WIP check in, Day 3

[charamei]

Howdy, everyone! I'll be your friendly neighbourhood checker-inner this week. How's it going?

Poll #6483 writethisfanfic WIP check-in 3rd April 2011

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 9

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How are you doing on your chosen fic(s) for the month so far?

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On track for my goals
4 (44.4%)

Ahead of schedule
0 (0.0%)

Behind schedule
1 (11.1%)

Too early to tell!
4 (44.4%)

And what did you do today, fic-wise?

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Write
6 (66.7%)

Research
2 (22.2%)

Edit
1 (11.1%)

Procrastinate
5 (55.6%)

Send to beta
0 (0.0%)

Post the finished fic
0 (0.0%)

Something else I will clarify in comments
0 (0.0%)

If you wrote any words today, how many did you write?

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1-249
2 (28.6%)

250-499
0 (0.0%)

500-749
1 (14.3%)

750-999
2 (28.6%)

1000 or more
2 (28.6%)

In three words or less, how are you feeling about the fic(s) right now?

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Comments

[charamei]

I've got Aero Snap working in Linux Mint! This was absolutely vital to my editing process and not at all a waste of 45 minutes. *nods sagely*

...okay, okay. I will do this. I will do this.

[terajk]

Win!

I went through a period where I would break my operating system attempt to install Linux on my iMac G5 PPC. While it appeared to accomplish nothing (especially not the Linux install), I was later able to work on the writing I was stuck on.

[charamei]

Well, there was some method to my madness: the train of thought was, "I need to be able to see these two documents side-by-side for maximum splicing efficiency" --> "Aero Snap would make resizing these windows much easier, but I can't be bothered to boot into Windows" --> "I'm sure I saw an article on doing this with Compiz" --> "Google!" And, heh, it is much easier now I've got both windows open next to one another...

What breed of Linux were you trying to install?

[curuchamion]

I LOVE AERO SNAP. IT IS MY FAVORITE THING EVER. I DO NOT KNOW HOW I SURVIVED WITHOUT IT.

(sorry, /capslock, but isn't it awesomeness of awesome indeed?)

[charamei]

RESIZING WINDOWS BY HAND IS SO 2009, GUYS.

(Yes, yes it is! And now I have it on Mint and MY LIFE IS COMPLETE.)

[charamei]

Final tally: one failed scene splice this morning, plus 667 words of a new scene to replace the failed splice. I'm maybe halfway through said scene. Not bad.

[littlebutfierce]

More words! Now to see if they actually mean anything. I mean, a brain-dump of characterization thinly disguised as fic is progress, if only b/c it continues to help me sort out what about these characters I want to highlight & what I want them to do in the fic. But less psychology now, more fic, please, o brain!

[charamei]

Whoo! More words!

By the sound of it, you've got the germ of a plot and a good idea where you're going, so something should emerge soon enough. Keep going!

[eggcrack]

I got a little writing done so that I could get a 'daily fic' streak on again, but today is one of those days when I see nothing good in anything I do, so it wasn't very focused writing. I will try something more constructive tomorrow.

In the meanwhile yay, I made it to a check-in! \o/

[charamei]

Aww, I know those days only too well. Still, at least you got something done despite the feeling. And who knows, it might not be as bad as you think when you see it tomorrow :)

[lacygrey]

Well I gained about 300 w today. But I think I'll be 'recycing' a 1000 I already wrote: seems as though I broke the remix rules by going beyond the plot of the original. I'll have to see whether I can edit so its 'bending' rather than breaking.

I had better go study those pesky guidelines

[charamei]

Aw, that sucks. I've never done remix fic so I don't really know the rules, but if you can edit it, that sounds like a good idea. Always better to be writing the thing that inspired you, right?

[lacygrey]

Actually, it may be a blessing in disguise. It gets me around an awkward moment. And the bits I've written then they can perhaps be over the phone or in going on in people's heads.

[snowynight]

You can set the remix after the canon's time line with reference to story's event. If you're unsure, read the guideline and the mod's answers're always good.

[charamei]

It's all good XD

[terajk]

200 words on the remix today, and 300 till minimum word count!! I call it a win!

Oh, also! I got my queer_fest claim approved today! Since the weather was really nice, I went for two walks and played Tetris in my head about the story.

[charamei]

That's definitely a win! And so is your Tetris metaphor, come to that.

[curuchamion]

'played Tetris in my head about the story.'

METAPHOR LOVE. ♥

[raletha]

I procrastinated by editing an older fic prior to uploading it to AO3 (which was good; I fixed some stuff that had been bugging me for a long time). I also had some plumbing issues today, so I am going to blame my dishwasher for messing up my good writing time this morning.

Fail day! :(

[charamei]

Eep! I hope nothing got flooded.

And, hey, at least you got something uploaded ;)

[raletha]

Thanks! I managed to avoid floods, fixed it myself, and things are working today (turned out to be a sink problem overflowing into the dishwasher so all it really required was judicious use of a plunger). Of course these things happen on Sundays. XD

Yeah, I always feel good when I can put a little extra polish on something older and get it up onto AO3. Hoping for some new words today.

(Also, congrats on the Linux wrangling! I haven't used it much lately, but I remember how gratifying it always was to get something tricksy working just right!)

[snowynight]

2000 words on the bang fic. Call it a day.

[charamei]

Excellent!

[insertcode11]

Sorry! I'm new and forgot to check in! It's not quite habit yet! D:

Wrote about 9K yesterday. It was pretty raw and nothting to brag about but hope to fix it in the month or so of editing I get. I also hope to match it today. Maybe I'll finish this big bang after all! /o/

[charamei]

It's okay! We won't eat you or anything XD Especially not people who write 9K in a day; that's incredible, even if it does need neatening later (I mean, all first drafts need neatening later anyway, so). I'm in awe.