WIP Challenge Check-in -- Day 18 (Monday)

[linaewen]

Looks like it's going to be One Of Those Days, so I thought I'd better get this check-in post done earlier than usual, in case RL buries me like I think it's going to do today.

Are any of the following on your list of things to do today?  For those of you at the end of your day, did any of these actually happen?

    * Writing
    * Editing
    * Sending to beta
    * Posting
    * Procrastinating
    * Planning/Researching
    * Taking a break
    * Something else I will describe in comments

Describe your WIP in 4 words or less __________

Does the Panda speak truth when it comes to rereading old stories?  Let's discuss...

 

For discussion -- when you go back and reread old stories you've written, are you encouraged or discouraged?  Do you like what you wrote back then, or do you "cry with shame"?

Comments

[linaewen]

No luck with getting any writing in as yet. I'm praying the day doesn't get away from me before I get a chance to write a little something!

My WIP in four words -- Real Life strikes again!

When I reread old stories, I am actually encouraged about my writing ability. I always see a little something here and there than needs fixing, but I still am happy with what I've done. I sometimes go back and reread to remind myself that yes, I actually CAN write, even though it doesn't seem like I can at the moment. ;-) The discouraging part is remembering how much time I used to have to spend on writing pursuits, which no longer is the case.

[lexicalcrow]

I kind of didn't do much but reread some scenes and add a few words. And then we went to the last Harry Potter film this afternoon so I've done NOTHING. XD My WIP is ... irritating. But it's coming together. I think. Maybe. I've deleted an empty chapter. I've worked out I need to rewrite some bits. I'll get it done eventually.

I know I read over the 130k crossover epic novel I started in 2004 and want to rewrite it from scratch, if that wasn't the most daunting task ever in the history of ever. D: But it depends on the fic. Sometimes, I can reread them with a smile, and see how I was progressing. Other times, I want to bin them. But I never throw out my writing, so I've still got the stories I wrote when I was 12, some fifteen years ago. I don't want to lose those ideas, even if they weren't very good and I'd never publish them online.

[dragonfly]

I plan to start an auction fic I promised, instead of waffling eternally about what to write. I will start SOMETHING on it.

If the author I am betaing for sends me more to beta, I will pounce on it, because her story is JUST THAT GOOD that I can't wait to know what happens next.

I will edit and post the story someone gave me to upload for them.

I will ask for more clarification on what the winner of a different auction fic wants from me, as my beta suggested I do.

Do you like what you wrote back then, or do you "cry with shame"?

A little of both. Sometimes I'm surprised by how bad something was and sometimes I'm surprised by how good something was.

[lea_hazel]

I just wrote 350 words on a giftfic that's way overdue, so I'm feeling okay. I was just starting to worry that I'd be too worried to write at all tonight.

Sometimes I reread fic and I feel self-conscious about laughing, because it feels strange to admit that I think I'm pretty funny. Other times I go back to something that I remember being very intense and it will seem flat, awkward and overwrought. Lately I've been trying to read old fic and cringing a lot.

[littlebutfierce]

No fic written today, I'm afraid -- work stress & fatigue & blah blah. I hope to maybe get a little editing done before bed but I wouldn't count on it.

Sometimes I reread old stuff & think it really holds up. Sometimes I cringe, but even if I think something's pretty bad, in a way it's kind of encouraging -- because I couldn't look back on it & be embarrassed if I hadn't already grown as a writer since that point, y'know?

[jagnikjen]

So far today, not much.

I posted my next submission to my critique group. Um, I looked over my new HP fic and I still really LOVE it.

Waiting for my challenge fic back from the beta reader.

Next thing I need to do is look at critiques from my last submission and make some changes.

As for reading old fic, I'm generally pleased.

[lullabymoon]

I wrote just over 450 words on my big bang today which I am pleased with.

As for old fic, sometimes I look back and things are better than I remember but then sometimes I cringe it's that bad.

[midnightgds]

For discussion -- when you go back and reread old stories you've written, are you encouraged or discouraged? Do you like what you wrote back then, or do you "cry with shame"?

I enjoy re reading my old stories. Some of them make me laugh at how stupid they are, but in a way i can see a big difference in my writing style from a few years ago to now.