WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 17 -- Tuesday

[lacygrey]

Hi there! How is the fanfic writing going today? Are you...writing? editing? betaing? posting? or something else entirely?

I was really impressed with the number of people who participated in the poll yesterday and interested by the results.

In part, this was because I tend to think in 'screenfuls' as I write - I like there to be some significant event in each screenful and try to make sure there's an incentive in the story for the reader to pull down on the scroll bar - I guess I wanted to know if that makes sense with respect to people's reading habits. After all, a computer screenful doesn't mean anything on a cell phone's tiny screen.

Today the discussion topic is about posting. It's kind of the same question as yesterday's first one. Do you find that you post in the same places where you read?

Poll #9135 Where do you post your fic?

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 20

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Do you post...

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at your journal?
17 (85.0%)

on a community?
11 (55.0%)

at an archive (AO3 / ff.net)
17 (85.0%)

on a fandom-specific site
0 (0.0%)

on a fanzine or mailing list
1 (5.0%)

Do you promote or 'pimp' your own fic?

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yes
8 (42.1%)

no
11 (57.9%)

If you like, tell us how and where.

Comments

[pinstripefedora]

Today, I was rereading a section of my fic, and got to a spot where I had put an [insert text here] because I couldn't think of an appropriate dialogue exchange, and instantly the perfect words just popped into my mind. I love it when that happens. Other than that I didn't get much actual writing done, but I think I've hit upon the reason I've been stuck at a certain point on one particular scene and I know what I need to do to fix it, I'm just so completely exhausted that I can't do it tonight. I know I'd just mess it up.

I don't actually post all that much fic, seeing as how I can never finish anything, but on the rare occasions I have in the past I've posted them to ff.net because, as I said yesterday, my fandom is nonexistent outside of it. I might start posting them to my journal, though; I really don't know why I've never done that. I'm really shy, though, so it's hard to put myself out there on communities. That goes for posting on AO3, too, where I know there's only like three other fics posted for my fandom... I feel like I'm on display.

[krait]

Can I ask what your nonexistent fandom is?

Since 95% of the things I've written are in nearly-nonexistent or inactive fandoms (mostly book-based), I can empathise. One is in a fandom with only 24 fics for both book and movie; it's received seven hits.

(Random note: I love your username and icon!)