Check in: 17th September

[lullabymoon]

Another day, another check in. How has today been for you?

Poll #11698

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 10

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Today I...

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wrote
5 (50.0%)

edited
2 (20.0%)

researched
1 (10.0%)

posted
1 (10.0%)

had a rest
3 (30.0%)

did something else
1 (10.0%)

Today was...

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great
1 (10.0%)

okay
5 (50.0%)

average
2 (20.0%)

meh
2 (20.0%)

I don't want to talk about it
0 (0.0%)

Today's discussion topic:



[ASK A FRIEND TO FACT-CHECK YOUR FIC (Fanfic Flamingo) SHE FINDS ERRORS. WANT TO DIE OF MORTIFICATION.]

Despite knowing how helpful it is, how do you feel when a beta points out mistakes in your fic?

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[barbayat]

Wrote a little bit - fever is keeping my creativity down. Could really do with a writing sprint right now *lol* hope I can finish this dumb smut scene soon.

I do not mind at all if betas point out mistakes. Sure if it is a really dumb embarrassing error, I might blush, but I am still very grateful to my beta. I don't even need things sugarcoated, the harsh truth is also somthing I am fond of. I want to become the best writer I can, just getting praise won't get me there.

[bay_alexison]

Editing my potential cottoncandy_bingo fic now, will be sending it to my beta in a little bit. If she finishes looking it over quickly I might be able to post it tonight.

LOL I know that feel too well. Both my betas for my recently finished FMA Big Bang pointed out so many characterization and fact check (in this case, military and political stuff) mistakes and I would headdesk over that. It's good though I have the chance to fix it before posting the final version, so at least I'll learn from my mistakes now.

[linaewen]

I thought about writing for a bit today, but I didn't try very hard to do it, since I was purposefully avoiding anything that had a "must do" tag on it. It was a good break. Back to it tomorrow, and then we'll see if I can get writing on the schedule.

I usually laugh when a beta points out something wrong, because it's always something obvious that I totally missed. If it's not an actual mistake, it's something that wasn't clear, so I know I have to tighten it up. I'm glad to have such things pointed out, even after the fact when I've already posted it. I can always go back and edit something that's been posted, so I'll take pointers like that any time.

[lielac]

Wrote another seven pages of the collaborative writing! Whoo! Also had a case of mood whiplash due to being utterly choked-up about one passage and then bam, uncanonical boner jokes. 'Twas a most excellent thing, though, and Kitty is the best co-writer ever.

I... wouldn't know. XD When Riese or Kitty were fixing up my errors on the fly it was like 'whoops! hehe!' and I just continued on. I think it's because they were more like alphas, because they were right there writing with me so it's different. We'll be getting some beta help with this first part, though, so I'll most certainly find out!