WIP challenge day 1 check-in

[anehan]

It's the first day of June and time for another WIP challenge. Today, we begin with a poll!

Poll #7152 WIP challenge day 1 check-in

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 12

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What fic-ly things did you do today?

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Write
6 (50.0%)

Edit
3 (25.0%)

Research
2 (16.7%)

Send to beta
0 (0.0%)

Procrastinate
4 (33.3%)

Something else
4 (33.3%)

And how does that make you FEEL?

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Amazing!
1 (8.3%)

Okay.
6 (50.0%)

Meh.
3 (25.0%)

Don't ask.
2 (16.7%)

What is your fic all about? Describe in five words or less.

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Today's discussion topic is language. The fanfic flamingo has something to say on the subject:



[Background — a six piece pie style colour split in three shades of pink. Foreground — the long neck and face of a pink flamingo.

Top text: love fanfiction in English

Bottom text: laugh uncontrollably over how ridiculous it sounds when reading some in your own language]


So, do you usually write fic in your native language or in another language? Why? What about reading fic? Is the flamingo right and fic in your own language sounds ridiculous?

Comments

[glitteryv]

I didn't finish last month's goal fic (grrr!) which is what I'll be focusing on for the next two weeks (the deadline is June 15th). All in all, I'm feeling confident that I'll make it. Wrote 890 words today. Still have about 10k more to go if I want to make the bare minimum (20k). In reality, I think the fic will be around 25 - 30k. Totes doable. *g*

So, do you usually write fic in your native language or in another language? Why? What about reading fic? Is the flamingo right and fic in your own language sounds ridiculous?

My native language is Spanish but, though I'm totally fluent, I can't really read fanfic in that language. It looks kinda weird? I wouldn't go as far as saying that I'll be guffawing whenever I've tried to read some, but it looks off. I'm thinking it has to do with the fact that there is so little (if any at all) fanfic in Spanish for any of the fandoms I read that I'm just not accustomed to it.

OTOH, there's no one 'right' or 'proper' language for fanfic which is actually awesome.

[anehan]

30k? Pfft, a piece of cake. :D Well, I hope it will be a piece of cake for you. I'll be cheering you on from the sidelines here.

I've tried to read fanfic in my native language, Finnish, a couple of times, but I can't get lost in it the same way I can with English. I'm all the time painfully aware of the language. I guess it's because I've managed to equate fanfic with English, what with having read fic exclusively in it for eight years.

[glitteryv]

Hee, it's going to be a sometimes!evil cake, I'm sure. *g*

Thank you for the cheering though.