WIP Challenge - Check In Day 5 - Sunday

[the_rck]

Poll #16597

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Yesterday and today I

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planned
5 (62.5%)

researched
1 (12.5%)

wrote
3 (37.5%)

sent to beta
1 (12.5%)

edited
1 (12.5%)

posted
0 (0.0%)

rested
1 (12.5%)

did something else
0 (0.0%)

The way I feel about that is

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Mean: 6.12 Median: 6 Std. Dev 1.76

Terrible 1		0 (0.0%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)
4		2 (25.0%)
5		2 (25.0%)
6		0 (0.0%)
7		2 (25.0%)
8		1 (12.5%)
9		1 (12.5%)
Wonderful 10		0 (0.0%)

Do you write the same sorts of stories that you like to read?

I do, and I don't. I write a lot of divergent AUs, and I like those a lot. I also write a lot of certain types of angst that I enjoy reading. I can't write humor, however, and I do enjoy reading that.

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[samuraiter]

There are types of stories that only I like, and that's a fair portion of what I write, but, more often than not, I'm writing for a prompt or request, so I'm tailoring something to what somebody else would like to read. I don't mind, though; I wouldn't claim a prompt or request if I didn't find it at least somewhat interesting.

[linaewen]

I spent much of my day yesterday researching a story idea that has nothing whatsoever to do with any of my current WIPs or claimed prompts. When I tried to buckle down and write the other stuff, it was flat and uninteresting. I guess this story idea is one I'll probably be writing at some point, so the time isn't wasted, but it's not exactly what I had planned for my day off!

For the most part I read what I like to write, but there are a few things I read that I'm not good at or interested in writing myself, which is why I read those particular kinds of fics.

[theresa_ramseyer]

Yes, I write the stories that I like to read, for the most part. Sometimes I can't think of something really good for a prompt.

I spend too much time organizing and researching and not enough writing. I have a stack of papers on my printer that I need to type - I write longhand and then type before editing.

I really need to finish 2 scenes and write at least one for my girlfriend/beta. Haven't edited or published them, I promised the two to her before this weekend. Not going to get done before midnight tonight - in a few minutes.

Creating a bunch of helps so I can stay on track - a poster with my self-deadlines, for instance - has been fun. But it shouldn't take the place of writing itself.