writethisfanfic | WIP challenge: day 2 check-in!

Day 2 of the March challenge! I was excited to see a lot of people feeling good as the month started off yesterday -- how are you feeling today?

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How's the fic going today?

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Great!
2 (13.3%)

All right
7 (46.7%)

Neither here nor there
6 (40.0%)

Kinda badly
0 (0.0%)

Really badly
0 (0.0%)

What are you aiming to do this weekend?

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Write
13 (92.9%)

Edit
7 (50.0%)

Take a break
1 (7.1%)

Post
2 (14.3%)

Send to beta
1 (7.1%)

Research
2 (14.3%)

As it's Friday, let's do some general chat/snippet-posting/beta-seeking/question-asking/etc.. Go for it in the comments if you like!

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From:

littlebutfierce

Wrote some stuff on a possible treat for the Book of Friends exchange this morning, but not going to do any more fic stuff tonight... too tired. Hopefully this weekend I can catch up on sleep. I'd like to keep plugging away at these treats & also possibly the Title Fairy will visit me & grace me with something to call my main fic for the exchange.

From:

roane

Today is probably a day off because I'm still sick, I posted last night, and I have a RPG character to come up with a for a game tonight. Eep. But, I love this snippet from "Displacement". (Harry is John's sister, and who is decidedly not who John spent the previous night with.)

John returns home to find Sherlock staring blankly into space, almost exactly as he'd left him twelve hours before. Had the man moved at all all night? “Morning,” John says. “Get my text?”

“Yes. And how is Harry?” The slight, oh-so-slight emphasis on the last word. John knows he's on dangerous ground.

“Fine. She's fine. Listen, have we got anything on for today?” Keep talking, talk right past whatever Sherlock's about to come out with. “I was thinking we could--”

“John.” The word severs his sentence as neatly and definitively as a cleaver. “Where you spend your nights and who you spend them with is none of my concern.”

What an odd sensation, to feel his heart sinking in his chest. Strange. Inexplicable.

Sherlock continues, “Do not, however, think you can deceive me about it. Don't ever think you're capable of that.”

The sinking feeling is replaced with a flare of heat, fast burning and hungry. “Not—I'm not..? You don't know what I'm capable of.” His mind races ahead of words, snatching up the right ones and putting them in order. He steps forward, hands curled loosely. “You—you utter prick. You know, despite what you think, you don't know everything there is to know about me. I don't care if you are the magnificent Sherlock fucking Holmes. You have a blind spot so fucking complete you don't even know it's there, and there are parts of me that just vanish behind it.”

John is gratified to see that he's startled Sherlock. But not gratified enough to stick around. “John, I--”

“Sod off,” John says, and slams his way up the stairs to his room.

Also, if there is anybody in the Sherlock/Doctor Who fandoms who is willing to work with me as a beta, I would love it. I had/have a lovely one, but she's not been available for some time. I need someone I can bounce plot off, and who can set me straight when I rush a scene or when my pacing is off or some such. More than willing to return the favor!

From:

sharpiefan

I'm working tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday, with my next day off on Monday. I'm hoping to have the house to myself for a bit and intend to get on and write the epilogue for my fic - I need to do a bit of reading up first, as I know that I am going to set the epilogue during the story of Sharpe's Siege (the book) but it's been a while since I last read it and therefore I'm not sure exactly when in the story is a suitable pause I can borrow.

I'm leaving my original fic until I've got Sharpe's Marines done, dusted and out of the way - otherwise I won't get either of them finished! :D

From my recently-posted chapter:

Sharpe was still thinking as he made his way around the ship in his role as Llewellyn's deputy, making sure that everything was all right and the sentries had everything they needed. Llewellyn had done his best to prepare Sharpe for this, and had even sent Oxley with him the first few times to make sure that he did not get lost, something Sharpe was aware that it would be all too easy to do.

"Though all you have to do is keep walkin' till you find a companionway to go up," Oxley confided, his eyes bright even in the dim lanthorn-light. "An' then keep goin' up till you come out somewhere you know, see, sir. Mind your head!"

This instruction was only just in time to prevent Sharpe knocking his head on a beam.

"It gets low down here, sir," Oxley added. "You can allus tell them what's new to the sea, 'cause they keep knockin' their heads when they come to attention."

"I just bet they do," Sharpe said, scowling at the beam.

Edited Date: Friday, March 2nd, 2012 22:27 (UTC)

From:

dhae_knight_1

Oh, that's a lovely snippet. :-)

From:

enemytosleep

I made no progress on my WIP's last night, but I managed to square away a very large portion of the modly stuffs for

fmabigbang. I spent a bit just now working on more, so there is very little for me to do now other than wait for things to start posting on Sunday (I'm giving until Monday for stragglers to submit artwork before I send out the pinch hit information, which is typed up and ready to go based on the submissions I have as of this moment).

As my second beta was writing and drawing for this challenge, I know she was holding off on reading through until after she submitted. Hopefully she can get it back to me soon now that the deadline has passed. I will edit that once I get her notes in as well.

Treat #2 wants to happen, but I'm struggling to find writing time and energy right now. Maybe next week I can start digging in on that.

From:

dhae_knight_1

Did I start an entirely new fic today, based on an idea from the one I posted yesterday? Ofcourse I did! *facepalm*

Here; have a snippet:

For a minute or two, silence reigned. Then Rossi spoke.

"Well. You could always move into my place. It's certainly big enough, even if you get a few foster-kids."

Yes. Prentiss is leaving to raise foster-kids, and Rossi just sort of casually offered to let her move in. I can only imagine where it goes from there... XD

From:

enemytosleep

Titles are fickle creatures. Either I find one right at the start, or I'm struggling to find one long after the draft is done. When that happens, my default option is to look at lyrics of songs that fit the theme of the fic and pick from there. I've also been known to poll the f-list on rare occasions when I'm truly stumped (I've got an Ed/Ling comedy fic in which ... that needs a title).

From:

littlebutfierce

Oh yeah, there's a fanfic flamingo that's something like "WHAT ARE TITLES WHAT ARE WORDS / QUICK GOOGLE SONG LYRICS." I didn't submit it but I totally could've. :D

From:

roane

This. For some reason, with my original stuff, titles are scarce, but with fic--so far, titles are leaping out at me from behind bushes and going BOOGABOOGA.

From:

roane

I can so see that.

From:

sharpiefan

I hear you on titles! Things I use/have used/will maybe use in the future:

~ Sayings (weather sayings - I had one fic with the chapters titled things like The Calm Before the Storm or Running Before the Wind)

~ Mottos - I am determined to use Bello Te Praepares one day (it's the motto of the recruitment and training branch of the British Army). I have written a fic called Per Mare, Per Terram (By Sea, By Land - the motto of the Royal Marines.)

~ Titles of songs, or lines from songs (Out of the Morning Mist is one I will use at some point, from a folk song)

~ Sayings - Follow The Drum, Take the Shilling

~ Quotes - My latest fic has a chapter called England Expects (taken from Admiral Nelson's famous signal England expects that every man will do his duty, flown before the Battle of Trafalgar, which featured very heavily in that chapter)

~ Proverbs would be a good source - things like Too Many Cooks, or Never Judge a Book, or Every Cloud...

~ Titles of other works, such as paintings, or books, or poems

~ Favourite lines from poems

The thing about picking a title is to try to get the title to tie in somehow with the story's theme or plot. I'm currently writing a story called Sharpe's Marines, using as inspiration Bernard Cornwell's titles for his Sharpe novels, a convention taken on by the TV films (things like Sharpe's Rifles, Sharpe's Eagle and Sharpe's Regiment have all appeared in print and on screen). if your source material has that sort of titling scheme, use it yourself - people in the fandom will recognise it and appreciate it.

From:

lacygrey

More editing - I could go on forever I think!

I will soon be needing a beta who knows Hikaru no Go and doesn't mind BL.

It would be a bonus if you don't know my fic, as Ive written a prequel to something and want to know if it makes sense alone.

From:

lacygrey

How about song lyrics as a source?

From:

lacygrey

Very good! Is John the doctor doctor?

From:

roane

:) No, this one isn't a crossover. This one is pretty much straight Sherlock pre-slash to slash. My other series The Two Doctors, IS a Sherlock/Doctor Who crossover. It's all at my AO3 profile. In it, John isn't the doctor doctor, but... yeah, you'll just have to read it. I don't want to spoil. :)

From:

littlebutfierce

Hehehe, yay for angst!! I like the snippet.

I hope you're feeling better soon!

From:

littlebutfierce

I hope you're able to get the epilogue done on Monday -- hopefully the work time will leave your brain free to keep puzzling over your fic in the background.

Hahaha poor Sharpe, he seems to be a dork. :D

From:

littlebutfierce

Yay for getting so much of the admin stuff done -- hopefully you'll get some time & energy back for the writing soon now.

From:

littlebutfierce

Good luck w/the new shiny fic! :D

From:

littlebutfierce

Oh yes, the editing vortex -- good luck pulling yourself out of it!!

From:

insignia

These are my writing adventures:

The Lohengrin Revolver - Completely unexpected progress! I'd been working on my other WIPs, and just to get something done here too, I started writing down a vague idea about an insignificant background character. In just a few lines, this led to an epiphany with serious potential to tie the plot together :D (Not so insignificant anymore, are you?)

Pieces - Today, I have been plotting a murder ._.

One of a Hundred - Further plotting. The ghost babies want more playtime. Oh my.