Check in: day 13

[lilly_c]

How is today going for you?

Poll #14707

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 6

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Today I have

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written
3 (50.0%)

edited
1 (16.7%)

posted
0 (0.0%)

sent to beta
0 (0.0%)

researched
0 (0.0%)

had a break
3 (50.0%)

dealt with life
3 (50.0%)

My progress is

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Mean: 4.83 Median: 5 Std. Dev 1.57

Terrible 1		0 (0.0%)
2		1 (16.7%)
3		0 (0.0%)
4		1 (16.7%)
5		2 (33.3%)
6		1 (16.7%)
7		1 (16.7%)
8		0 (0.0%)
9		0 (0.0%)
Fantastic 10		0 (0.0%)

Discussion: I'm not going to share this fic. Part of writing fan fic is about sharing our own perception of the world with others and making a connection but what about the fics that we write that won't be shared. Do you ever write a fic, only to never post it? Do you make it a friends locked post? Do you post everything you write?

I do sometimes write but not post, this is usually when it is something that I've written and I'm not at all confident about it. When I was active on LJ (a long time ago), I occasionally posted the fics that I wasn't certain about with the f-list and the feedback from them was encouraging but even with having that support in the past, I still hesitate over posting some of my fic from time to time. I tend to post most but not all of what I write.

Comments

[merryghoul]

I've tossed out several rough drafts because I couldn't continue where I wanted the story to go. I've even rewritten a story because I hated my first choice of narrative voice in it.

[ladygriddlebone]

I have a whole folder full of stories I'll probably never post. A lot of what I write ends up being just plain bad.

[suncat]

There are pieces I'll write because I'm drawn to them, but there's aspects about it that I'm not skilled with. I'll never get better if I don't practice and write it. But if I'm not happy with the results (yet), I'm not going to post it. Might share it with a couple of RL friends who write, as they can help me improve.

[linaewen]

I post most of what I write. There are a few pieces that I basically wrote for myself that are good enough to post but I don't want to share them widely. I've sent them off to a few select people to read and left it at that. I have some stories outlined in fandoms that are new to me, which I may be reluctant to post if I ever write them, because I'm not confident in those fandoms.