WIP challenge day 6 check-in!

[littlebutfierce]

Time for today's check-in! How are things going today?

Poll #7203 WIP challenge day 6 check-in!

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 9

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What have you been up to today, fic-wise?

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Writing
5 (55.6%)

Editing
0 (0.0%)

Sending to beta
0 (0.0%)

Posting fic
1 (11.1%)

Procrastinating
3 (33.3%)

Researching
0 (0.0%)

Something else (tell us what in comments!)
3 (33.3%)

And how do you feel about that?

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Meh
3 (33.3%)

I AM A GENIUS
2 (22.2%)

Mildly satisfied
4 (44.4%)

I hate it
0 (0.0%)

Are you on track for your goals for this month?

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Yes
3 (33.3%)

I'm ahead!
0 (0.0%)

I'm behind
1 (11.1%)

I'm so behind I hate you for even asking
1 (11.1%)

Too early to tell
4 (44.4%)

And my favorite question! In 3 words or less, how are you feeling about the fic?

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And for a discussion topic: Present or past tense in your fics? Do you use both at different times? (In different fics, I mean: not in that pre-beta stage where you accidentally keep switching... or is that just me?) Do you prefer one or the other in the fic you read? Does it make a difference what kind of fic it is?

Comments

[mystiri_1]

I need to update my current counter to show I have written something in the past week - but it wasn't today.

I have a tendency to slip into present tense without even intending to, and I always have to double-check my fic for conflicting tenses. Especially if I'm supposed to be writing past tense. I do prefer present tense for some things - mostly porn, and anything where I want to concentrate on the mental/emotional processes and reactions of a particular character.

Weird thing is, I never used to write present tense at all.

[littlebutfierce]

Yay for writing this week!!

I so agree that present tense just seems to... present itself (ugh, no pun intended, really) as the thing to use sometimes!