WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 30 -- Thursday

[linaewen]

Hello on Thursday! How did it go in your world of writing the last day or two?  Have you had a successful time, or has it been less successful than you had hoped?  Did any of the following happen yesterday or today:

• writing?
• research?
• planning and outlining?
• editing?
• posting?
• totally ignoring writing in order to do something else?

Today's discussion is brought to us by the Plot Panda:

 

Do you write your plot first and let the world be built around it?  Or do you world-building first, and then proceed with your plot?  Perhaps a mix of the two works best for you?

Comments

[linaewen]

One more deadline has passed and I didn't get a challenge story written and submitted in time. I will still submit it late, but the list of late stories is growing! I just can't seem to shake free of other projects that keep me too busy to write. :-/

The main fandom I write in comes with a pre-built world so that gives me a big advantage. From time to time I need to do some world-building on a small scale, but I usually do it as needed and when I encounter the need while working on the plot. My son, on the other hand, cannot move forward without extensive world-building, as he is writing original fiction.

[samuraiter]

I made at least two of my most important deadlines this month, so I've *Bill Murray voice* got that going for me.

Ah, worldbuilding. Love it, love it, love it, but it's thrown me off course more than once. (Video game canons tend to leave a ton of room for it.)