WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 8 -- Thursday

[linaewen]

Hello on Thursday!  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

Thursday Discussion - How do you keep track of characters and plot lines?

Comments

[linaewen]

I did some planning yesterday, so that's some progress this week! I have a busy morning today, but maybe this afternoon/evening I can settle down to some actual writing.

I'm a big fan of outlines which include a chronology, lists of characters and the various plot lines that are in progress. It's still a bit of a mess sometimes as a couple of my WIPs are getting unwieldy, but my outline helps me sort things out. Once or twice I had to repair something important I forgot to mention in the proper place through the use of flashbacks, because I forgot to include the plot point in the outline!