WIP challenge: day 20 check-in!

[littlebutfierce]

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How's the fic going today?

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Excellent!
2 (22.2%)

Terrible
2 (22.2%)

Could be better
3 (33.3%)

Could be worse
2 (22.2%)

& how do you feel about that?

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For discussion: What do you know now that you wish you knew when you started writing fic?

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[littlebutfierce]

Somewhat of a breakthrough on my current WIP. The ending is still giving me trouble, but I'm doing much better than I was a few days ago, when I thought, "Ah-ha, here is a 5 things fic I want to write!" but could only think of 3 things. >_<

I don't know if there's something specific I wish I knew when I started writing fic; I think I just wish I felt more confident earlier on, but then I suppose everyone feels that way!

[lullabymoon]

Got my rough draft mostly finished for yuletide and my beta has just gotten back to me with thoughts so I'm at a less panicky stage. Still it needs more work, especially because it is so rough and I need to have a serious think about it tomorrow.

[lilly_c]

Some more phone scribbles for me today. Road trips to different parts of the country this week have helped with the scribbles. Found my data cable and have got them waiting on my desktop for me to look over and see what is and isn't usuable. Have got some things from todays "adventure" because getting back home from Montrose was a lot of fun so I might have to use some of it for a ficlet.

Get rid of mum and Brian in the morning :p and apart from a quick trip to bank on my way home, all I'm doing is watching TV and working on fics and I cannot wait! been everywhere while they've been up here so it'll be nice having some time to myself before I travel to them late next week for new years.

Wish I knew that going with what works for you is better than doing what everyone else in fandom is doing. Had I known that way back in the day and also in some of the fandoms I've been in over the years, I wouldn't have bothered writing the "main" pairings like everyone else did/does but with that it's mostly trail and error anyway. These days I write any pairings regardless of what is/isn't acceptable because that works for me. trying and failing miserably to not sound defiant super tired tonight

[midnightgds]

I just wish i started writing earlier at a younger age.I told my stories verbally instead of writing them down. I wish I wrote them down along with telling them. :)

[jagnikjen]

Made some progress with several fics. Nothing major, though I tried.

Discussion topic...I can't say there's really anything I wish I knew. I just wish I were better at plotting.

[xpaperplanex]

I've made a little bit of progress today. Not as much as I'd like, but better than I expected.

As for the discussion topic, I wish I had known to never post anything before finishing it :P I also wish I'd started writing at a younger age. I spent so many years hating the forced creative writing assignments in school that I never considered doing it for fun.

[bay_alexison]

Had been thinking of writing a few new scenes I thought of for my Big Bang story, so I ended up writing one, which was 450 words. I also had been thinking over the timeline of my Big Bang, so I was tweeking that a bit and made slight edits to the story. Nothing too serious. Tomorrow I might get another scene written.

For the discussion topic, I guess knew how to write at a younger age too. I can't believe the creative writing stuff I wrote for fun when in high school were filled with cliches, grammar mistakes, POV shifts, and just plain lazy writing. D:

[lea_hazel]

I wish I had gotten over my OC-related hangups sooner, both pro- and anti-. And I wish I'd had better perspective on the Mary Sue phenomenon.

[lacygrey]

Its going well. I'm still being sorely tempted by a prompt that I don't think I can do justice to (Prompter wants my OTP as a secondary pairing who later break up). Also exploring the idea of doing writing exercises on 750words. I have a few writing books that give exercises at the end of each chapter. Thye often seem a bit silly and I don't feel like doing them. But, if I push myself (e.g., by using 750w) I can usually get something from them, even if its not fic.

What I wish I'd known...html basics? livejournal functions, fanfic etiquette? Not getting freaked out by wank?

All these things come with experience. I couldn't have known them straight off, they were part of the learning process.

[littlebutfierce]

Yaaaaay for having the rough draft done & also getting it back from beta!! That's great!!

[littlebutfierce]

Hooray for being able to write while on the road... & even more so for being able to get those snippets onto your desktop for hopefully future use. Enjoy your alone time before more family time on New Year's.

& nothing wrong w/being defiant. :) (& I hear you, I usually end up shipping rare pairs & just have to get used to not getting the instant adoration of writing the popular pairings, heh.)

[littlebutfierce]

Awwww! At least you're writing them down now. :)

[littlebutfierce]

Yay for any kind of progress, even if it's small!!

(& yeah, I wish I could improve my plotting skills as well. ^^;;; )

[littlebutfierce]

Even a little bit of progress is something to cheer! Especially if you thought you wouldn't even do that much. :)

I've heard so many people say that school squelched the love of writing out of them for years. It's such a shame!!

[littlebutfierce]

Woooooo for that new scene!!

Eh, I think we all get better at the technical craft of writing as we do it more & as time goes on, so don't be too hard on your younger self. :)

[littlebutfierce]

Oooh, those are two good topics! Lots to think about.

[littlebutfierce]

Ooooh, the idea of doing the exercises in 750 Words is an interesting one -- I agree that sometimes I feel like exercises make me feel eye-rolly, but using them there might result in something useful!

& I agree w/you -- there's a lot I don't think I could've known at first either.

(Also heh re: the prompt that is tempting you -- I don't know if I could write a sad story about my OTP! Though it might be an interesting exercise.)