WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 28 -- Sunday

[linaewen]

Greetings at the beginning of a new week, the last week of our December WIP Challenge month -- as well as the last week of 2014!linaewen here to help encourage you and provide you with a setting to talk about your writing as we finish up the year and start a new one.

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:  I read a blog where someone gave advice about writing, suggesting it is good to read your fic aloud as part of the editing process.  Do you ever read your fic aloud -- to yourself or to anyone else?

Comments

[linaewen]

I'm thinking about my fic -- but I have a Yule Exchange story that has to be written, so more than thinking will have to happen soon. I am hoping to get some writing time in this morning -- if I can make major progress today, I should be in good shape for getting it done on time.

I have not made it a practice to read my work aloud to anyone, but it might be worth a try!

[samuraiter]

I'm hoping to get some writing done later, but there's a lot of Real Life stuff that needs to get done today, so I'm not holding my breath on that one. *sigh* What a month.

I've read some lines out loud before, but I prefer to sound it out in my head so that it's the character's voice instead of my voice, if that makes any sense.

[kate]

I... don't read it out loud, but I do recommend it to my beta-ees. I am very rhythmically inclined, so when I edit my own stuff, I read it out loud in my head, if that makes any sense. It's a little like being able to know what a musical score sounds like just by looking at it. If a person doesn't have that skill, though (and usually I can tell by the rhythm of their writing), then I always suggest they read their work out loud. You wouldn't believe the kinds of things it points up that people miss when they're just writing. It's really good practice.

I wrote today. It was definitely a good day.