WIP Challenge: Check-In, Day 10 - Sunday

[the_rck]

It's the start of another week. I'm the_rck, and I'll be doing the check-in entries this week. This is my first time doing a poll, so please excuse it if it looks funny or isn't quite right.

How's the writing going?

Poll #13000

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 11

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Today I

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researched
1 (9.1%)

outlined/planned
7 (63.6%)

wrote
6 (54.5%)

sent to beta
1 (9.1%)

edited
3 (27.3%)

posted
3 (27.3%)

rested
0 (0.0%)

did something else
1 (9.1%)

How do you feel about your writing today?

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Mean: 5.00 Median: 5 Std. Dev 1.60

Really awful 1		0 (0.0%)
2		1 (9.1%)
3		1 (9.1%)
4		2 (18.2%)
5		3 (27.3%)
6		1 (9.1%)
7		3 (27.3%)
8		0 (0.0%)
9		0 (0.0%)
Absolutely wonderful 10		0 (0.0%)

For discussion today-- Religion is a powerful force for many people. Do you ever use religion or religious themes in your writing? It could be anything from making a particular character a believer (or unbeliever) in something to writing about what the god or gods are in a particular setting.

I've mainly used religion when writing The Chronicles of Narnia. Religion and God are important to the canon. It's possible to write stories set there without addressing religious themes, but I find doing so difficult. I have the impression that portrayals of Aslan and morality have the potential to be controversial in certain corners of the fandom. Religion figured a bit in the story I wrote crossing Doctor Who with Zenna Henderson's People stories. I don't think any of my other stories have had religion as a factor.

Comments

[lea_hazel]

I just remembered that I reposted a ficlet to AO3, so I ticked that.

I'm pretty frustrated at being stuck on two WIPs, one of which hasn't been updated in about a month. At least I think I know what the problem is, which is better than meandering blindly for twenty chapters. Not that I haven't done exactly that in the past. Of course.

On the other hand I'm doing a bunch of fanfic reading. For, uh, research.

[crowdog66]

Generally I don't address religion in my stories, UNLESS a character holds a set of beliefs that informs their worldview on something (like Steve Rogers in one particular chapter of "Riding the Dragon"), or a particular in-universe religious organization crops up. I've never worked in a ficverse where religion was an overwhelming factor, at least not that I can recall.

That said, I tend to assume that most characters have some degree of spiritual feeling, even though it might not come out in a particular story. So it's often part of the background of a character for me even if it's not overtly addressed.

[lilly_c]

In between playing Tetris, I've done some editing and finished the one shot I started last night, have to find time to post it but placement is making my time even more limited.

I've not used religion too much in my fic, if at all. When I do use a particular belief or practise it's because it was mentioned in canon or I want to explore something that I haven't before.

[lilly_c]

I finally have a summary for Twice Unjust.

[linaewen]

I can always fall back on research and planning and feel like I'm doing something useful, even if it's not writing actual words! I'm struggling with a bit of writer's block at the moment due to Real Life stress, but I don't feel too frustrated as long as there are outlines to fiddle with and research to do.

I have one WIP I'm working on where faith in God is an element, in particular with several of my original characters, but it's not a huge factor at this point; just something in their characters that makes them who they are. It may become more important later -- I'm not sure yet!

[iosonochesono]

I'm holding off getting into betas until I graduate for the most part, but I am planning to have my current works beta'd eventually. Unfortunately, since AO3 has a glitch where I can only save after chapter one once (I'm sure other people are aware of that issue) I end up having to post stuff even before they've been beta'd.