the movies, because the acting was amazing. Warning for gentle cringe humour. (Trailer.)

Writing/making things
alkjsdfhalkdjsfhalkdjsfhaskdljfhadslk BEARS!

Good things
Fish and chips and Low Life tonight. Cat and boy and internet. Writing, especially when it comes together.

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When I see a fic tagged Choose Not to Warn

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sail on in
17 (35.4%)

approach cautiously
15 (31.2%)

avoid
3 (6.2%)

depends on the author
14 (29.2%)

depends on the fandom
11 (22.9%)

depends on the other tags
25 (52.1%)

other
4 (8.3%)

ticky-box full of delicious, delicious starch
18 (37.5%)

ticky-box full of native birds causing a ruckus
22 (45.8%)

ticky-box full of squid performing cirque du la marée
15 (31.2%)

ticky-box full of hugs
29 (60.4%)

linaewen: Girl Writing (Girl Writing)
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?
linaewen: Girl Writing (Girl Writing)
 Hello on Tuesday!  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?
 
linaewen: Girl Writing (Girl Writing)
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?

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