WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 6 -- Friday

[linaewen]

Hello on Friday!  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:  Favorite Character -- do you have a favorite character you like to write?  Do you ever get tired of him/her and want to write something else, or are you so full of ideas for that favorite that you'll never run out of things to write about?

I have a favorite character I love to write, and it's not a problem to think of things to write involving that character.  Recently, however, I surprised myself when choosing a prompt for a challenge -- one choice was a really appealing prompt that involved my character, yet I chose a different one involving another character who is starting to appeal to me.  I almost felt like I needed a break from the "main guy" for a change.  Even so, I expect my favorite to make an appearance in the prompt somewhere, even if he's not featured.  And that other prompt is still available, so I may have to go claim it, as well!

Comments

[lea_hazel]

I try to diversify the characters I write as much as possible. Yes, readers like authors who have a consistent stable of favorites, and it's nice to be remembered as "the one who writes all that Alice fic" but what can I say? I am easily bored, and I need to keep myself entertained. I also appreciate it as an opportunity to flex writing muscles that have gone neglected.

I'm on a writing streak. On Wednesday I started a spreadsheet to track my goals and progress on a longform fic. I don't usually get that organized, so it'll be an interesting experiment. Today's goal is 100 words. Deliberately modest.