Check in day 24

[lilly_c]

How is the writing going today?

Poll #15726

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Today I

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wrote
0 (0.0%)

edited
1 (25.0%)

sent to beta
0 (0.0%)

posted
2 (50.0%)

researched
0 (0.0%)

planned
0 (0.0%)

had a cheeky break
1 (25.0%)

dealt with life
1 (25.0%)

My progress is

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Mean: 4.50 Median: 5 Std. Dev 2.18

ugh 1		1 (25.0%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)
4		0 (0.0%)
5		2 (50.0%)
6		0 (0.0%)
7		1 (25.0%)
8		0 (0.0%)
9		0 (0.0%)
brilliant 10		0 (0.0%)

Discussion: show, don't tell. How useful is the advice of 'show, don't tell' to you and your writing?

I usually do both show and tell because not everything can be shown like thoughts, feelings etc. I do try to keep both of them fairly evenly used although sometimes just telling works better than showing. It's useful to an extent for my writing but most of the time my characters tend to direct the overall flow of the story.

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[linaewen]

I'm writing today, but it's not for fic purposes; it's the quarterly newsletter type of writing for my workplace. Once that's out of the way, then we'll see if there's any time left for fic!

I think the principle of show don't tell is good, but I don't follow it all the time. Sometimes it's just not practical for me, as I jump scenes a lot and telling rather than showing helps me make the transition and keeps the story from getting even longer.