WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 24 -- Sunday

[linaewen]

Greetings at the beginning of a new week, the last week of our February WIP challenge month! linaewen here to help encourage you and provide you with a setting to talk about your writing as we finish up the month and start a new one.

What kind of a writing day has it been today?

• I thought about my fic once or twice
• I wrote
• I did some planning and/or research
• I edited
• I've sent my fic off to my beta
• I posted today!
• I'm taking a break
• I did something else that I'll talk about in a comment

In an attempt to make already discussed topics seem a bit fresher, I am turning to an old friend, the Fanfic Flamingo to steer our discussions this week.

For Discussion:  Does this happen to you?

Comments

[linaewen]

I've basically been thinking about my fic all week, but haven't done anything about it. Hopefully today I'll make some progress in one of the above pursuits; editing and research are likely, but I want them to also result in an actual word count, if possible.

This Flamingo made me laugh because this is totally me! It all started with one idea and now I have several WIPs running at the same time and a plethora of related one shots that all deal with the same 'verse. My WIPs are actually starting to work together now, even those that were originally intended to be separate -- the AU is taking over the canon gap fillers! But to tell you the truth, I don't mind in the least. ;-)

[the_rck]

I'm only going to think about my fic today. We have a big family thing this afternoon and evening (it's my husband's birthday today and our nephew's birthday next Saturday), so I won't have an leisure to write.

My big WIP, Rheotaxis, started out as a writing exercise. I just wanted to see if I could write explicit sex. It grew plot pretty much immediately. I'm now 200,000 words into it and probably 2/3 of the way done. A lot of my one shots are such that I could write multiple sequels, too. I don't because I don't have time. I don't write very fast.

[randomling]

I have thought and planned! And got a day closer to the day I can write! And researched a bit.

Yes, that happens to me. In fact, it happened to me so much with the current one, it's now an original story. I'm still not sure how that happened.

[rhi]

::laughing:: That thing is the story of my writing life. Thanks for the morning giggle!

[lilly_c]

I've been thinking about my fic today. I'm in the middle of a long road trip back home so I've had Evernote open on my tablet and made a few notes for scenes that may or not get included when I eventually start writing Morningside.

I have a bit of time before my connection to Aberdeen so I may use the time I have to do a bit of editing while I'm waiting because I have a copy of Twice Unjust on my tablet.

It has happened a couple of times but I always try to keep a one-shot just that, unless of course I'm testing out a theme or canon theory then I expand upon in it in something bigger.