WIP Check -in -- Day 24

[glitteryv]

The weekend is upon us and with it, hopefully most (if not all) of us will have more opportunities to write.

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Today . . .

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I wrote!
2 (40.0%)

I edited!
1 (20.0%)

I did something ficcish (brainstorming, research, daydreaming, etc.)
3 (60.0%)

I procastinated. /o\
0 (0.0%)

I took a break
1 (20.0%)

I did something else that I'll describe in my comment.
1 (20.0%)

Today's question: In regards to style, length, genre and tropes, how much has your fic changed from back when you started writing/posting? Do you think you've taken chances with your fic?

Comments

[littlebutfierce]

I finished putting in the edits to my current WIP from my first-pass edit (which I did in hard copy on the bus), & then wrote the first draft of a big scene missing from it (which now I think I may not need & could gloss over w/a summary convo, buuuuut... I wouldn't have known that w/o writing the scene).

I started out writing short snippety porn on a kink meme & now I write mostly gen, ahahahaha. & my fic has gotten longer. Which on the one hand, hey, that's cool (sometimes I think people don't take shortfic as seriously, which makes me sad). On the other, it's... challenging for me.

I think I've taken some chances (though not as much as I could've). Sometimes it's worked beautifully--one of my most popular stories, & also one of my own favorites, started off b/c I decided to try to fill something I kept prompting to no avail (& generally when I keep prompting something it's b/c I want to read it but feel incapable of writing it). In other cases, I'm not as sure--it's particularly hard to tell if I don't get feedback. There are tons of reasons why I might not get feedback: small fandoms, it just might not be someone's thing, someone might like it but not comment, someone might give me concrit if I asked, but...

So yeah, tl;dr: you win some, you lose some. Trying not to let that scare me out of continuing to try new stuff!

[glitteryv]

Hee, it's so funny how you went from teh porn to mostly gen. I do totally agree with your point on not letting the fear of 'losing' keep you from taking risks with your writing.

Also, yay you for editing and writing! :)