WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 24 -- Monday

[linaewen]

Hello on Monday!

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

For Discussion:  Betas -- do you show your work to someone else at some point, for their editing input?

I've been easily distracted lately, so haven't applied myself to any proper writing.  As for betas, I used to have one or two people to whom I consistently sent my work, but I eventually got to the point where I was very confident in my own editing and word use, and I didn't feel the need for another looking at it.  It gives me more freedom to post when I'm ready rather than waiting for a beta to get back to me.  However, I will run a story by someone else if I want input on how well it reads, or if the effect of a certain character is turning out as I intended.

Comments

[merryghoul]

I posted a work and posted a bingo to trope_bingo (a few minutes ago, in fact). I'm going to plan my unconventionalcourtship fic as well as my casestory fic I never get to.

I don't have a regular beta, in part because a lot of the fandoms I write in are mid-sized to small and the betas in these fandoms aren't there already or they've left. I've worked with a few betas before, but with varying results. The first beta I had was awesome; the rest, not nearly as good. (I had a beta go MIA on me for reasons I don't know.) I've learned to attempt to go over my work a few times to find any glaring errors myself.