WIP challenge: day 17 check-in!

[littlebutfierce]

We're inching ever-so-slowly towards the end of the week (I know, it's only Tuesday ^^;; ). How's the fic going today?

Poll #11171

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How are you feeling about your fic today?

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What did you do today?

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Nothing
1 (12.5%)

Wrote
6 (75.0%)

Edited
0 (0.0%)

Sent to beta
0 (0.0%)

Posted
2 (25.0%)

Researched
1 (12.5%)

And what do you aim to do tomorrow?

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Write
8 (100.0%)

Edit
4 (50.0%)

Send to beta
0 (0.0%)

Research
0 (0.0%)

Post
2 (25.0%)

Nothing
0 (0.0%)

Something else
0 (0.0%)

The flip side to yesterday's discussion topic: what do you feel like is the weak point in your writing, the thing you strive to improve the most? Have you ever gotten any good advice about it? Found any techniques that work for you?

Comments

[littlebutfierce]

Still no fic words today, sigh.

I struggle w/plot! When I started writing fic, it was often shorter character studies, or just... sort of plotless things overcome w/FEEEEEEEELINGS. I'm still working on how to use an actual plot.

[waterfall8484]

That's exactly my problem! Short situational ficlets are my thing, crossover what-ifs and the like.

(As for why I'm saying 'post' in a lot of these polls is because I'm finally feeling motivated to post a lot of my old stuff on AO3. Yay!)

[littlebutfierce]

Though there's nothing wrong with short fic! I sometimes feel like people dismiss it, but I think there can be a lot of craft needed to show just the perfect moment (writing drabbles, for example, can be super-hard!).

Yay for posting your old stuff! Hopefully that will get you excited about new stuff too. :D

[linaewen]

Didn't do anything today. I'm coming down with something, so hopefully that won't ruin my time off which I hope to use for writing, eventually. Tomorrow? We'll see. Writing SOMETHING is the plan.

I think the weak point in my writing is actually spending consistent time doing actual writing. I am very easily swayed away from working on my writing projects by RL and things that other people want me to do for them. There is a lot of good advice out there for developing discipline in writing, but so far I haven't found the magic answer yet. Probably because there isn't one! I just have to actually do it to develop discipline! ;-)

[littlebutfierce]

Oh no, I hope you feel better soon & you're not sick for your time off! :/

It can be really hard to make room for writing time sometimes. ^^;;; I hope at least for your time off you are able to put in as much time as you want!

[ladygriddlebone]

I met my word count goal today. Given how frustrating my RL projects were today, I consider that quite an accomplishment.

The weak point in my writing is definitely anything that requires me to effectively convey emotions, particularly strong ones (love, loss, fear, etc.). Lately I've even noticed myself unconsciously trying to write around or gloss over emotional scenes in an effort to avoid having to write about the characters' feelings in any depth. It's really difficult to make myself go back and rewrite it so that I'm showing and not just telling or glossing over what's happening, but even then I'm left feeling inadequate and dissatisfied with the results more often than not. It's something I know I need to work on, but I really hate doing it. It never sounds right, no matter what I try.

[littlebutfierce]

Yaaaaay for meeting your wordcount goal!!

I find emo stuff difficult at times too. ^^;;; Though I think more so in dialogue (as opposed to showing emotions through actions or third-person commentary). A really good beta I had once pointed out that I kept skipping difficult conversations -- I would say "Character X remembered talking about this w/Y" instead of having a few lines of the actual conversation -- & it was absolutely a signpost of what I was afraid of writing. It always turned out better when I held my breath & dared to write some dialogue instead, but eeep, v. hard!

[bay_alexison]

Haven't done anything writing related today, still deciding if I'll spend tonight doing a bit of writing or reading fic, haha. I did however got finished editing my fma_ladyfest fic last night and been slowly writing that Homestuck fic. Thinking over how I'll approach the next part of the story (flashbacks or dialogue).

On yesterday's question, my strong point seems to be plot as I always am able to tie several scenes together nicely. My weakest point is probably also emotions as I tend to get the action going but keep forgetting to slow down for character development haha. I'm able to deal with emotions a little better, but I still got a lot to learn yup.

[littlebutfierce]

Wooooo for finishing up your edits!

Heh, I am the opposite, I can spew feelings in my fic (though how well I do that is up for debate, of course), but... actions? Plot? What is that? orz

[lullabymoon]

I managed 860 words! On one hand yay! more words, on the other, jeez I feel like I'm only creeping along through my outline.

My weakest point is definitely actually sitting down to write.

[littlebutfierce]

Hey, 860 words are 860 that weren't there before, so yay!!!