WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 29 -- Monday

[linaewen]

Hello on Monday!  What kind of a writing day has it been today -- or yesterday, if today hasn't gotten going yet?

•     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

Discussion:  Have you ever realized that the short piece you just wrote that was meant to be a one-shot is the perfect opening for a longer WIP?  What do you do when that happens?  Do you go with it, or do you ignore it because you already have enough writing to work on?

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[linaewen]

Yesterday was unproductive, but I am planning on making some kind of writing progress today -- editing, at the very least, but hopefully also some writing that will eventually end up in a posted fic or chapter.

I had a short thing that was supposed to be a one-shot turn into an epic WIP that is still ongoing. Another very short one-shot I wrote -- with NO intention of continuing it as a long story -- was greeted by readers as something they wanted to continue. They convinced me that it might be something interesting to pursue, but I have done nothing more with that than to make a sub-folder for it in my writing folder and doing a little research to see if it is doable.