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writethisfanficIt's Friday and time for another check in! It also seems like a good day for a post about sharing things like snippets, requests for betas, and chatting about our fics in general. To get the ball rolling, here's a longish but appropriate quote for the day:
Daily Check In
1. How is it going for you today with your writing?
Weekly Snippet/Beta/Chat:
1. Are you blocked? Are your characters refusing to talk to you? Has your muse unexpectedly switched gears on you? Is offline life giving you a pain? Share with us about it and get some sympathy and encouragement!
2. Are you excited about your story? Are the words flowing and the plot racing along? Share with us what is going right for you!
3. If you like, why not share a snippet, a paragraph or a link to something you're working on this week?
4. Are you in need of someone with perspective who can see the whole ship instead of just the boiler room? Need help with editing or beta work on your writing? Let us know and we'll see what we can do to help you out!
5. Is there anything you think you'll do differently next week in your writing to have a greater impact on what you accomplish? Or anything you'll keep on doing because you had a wonderfully successful week?
"... You generally start out with some overall idea
that you can see fairly clearly, as if you were standing on a dock
and looking at a ship on the ocean.
At first you can see the entire ship, but then as you begin work
you're in the boiler room and you can't see the ship anymore...
What you really want in an editor is someone
who's still on the dock, who can say,
Hi, I'm looking at your ship, and it's missing a bow, the front mast is crooked,
and it looks to me as if your propellers are going to have to be fixed."
-- Michael Chrichton
that you can see fairly clearly, as if you were standing on a dock
and looking at a ship on the ocean.
At first you can see the entire ship, but then as you begin work
you're in the boiler room and you can't see the ship anymore...
What you really want in an editor is someone
who's still on the dock, who can say,
Hi, I'm looking at your ship, and it's missing a bow, the front mast is crooked,
and it looks to me as if your propellers are going to have to be fixed."
-- Michael Chrichton
Daily Check In
1. How is it going for you today with your writing?
- Writing happened and I have a word count to prove it!
- Research happened!
- Editing happened!
- Sending to my beta happened!
- Posting happened!
- Taking a break happened!
- Life happened -- but there's always tomorrow!
Weekly Snippet/Beta/Chat:
1. Are you blocked? Are your characters refusing to talk to you? Has your muse unexpectedly switched gears on you? Is offline life giving you a pain? Share with us about it and get some sympathy and encouragement!
2. Are you excited about your story? Are the words flowing and the plot racing along? Share with us what is going right for you!
3. If you like, why not share a snippet, a paragraph or a link to something you're working on this week?
4. Are you in need of someone with perspective who can see the whole ship instead of just the boiler room? Need help with editing or beta work on your writing? Let us know and we'll see what we can do to help you out!
5. Is there anything you think you'll do differently next week in your writing to have a greater impact on what you accomplish? Or anything you'll keep on doing because you had a wonderfully successful week?
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