WIP Check-in -- Day 20

[glitteryv]

Monday's here and with it, a whole new day to talk about our goal fics. :)

Poll #7313

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Today I . . .

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. . . wrote!
3 (37.5%)

. . . did something that's fic related (brainstorming, research, daydreaming, etc.)
1 (12.5%)

. . . edited!
5 (62.5%)

. . . posted fic!
1 (12.5%)

. . . procrastinated/took a break from writing.
3 (37.5%)

. . . did something else that I'll talk about in my comment.
1 (12.5%)

OK, and now, for today's questions: are the majority of your fics based on one genre? Do you ever write a genre that'd be considered the reverse of that? Is there a genre you wish you could try out but haven't?

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[lexicalcrow]

Found a beta! Prodding twitter long enough worked. XD So now that fic has been sent off and I can work on my AU big bang in the mean time. Which I need to do because it's still only 3k long. D:

It's really nice to have that queer_fest fic done and off to the beta now because it gives me space to work on this other fic now. I can worry about what changes I might need to make when it comes back and see if I can't get some good progress on this during the week. Well, I have work tomorrow, but I can make notes in my email and such. :P

I tend to cross genres more than stick to specific ones. Writing about old bands could be considered 'historical', and I've done some steampunk, science fiction, time travel, horror, urban fantasy, BDSM, LGBTI/queer/transgender, dystopian, zombie apocalypse, fantasy, all sorts of things. Smut counts too, right? XD Doing AU bingo last time did at least make me try my hand at detective fic, and even if it was an exercise in puns and not that serious, it was still fun to write. Don't know if I'll try it again though.

ALSO. Still totally need to have a go at a Western. Last year's NaNo was supposed to be a Georgian Steampunk Western, but the Western kind of got left out as I kept writing. So maybe we'll have another go at a Western some time, just to say I've done it.

[glitteryv]

Yay for getting a beta! It must be quite energizing, right? Not to mention wiping your brow since, iirc, queer_fest goes live soonish, eh?

I don't think I've ever done Western either. But then, for me, it's more a matter of following my plot bunnies rather than sitting down and thinking "OK, now I'm going to write a sci-fi fic". Funnily enough, there IS a canonical Western sub-fandom under one of my two main fandoms. I've yet to get a plot bunny for it, though. *pouts*

[lexicalcrow]

Yeah, posting started a while ago. My second/last posting date for queer_fest is the 25th, but I've still got the Wednesday after that if I need it. You can't beta a 46k fic in an hour, so I'm willing to give my beta as much time as she needs to get it done. I'd have liked to get it posted tomorrow, but I'd rather the extra time to polish it.

IDK, I was a bit like that too, but AU bingo gave me all sorts of interesting ideas for genres/AUs I hadn't tried yet so I was wiling to go for it. I think it's easier to experiment with new genres with something like a bingo card because it's only one fic for a bingo, rather than, say, sitting down and deciding you're going to write zombies today. Or something. IDK, it works for me, and I don't see the harm in trying a new genre at least once, just to see if it's any fun and if it's something I'm any good at. But if the plot bunny's not there, it is harder to write. That's possibly why I threw so much crack and humour into my detective fic. I didn't think I had the ~smarts~ to write a proper detective story. I can't plot like that, but I can write puns, so puns won out. :D