WIP Check In--day 28

[terajk]

 How goes the writing today? Did you:

• Write!
• Edit!
• Send to beta!
• Post!
• Plan/daydream!
• Procrastinate!
• Something else I will describe in comments.

Any special methods for organizing a fic? Outlines? Mind maps? The Snowflake Method?

 

Comments

[jagnikjen]

Let's see...I worked with my CP over the phone to go over some of her story points. Then I edited/revised a piece of original fiction, trying to fill out the story a bit and get it past shorty story classification into novelette status (7500 to 17500 words). I'm up to 5810 words. --Just to be clear these are not all new words. This story was written several years ago and published in an anthology and had to be short short. The rights have reverted back to me so I'm trying to add in a lot of the description and internal narrative I originally cut so that I can publish it. New words added so far is about 600 over the last several days.

I did not work on my June challenge fic though. But it's almost done so I'm not fretting. Too much. ;P

As for organizing a fic. When I get an idea I just open a doc and start typing. Mostly my stories are short and I don't need grand outlines, mind maps, or anything else to keep my thoughts organized. Occasionally I'll do some notes about GMC - that's Goal, Motivation, Conflict -- for my main character/s if the story decides to go too long. But I've found that I'm a pantser and if I put too much of my ideas on the page then I find I'm no longer interested in actually writing the story since I know what happens. :)

Otherwise, organizing, I just have a fic folder, with subfolders for fandom or original story and then the story docs in those folders. And everything is in that folder: copies of the story, deleted scenes doc, my GMC, any notes or ideas, docs with research information, etc...