WIP check-in: Day 21

[barbayat]

Sorry - later than usual. Awful day today ...

So did you ...

... write?
... edit?
... researched?
... procrastinated?
... slammed your head on your keyboard several times?
... did something else?



Discussion Topic

Do you tend to explain every twist or detail or do you prefer to leave things out, thinking that the reader should either conclude it from the other information or if not that it is probably not relevant for the plot?

Comments

[the_rck]

Today, I spent my spoons on a doctor's appointment (with child in tow) and on making a pumpkin pie. There was no writing at all. I suspect there won't be any tomorrow, either. We're doing Thanksgiving at our house for the first time ever, and there's a lot of preparation to be done.

[linaewen]

I was either cooking or traveling today, so writing was not on the list of things to do. Tomorrow is probably not going to work either, but we'll see -- I might get some sitting down time that will be conducive to writing, or at least some time to day dream about writing. Day dreaming is a form of research, right? ;-)

I skip some things so as not to get bogged down in details. In particular, I skip events that readers probably know about from canon already, because I don't need to go over old ground. I figure the reader should be able to figure out some things without having it spelled out all the time. ;-)

[lilly_c]

I posted a wee drabble today, I had to pause the DVD as it came to me during my canon refresh. I spent a good few hours yesterday doing canon refresh and outlining, I still have more of both to do as well as some additional research.

I try to leave some things out even when I'm writing in small fandoms, of course it also depends on what I'm working on too. I do prefer readers to draw their own conclusions.