WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 29 -- Thursday

[linaewen]

Hello on Thursday!  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: Outlines/Plans -- Does knowing exactly what happens next help you actually write it, or does the writing still have to be dragged out of you kicking and screaming?  Are outlines and plans generally helpful or do you work better just letting the writing take you whither it will?

Detailed outlines are very important to me, and I usually know exactly what needs to be covered in a chapter -- but that doesn't mean it transfers easily from outline to screen! I deal with a lot of kicking and screaming sometimes when it comes to dragging out the words, even knowing what should happen -- this is especially true of opening paragraphs. Starting a new chapter is the hardest part. However, having that clear idea helps when the words finally come, because I can write like gangbusters then. ;-)

Comments

[dirty_diana]

My online text editor* just glitched on me, saving the older document I was trying to open over the more current version I had been working on, and losing me a passage that had been kicking my ass and which I was finally, finally happy with. Which I'm not at all confident of being able to recreate.



So basically I *was* making fabulous progress and *now* think I might actually burst into tears.


*My Writing Spot, for which I take back any and all previous recommendations.

[linaewen]

Oh, how awful! I wouldn't blame you for tears in the least, that has to be one of the most frustrating things to happen to a writer. Here's hoping you can get back that passage back even better than when you were happy with it!