WIP challenge check-in: day 2!

[littlebutfierce]

It's day 2! I hope you're all gaining some momentum for the month!

Poll #6847 May WIP challenge check-in: day 2!

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 18

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What did you do today, fic-wise?

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Write
11 (61.1%)

Edit
4 (22.2%)

Send fic to beta
0 (0.0%)

Research
3 (16.7%)

Procrastinate
4 (22.2%)

Something else I will describe in comments
6 (33.3%)

How are you feeling about your fic compared to yesterday?

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Better!
6 (33.3%)

Worse
1 (5.6%)

About the same
11 (61.1%)

3 words or less about how your fic is going today, please!

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And a discussion topic brought to you by the fanfic flamingo:



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Top text: WHY FINISH A WIP

Bottom text: WHEN YOU CAN START FIVE NEW ONES]

How do you keep yourself focused on the fic you've committed to work on for the month? Is it easy for you to set a goal & work on one fic until you're done? Or does every other WIP & plot bunny look more appealing the instant you promise yourself you're going to work on something else?

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[xpaperplanex]

First time posting. I admit, I was grateful for you saying that it was okay to post on these without signing up for the monthly challenge. Signing up for things frightens me :D

Today I didn't write anything, but I posted the (technically) last chapter of my fic. And got a bunch of great comments assuring me that I ended it the right way! (Smut or no smut, that will always be the fanfic question.)

Oh fanfic flamingo, you ask such hard questions. I don't get oodles of plot bunnies like some people do, just occasional ones that turn into something viable, so that helps. I accidentally started a huge epic when I first started writing fic, which went well for the first six months or so, then I suffered a big breakdown and struggled through a bunch of chapters. Now I can't write it at all, so I've got my fingers crossed and keep hoping that the inspiration will hit me again. Aside from that one, I've found that not posting until it's finished (for multi-chapter fics) is the best way for me to keep working on something. I find reviews often throw me off balance or make me over think what I had planned. And at least if I get stuck on something that hasn't been posted, I can put it aside and work on something else without getting nagged for updates.

[mystiri_1]

I just saw this. Must go read.

I have tried this for one of my longer fics, but it's still sitting unfinished. :(

[laceblade]

I'm excited to see other FF7 writers here! I am new, too. *high-five*

[xpaperplanex]

*high five* :D

[littlebutfierce]

Heh, fair enough! I think for some people the commitment of signing up helps, but I appreciate that might not be true for everybody--& the bottom line is, we want to help people write fic!

Yay for posting the end of your fic, PLUS getting such good feedback!!

Aside from that one, I've found that not posting until it's finished (for multi-chapter fics) is the best way for me to keep working on something. I find reviews often throw me off balance or make me over think what I had planned. And at least if I get stuck on something that hasn't been posted, I can put it aside and work on something else without getting nagged for updates.

Oooh, this makes a lot of sense to me--I don't know if I'd have the patience to not post until I was finished w/a fic, but then again, I am not a longfic writer, so the question is moot for me. But yeah, I can definitely see getting caught up in reviews, even though we all know that we shouldn't pay TOO much attention to them, etc.