[personal profile] linaewen posting in [community profile] writethisfanfic
Greetings on the first day of the last week of our March WIP Challenge! I'm serving as your cheerleader this week.

What kind of a writing day has it been today? Or, if you haven't gotten down to writing yet, how did it go yesterday?
  • 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
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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?

Date: Sunday, March 29th, 2015 14:52 (UTC)
samuraiter: (Default)
From: [personal profile] samuraiter
What a month. -_- Ugh.

I'd say it's a 50-50 split. There have been times when the knowledge and the execution matched up perfectly for me, and there have been times when knowing exactly what needed to happen made it a lot harder to write.

Date: Sunday, March 29th, 2015 21:51 (UTC)
lilly_c: Virgil Van Dijk holding the Premier League trophy on the parade route (Default)
From: [personal profile] lilly_c
I wrote a little yesterday and finally have the opening scenes for my unconventionalcourtship done, just hope that I can pull off a double life fic because I've never done it before. I'm glad I'm posting that fairly late in the month.

It depends what I'm working on but it does sometimes happen and it's quite frustrating because it makes a scene harder to write than it should be.
Edited Date: Sunday, March 29th, 2015 21:53 (UTC)

Date: Sunday, March 29th, 2015 21:57 (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] the_rck
I've actually written a couple of pages. I worked them out last night when I couldn't sleep, and they've come pretty easily. I'm not sure I like the next bit I've got in mind. I'm going to write it and be prepared to cut it if I decide it doesn't work.

I'm terrible with outlines, usually. I can't plan very far in advance or the story stalls.

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