check in day 15

[lilly_c]

Sorry for missing yesterday, Monday is my crazy RL day with work and travelling to another city for uni. Anyway, how is the writing going today? What about yesterday?

Poll #17188

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Today I

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wrote
3 (50.0%)

edited
2 (33.3%)

posted
1 (16.7%)

sent to beta
0 (0.0%)

researched
0 (0.0%)

planned
1 (16.7%)

had a cheeky break
1 (16.7%)

dealt with life
0 (0.0%)

My progress is

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Mean: 5.83 Median: 6 Std. Dev 0.69

woeful 1		0 (0.0%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)
4		0 (0.0%)
5		2 (33.3%)
6		3 (50.0%)
7		1 (16.7%)
8		0 (0.0%)
9		0 (0.0%)
wonderful 10		0 (0.0%)

Discussion: I can see the end. How do you know when a fic is finished?

Comments

[lilly_c]

I usually know when/how a fic is finished by the final page of my outline and notes for it but sometimes, like with my post-ep Valediction fic that I've been working on recently the characters, in this case, Peggy and Jack are pretty much telling me that "Cat we're not done yet" and so that's thrown me a wee bit but I'm certain that the extra few scenes and interactions will help the overall flow of the fic.

I finished work at 11am today so I've been looking through my backlog of unposted fic and polishing those up ready for posting. Same with the revised version of a recent fic, that's ready to post tonight. Tomorrow is my day off so more time to dedicate to fic, unless I get called in to cover.

[rebecca2525]

Had a break today, but idly thinking about my WIP gave me a few ideas. Yesterday I wrote a draft for a short bingo ficlet and revised a stocking art.

I sort of think stories from the ending? I can't really write without knowing where the story ends because it's one of the main points of the story arch, so that's not a question that occurs much in my writing process. Endings don't tend to give me much trouble, and if so, it's not the question when to end. It's the middle part I find hardest to write.

[cpolk]

I'm not sure what the question means.

Does it mean "How do you know when the story is over?"

If that's what it means, I know the story is over when I answer the main story question, the one the readers have been looking to have answered the longest.

Or does it mean "How do you know when the story is ready for publication?"

This is a tougher question. I know it's ready when I say "I could post this today and not be embarrassed." Though I usually put the story in a drawer for about a week and then read it aloud to catch any little details that I missed during multiple editing/revision passes. (I don't post fic as I go. Too perfectionist!)

[samuraiter]

I wrote another 2,000 words yesterday, so I am a happy camper, but I seem to have no words at all today. -_- Need to rest and recharge my batteries.

Since I mostly do relatively short one-shots, these days, I know the end is near if my scene has accomplished what it needs to accomplish in the specified word count. ... Kind of cheap of me.