check in day 2

[lilly_c]

How is the writing going today? What about yesterday?

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Today I

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wrote
4 (80.0%)

edited
2 (40.0%)

posted
1 (20.0%)

sent to beta
0 (0.0%)

researched
1 (20.0%)

planned
1 (20.0%)

had a cheeky break
1 (20.0%)

dealt with life
0 (0.0%)

My progress is

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Mean: 6.40 Median: 6 Std. Dev 2.06

woeful 1		0 (0.0%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)
4		1 (20.0%)
5		1 (20.0%)
6		1 (20.0%)
7		1 (20.0%)
8		0 (0.0%)
9		0 (0.0%)
wonderful 10		1 (20.0%)

Discussion: incomplete scenes in your fic. When you find an incomplete scene in your fic do you try to finish it? look over your notes? start again?

Comments

[lilly_c]

My usual day off has come in useful because I've got some writing done so far today and I'm having a quick break to drink something.

I noticed an incomplete scene in a fic I was editing and I've printed off, found the handwritten notes and made notes on both versions to try and get it finished so that I can post it. It's one of the fics from the backlog and not a new one which is quite frustrating for me.

[rebecca2525]

Made progress on my outline for the next chapter!

I always write linearly, so the only unfinished scene is the one I'm currently writing.

[st_aurafina]

Started a new chapter, yay.

When I get stuck, I jump to the next thing that I know has to happen, and then go back to write connecting bits. It helps me with pacing a lot.

[samuraiter]

Well, I wrote again, but it was another poop joke. Still better than nothing.

I try never to leave an incomplete scene, but, if necessary, I'll leave a placeholder comment and go back to it before posting the whole thing. Haven't had to do that in ages, though.

[linaewen]

I wrote, yay! A prompt was posted this evening, and as I glanced at it, a fun plot popped into my head, so I wrote it. Haven't done that for awhile -- I usually do so much planning and research for a tale that I'm too tired to write it. This didn't need much planning, which was nice.

I have realized while editing at times that a scene needs to be filled out more -- often it seems fine at the time of writing, but later I realize it's incomplete. I will redo it or add to it according to notes, or if my notes are insufficient, I'll do more research.