June WIP challenge - debrief?

[littlebutfierce]

Hi folks -- I'm going to put up the first check-in post for July's WIP challenge later (after I have a chance to write something myself, heh).

But I thought it'd be good to put up a post to see how the June challenge ended for people! Did you meet your goals? If not, were you satisfied anyway? Are there things you learned about how to kick your butt into gear? Are there things we could be doing more of in this comm (&, crucially, are there people interested in getting more involved in the running of the challenge if so)?

& just a reminder that we have a WIP Challenge collection on AO3; if you've finished fics through the challenge, please do feel free to add them there! If you need an invite let me know.

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[lexicalcrow]

Finished my queer_fest fic! Managed to make 15k of my AU big bang fic, but I'm still nowhere near finished. Trying to see if I can opt out of art and have the rest of July to get my draft done instead. I don't want to give up on it just yet. But we'll see.

I probably would've got more headway with my AU big bang fic if I hadn't had a 48k word fic completely take over my June. I barely had a week to work on my AU BB fic. My muses are fickle bastards. They hate planning too, so I can't even put an outline in as I'm not even confident they'd stick to it anyway.

Oh well. Here's to a less hectic July. And if you're really stretched for people to do check-in posts, I could help out if needed. I'm not doing anything atm so for July, at least, I've got some spare time up my sleeves.

[littlebutfierce]

Yay for finishing your queer_fest fic!! & also writing an additional 15k, wow!! I hope you're able to keep going w/your big bang.

Thanks for offering re: check-in posts! Would you be interested in doing, er, next week? (Sunday July 3 through Saturday the 9th) If not, no problem -- I will do them, buuuut if you wanted to, that would be awesome, b/c then I would only have to do 3 posts this month. It's nice to have a break once in a while, heh (plus my life seems to be getting busier? IDEK why). Just let me know either way, & thanks!

[lexicalcrow]

Yeah, I just had confirmation that I can do that, so I'll have that extra work to do this month, but oh well. I'll get it over and done with and then badger someone to beta it for me. Then I can work on my other fics for this month. :D

I can't think why I can't do those. When do they go up, time wise? (I'm in Australia, that's all. I don't want to put them up too early/late.) Also, discussion points. Were there any you had in mind? I can come up with some myself, but I wouldn't want to repeat any either.

[littlebutfierce]

Eeeeee, thank you!

I'd say put up the posts whenever they're convenient in your time zone -- I know that most of the people doing them have been either in Europe or the US, so I think it would be nice to have posts timed for people in other parts of the world too!!

Happy for you to do whatever discussion points you like -- even if we've had some before, we'll have different participants & people may give different answers even if it's a second time. If you want to discuss topics via PM, please feel free... & thanks again!!

& good luck w/the big bang work, now that it's confirmed that you can go ahead!!

[lexicalcrow]

No problem. :D Happy to help out.

Okay. Well, the posts usually go up while I'm asleep, so I could always do them when I get up in the morning. Or possibly before I go to bed at night. One of the two, depending on when I remember. That sound okay?

Okay. I might go back through the comm and see what I can find then. I might PM you with what I want to do anyway, just in case there's any overlap or something for later on.

Thanks. It's been another busy Saturday for me and I've done no writing, but I've got enough time to get it done, assuming I can just sit down and get it written.

[littlebutfierce]

Yes, either way sounds fine -- thank you again so much! Do feel free to get in touch if you end up wanting to talk over topics (but equally, feel free to post w/o feeling like you have to check stuff w/me!!).

I hope you were able to get some writing done today after all!