writethisfanfic | WIP Challenge: Sunday (Day 25)

Good morning! I'm psyco_chick32 and I'll be checking in with you guys as we wrap up this month's WIP challenge!!

How's everybody doing today? Word Count? *points to icon* Is this a common thought lately? Let us know in the comments!!

Also, let's talk about Descriptive Writing.
"Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very'; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be." ~ Mark Twain.

Do you love adverbs and adjectives? Do you make an effort not to use them? Obviously, descriptors can add a lot of word padding when you're desperately trying to hit a goal (**cough** NANO **cough**) - is that a "trap" you've fallen into?

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From:

sperrywink

About 1,000-1,200 words today and a finished story, so very happy today.

And as you can see from the above sentence, yes, I love adverbs and adjectives. They are so hard to resist.

From:

psyco_chick32

*\o/* Congrats!!!

Adverbs and adjectives are fun!!

From:

sperrywink

Thank you!! I'm ridiculously pleased with myself at the moment. *g*

So much fun! They add flavor and verve, and all right they can be excessive, but sometimes that is exactly what you want.

From:

snowynight

1.1K today with 2 finished story. Still procrastinating on the wip though.

I sometimes use descriptors instead of description. This's a weakness.

From:

psyco_chick32

Congrats on finishing! I have to jump into my WIP(s), too - but we can do it!

Yes - description > descriptors.

From:

crowdog66

I wrote and posted a new ~700-word chapter of "Impulse" (Garak/Bashir, dom!Bashir/sub!Garak, R), and am preparing to take a deep breath and leap into writing the next chapter, even though I have only the vaguest idea where it's going to go.

I love adverbs and adjectives with a relentless passion, and it's a habit I can't seem to break. So I go with it, and trust that readers who appreciate my style will like it, and accept that I can't please everybody. Of course every story is different: some are naturally bare-bones, with few descriptors, while others are positively purple! I try to let the style grow organically out of the storytelling process.

From:

psyco_chick32

Go you!!! *fistbump and cheers* Good job :D

I am adjective- and adverb-crazy, but you're right; some stories can end up so stylistically different. And that's always fun, too, to see where things go.

From:

luna_plath

No writing accomplished yet, but there's still time.

I can honestly say that sometimes I definitely use too many adjectives--but that's a habit I've been slowly getting myself out of for the past couple years. When I wrote my first book for my senior project I just said EVERYTHING instead of holding back and saying what was important. I like to think I've improved since then : )

From:

psyco_chick32

Adjectives and adverbs are fun! It's good to try and wean yourself away for when it's necessary, but describing things is fun <3

Best of luck in writing!

From:

littlebutfierce

I wrote ~900 words for a fic I've been working on for months -- it's taken a back seat for the past several weeks as I worked on exchange stuff instead, but the exchange went live this weekend. It felt good to get back into the fic -- the scene I drafted replaces another one in there & I think it's much stronger. There's still a lot to do on that fic before it can be posted, but progress after such a break is great!

I try to minimize adverbs but I think there is a place sometimes for them. I do like adjectives!

From:

psyco_chick32

Well done!!! It's always great to get back into a fic you've stepped away from for a bit.

*\o/*

From:

dhae_knight_1

929 words on a Carnivale/White collar fusion. Crossover. Type thing.

Seriously; gimpy, scruffy Jonesy (played by Tim DeKay) combined with con-artist (and fortune-teller) Neal Caffrey in a Depression era carnival? If for no other reason than to get beyond Jonesy's absolutely deplorable tendency to fall in love with women who are either too young, too screwed up or too married. The guy's got issues, so let's throw Neal Caffrey at him! :-D

From:

psyco_chick32

Om nom nom nom <3 I am not in either fandom, but hello pretty peoples.

Depression-era carnival sounds fun! Great job on the word count!!

From:

barbayat

Yesterday and today I did not do a lot of writing, maybe 500 words. Then again, I am having a friend over and I need to finish these papers - so that is my main focus. But I am not unhappy. I had a beautiful idea for the fanfic while re-watching the movie and did wrote something for the fanfic and my paper and I did it against my lazy excuse of the past years - I can only write when I have the muse for it. Turns out I can forse myself, if I am otherwise reasonable okay *gg*

I am actually not sure how I am with descriptors I think I tend to place them wrongly. I am certainly using them - not sure if I am overusing but that is a good thing to keep in mind.

Tomorrow I am most likely not going to write anything as we are going to spend the whole day on our feet and when I return I am probably going to be absolutely tired and exhausted.

From:

psyco_chick32

What's important is that you're happy with the results! And stumbling upon new fanfic ideas is wonderful <3

Have fun with your friend!

From:

insignia

I've finished wallowing in guilt about my failure! :D Still no writing as such, but I made some progress in sorting out my priorities. I plan to be all kinds of awesome this week.

From:

psyco_chick32

I've finished wallowing in guilt about my failure!

I, for one, have not passed that particular hurdle. So awesome congrats to you on getting past it; may the week be good to you!

From:

roane

I have discovered the addictive nature of the Sherlock fandom's 221B ficlet. 221 words, the last word beginning with the letter 'b'. It's like writing haiku or something. I've written 3 since late last night. I gave up and started a 221B series on AO3, even though they're not related. So that's 663 words posted, at least. :)

I've been plotting and planning on the Giant Sex Drugs and Rock & Roll AU of Doom, and will probably do some more tonight.

Okay. The thing about 'writing rules' for me, is that they're really more like 'guidelines'. You have to do when to break them. And I mean, adverbs are parts of speech for a reason. Ditto adjectives. I wouldn't want to write without either. I'd end up sounding like Hemingway, and I HATE Hemingway. :)

From:

dhae_knight_1

This, exactly. You need to know the rules, but you also need to not be afraid of breaking them if that's the way you need to write your story. :-)

(also; go you! I can have lots of fun with Limericks, so I know how fun it can be to write under strict constraints. :-D)

From:

psyco_chick32

221 words, the last word beginning with the letter 'b'.

Oooh, that's interesting. Very fun to read, even though I'm not in the fandom! So great job on intriguing somebody elsewhere, AND on posting! *fistbump*

The thing about 'writing rules' for me, is that they're really more like 'guidelines'.

This is, for real, my writing motto. There are times when I follow The Almighty Grammar Rules perfectly... then other time, my beta has accused me of "wholeheartedly destroying the English language... with good reason."

Hemingway lived near me! I want to go to his house and see if I'm haunted by him for my abuse of incredibly awesome adjectives. ;)

From:

bay_alexison

Got another scene of

god_tier going. Around 400 words today, but I might do more tonight. I do need to check up on Beta A over my FMA Big Bang later tonight though and needed to get another project of sorts finished too.

I use adverbs and adjectives when needed. Sometimes I find I can tell a story without needing them.