WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 18 -- Monday

[linaewen]

Greetings on Monday!  What kind of a writing day has it been today -- or if you haven't begun yet, what do you hope for 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

For Discussion: Your first-ever fic that you let other people see -- do you still have it?  Do you ever reread it?  How do you think it stands up to your more recent writing?

Comments

[linaewen]

I've got a lot going on in my head with my Yulefic assignment. It's a different kind of prompt than I'm used to but I'm getting some good ideas. Hopefully I'll be able to write some of them down coherently soon!

I vaguely recall a story I wrote way back in junior high that I shared with my mom. She kept it for a long time, but I haven't been able to find it now to reread it. I recall not actually finishing it because I got stuck with the ending. Aside from that, my first real piece of work that I shared on a limited basis is still something I reread and which stands up very well to my current writing. I am, in fact, going over it as one of my WIP projects to rewrite it in a couple of places to fix some problems of continuity. That first story is still the basis for much of my other writing so I want to get it cleaned up and repost it in some more public archives.

[lilly_c]

I posted two prompt fills for prompt_in_a_box last night and I'm just about to get started on another prompt fill for the same challenge, I only need to edit and double check something from canon for it before posting.

I think the first story I ever shared was something I wrote when I was in primary school and it was about my team Leeds Rhinos but I can't remember much else about it though. The first fic I posted online was in 2004 for a fandom I no longer have any involvement with and I did recently read it again, I doubt I'd ever go back and fix the few mistakes I noticed. That fic is posted to my comm.

[merryghoul]

Still thinking about my fic. This isn't good, because it's my public_call fic, and it's due on Sunday.

My first-ever fic I let others see was posted with my LJ account on a kink meme. (Prior to that, I wrote fic, but away from fandom, and by hand.) I then cross-posted it to LJ and later AO3. I don't reread it, in part because I've left the fandom. And I think it's not as good as what I write now--originally I thought I was going to write smut for a while, but then I branched out.

[the_rck]

I'm reviewing canon for my Yuletide assignment. I have an idea for where to start, but I can't find an opening sentence. That's my goal for today-- Just one sentence. I think, if I can get that, I'll write a good bit more. I just need a foot in the door.

I was in my thirties when I started writing fanfic. I'd written original stories before that. I'm still reasonably pleased with my early fic.

[rebecca2525]

I posted a smut fic, and now I'm nervously refreshing the stats. I don't think I'll get anything useful done this evening.

When I posted my first fanfic, I was already in my early twenties, so the stuff isn't too bad.

[lightbird]

I'm working on 3 different bingos, lol. I've just finished two fics which will need a lot of editing and improvement but the stories are written. Both fill prompts on my ladiesbingo card. We're allowed to post stories that fulfill cross challenges, which makes things a little easier. So one of my stories also fulfills prompts on both my trope_bingo card and my darkbingo card over on LJ; the second fulfills a darkbingo card prompt as well.

Also I posted a Rec Set yesterday for the 'mind games' square on the trope_bingo card. It was a prompt that I realized I would have a lot of trouble writing, but fortunately we're not limited to fic. There are several types of acceptable fanworks, including rec lists.

I have one prompt for each bingo card left but I haven't even started the stories for those yet. Based on the ideas I have right now I'll only need to write 2 new fics by December 31st to fill the last squares on all my cards. I'm feeling pretty accomplished though and hopefully real life won't get in the way of me finishing the rest of my challenges in time.

I wrote a bunch of stuff when I was a teenager but was too embarrassed to show it to anyone, so it was never posted anywhere and I don't have any of it anymore (it was either shredded or burned). My writing has definitely improved since those fics, and I would say it has even improved from just a couple of years ago.