WIP challenge check-in: day 11!

[littlebutfierce]

It's the weekend! Does that mean time to work on fic, or are there too many other things you have going on?

Poll #7252 Day 11 check-in!

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 10

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What ficcish things did you do today?

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Write
6 (60.0%)

Edit
4 (40.0%)

Send to beta
1 (10.0%)

Post
0 (0.0%)

Procrastinate
5 (50.0%)

Research
0 (0.0%)

Something else I will describe in comments
1 (10.0%)

How many words, if any, did you write today?

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1-249
1 (16.7%)

250-499
2 (33.3%)

500-749
1 (16.7%)

750-999
1 (16.7%)

1000 or more
1 (16.7%)

And how are you feeling about it all?

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& a discussion topic: Beginnings! Middles! Endings! Every story has these. Which are you best at? Which do you hate? How do you try to drag yourself through the worst section of the story in order to get it done?

Comments

[lullabymoon]

Finally got my editing finished at ridiculous o'clock this morning and got the fic sent in! It wasn't one of my challenge fics but it was one I need to get out the way before I could start anything else. I'm very pleased with it actually, as it's the longest one shot I've ever managed to write, and it has proper plot! Also, I managed about 100 words of my bb in a quiet moment.

Endings are the worst for me, specifically the last few sentences of a fic. I seem to get everything I want said then despair about how to polish it off satisfactory. I usually spent ages just going over and over it again.

[littlebutfierce]

YAY for finishing the fic & sending it in! I hope the writing session helped (& sorry I disappeared so suddenly, hahaha). I hope finding the title wasn't too hard.

& yay for stretching yourself to writing a longer fic w/actual plot -- this is totally the sort of thing I am struggling w/right now, so I salute you!

[lullabymoon]

:D The writing session definitely helped with my enthusiasm for it anyway! Eh, don't be sorry, these things happen. I won't tell you how long I spent googling things for inspiration for the title, because it was a least half an hour too long. *headdesk*

I wish you luck with the longer fic w/plot. I can't even offer any handy tips other then practise and planning, which are generally the typical thing everyone gets told.