Check In Day 6

[goldentunes]

Hello!

If you’re seeing this at the beginning of your day, what’s your writing plan? 

• I plan on doing research
• I plan on drafting 
• I plan on writing something new
• I plan on working on an existing piece
• I plan on sending off some writing to my beta
• I plan on posting today 
• I plan on taking a break
• I need to sort out some Life Stuff
• It’s been a long week - and it still ain’t over. I’m going to make myself the best shaken martini Bond can only dream of 🍸
• None of the above, I plan to do something else (please do share 😊) 

If you’re seeing this at the end of your day, how did the writing go? Did you do any of the above? If you didn’t, what did you do instead?

Optional discussion: What drives your passion for writing fics? Is it a ship? Is it a trainwreck ending that Must Be Fixed? Is it the canon world that you enjoying playing around in?

Comments

[frogfarm]

So I just finished writing an X-rated sappy romance based on a family-friendly cartoon. What do I do for an encore? Take one of the best and most well-known porn comics -- which is also full of romance and soap opera -- and write a non-sex awkward angsty "meet the parents" fic. (*) Which is entirely family-friendly apart from one use of a swear:

Mothers and Daughters (Alfie, T, gen, angst)

This was written 100% because I hope it's a scene we get in canon. (**) Most of my fics are divided between 'missing scenes' and alternate versions of scenes or episodes, but pretty much all of them are I wish they would have or Wouldn't it be neat if.

For the rest of the day I will try to work on both my pilot episode screenplay, and a short Buffy/Supernatural crossover where Willow meets Lenore the vampire (Amber Benson).

(*) "YOU WANT TO BE DIFFERENT!" Well, if my published writing is any indication, I certainly don't want to be popular...

(**) Don't know how likely it is with only two chapters plus epilogue remaining, but after over ten years and literally thousands of pages, I'm just hoping for Incase to recover from his recent hand problems so he can stick the landing. I love the world and the characters, and I enjoy seeing them no matter what they're doing.

[goldentunes]

Wow you’ve done so much!!! Excellent work, and I hope the writing juju keeps coming!!

Ah I love all those reasons! Missing scenes from canon, or going completely off the rails, or just wanting to play around in the canon sandbox etc. fandom is fun!

[vriddy]

Wrote a couple hundred words of fic :)

[goldentunes]

Well done!!!

[quamquam20]

Nice!

[omens]

I wrote 216 words, brainstorming.

What drives me: the what if. Always wanting to know what if :D

[goldentunes]

Whoohoo for both writing and brainstorming!!! Did you have carrot cake while working? Hee!

Succinct. I love it!

[omens]

I did! Haha. I finished it off the last of it with coffee :D

[goldentunes]

I wasn’t feeling well earlier today at all and ended up having to pop pills and basically gave up, then much later when I decided to try again something magical happened and I had a breakthrough. I don’t know what happened - most likely the meds kicked in and my headache went away lol - but it no longer felt like I was forcing words out of my brain and I managed to get a decent way through my fic. Let’s see how much more I can do before I call it for the day!

A big reason for me is fix-it. There’s nothing quite like a train wreck ending (or unexpected cliffhangers) to spur creativity and the urge to share. Another big reason is shipping too, especially if my ship isn’t canon. And another reason is characters!! If there are characters I love, I’d want to spend more time with them.

[quamquam20]

Had to do Life Stuff today, but I got a little writing in before work and might try another round before bed. First draft is coming along well, and is turning out more dialogue heavy than my usual style, which is a fun change.

I’d say I’m mostly motivated by characters and ships, then cool worldbuilding.

[goldentunes]

Good luck with writing before the day ends! Hope it goes well. And glad to hear that you’re having fun with writing something a little different!

[fleetsparrow]

I did not write tonight, but I have been having fun and *thinking* about stories, so that's been nice.

Ooh, what makes me write fic.... I think it's a little bit of "D. All of the above". I definitely have a favorite character/ship in my main fandom, and I love the world around it (DC Comics, focus on Batfamily). However, I can be easily Fueled by Spite RE: canon, so that definitely helps.

[goldentunes]

This is a hobby, so having fun is the most important part!!

Haha so true. I was pulled back into active fandom and writing by spite slash fix-it fics: canon was an absolute trainwreck as it headed towards the 'resolution' and it was immensely fun as well as cathartic to not only rewrite the ending but also share a possible alternative ending with the legions of fans who were pissed off.