WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 7 --Sunday

[linaewen]

Hello on Sunday, the first day of a new writing week.  What kind of a writing day has it been today -- or yesterday, if today hasn't gotten going yet?

•     I thought about my fic once or twice
•     I wrote
•     I did some planning and/or research
•     I edited
•     I've sent my fic off to my beta
•     I posted today!
•     I'm taking a break
•     I did something else that I'll talk about in a comment

Sunday Discussion - Ernest Hemingway once said, "If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows.  The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water."  I have found it true that a lot of the research I do to create a body of knowledge about what I am writing doesn't always get used when I actually start writing, yet the fact that I researched and know the subject matter still seems to give me a foundation which is somehow revealed in the story, even if I'm not writing about it in detail.  Do you find this to be true as well, or not?  Are details important for you to include when you write or are they not so important?

Comments

[samuraiter]

Apologies for the lack of commenting all week, but I have had next to noting to report. Been picking up prompts from hither and yon, but the amount of real writing I have done has been negligible. Hoping to change that today.

As for the question, I try not to overdo it on the research, lest I start infodumping, but my research consists mostly of knowing canon, so that is not a major issue for me.

[rosefox]

I wrote a 1000-word story last night because I was sad and I figured it would cheer me up. And it did!

The research foundation is essential to the story. I never understand how anyone can write first and research second.

[rebecca2525]

As predicted, I didn't get much writing done this weekend due to other obligations, but I wrote at least a little on Sunday. It's good to keep things moving even if it isn't by much.