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Hello, writers! What have you been able to accomplish today toward your January goal?
— I wrote today!
— I planned and/or researched something.
— I sat down and did some editing.
— I sent things to my beta.
— I posted!
— I focused on something else today.
Writing question time: What period of life do you find yourself writing about most often (child, teenager, young adult)?
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— I wrote today!
— I planned and/or researched something.
— I sat down and did some editing.
— I sent things to my beta.
— I posted!
— I focused on something else today.
Writing question time: What period of life do you find yourself writing about most often (child, teenager, young adult)?
Also, I hope no one minds me placing this here, but the Needy Stocking List at
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Date: Wednesday, January 9th, 2019 17:26 (UTC)As an anime/manga fan a majority of the protagonists are teenagers, but I have nearly always written post-series when they are closer to the 20-22 range. I prefer writing more experienced characters (comparing to the canon 15-16 many of them are), and I very rarely write children. I think I have maybe two or three kid!fics I’ve written, and they were gifts for a requested prompt.
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Date: Thursday, January 10th, 2019 01:01 (UTC)no subject
Date: Wednesday, January 9th, 2019 19:55 (UTC)Given the majority of my fics are and continue to be in the Buffyverse, that's mostly teens and twenty-somethings. Outside of that I tend toward adults and late teens, and can't recall ever doing kidfic.
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Date: Wednesday, January 9th, 2019 22:23 (UTC)Kidfic is not my thing either, but I know some authors do really well with it. I need to remember to include child characters where appropriate though, I tend to leave them out because they are difficult.
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Date: Thursday, January 10th, 2019 03:24 (UTC)no subject
Date: Wednesday, January 9th, 2019 20:14 (UTC)For the writing question, I think its mostly a mix of every stage depending on what the series medium that I'm writing in and researching in.
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Date: Wednesday, January 9th, 2019 22:27 (UTC)no subject
Date: Wednesday, January 9th, 2019 20:38 (UTC)The majority of my characters are adults, though I have written a few pieces that involved children.
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Date: Wednesday, January 9th, 2019 22:32 (UTC)Children are so difficult for me, I'm jealous that other writers have a much easier time haha.
writethisfanfic
Date: Thursday, January 10th, 2019 02:03 (UTC)I tend to write characters in their adult years. I also focus on people who have significant mental health issues. So my main character has auditory hallucinations.
Re: writethisfanfic
Date: Thursday, January 10th, 2019 03:16 (UTC)Ooo that can be challenging, but I can see how rewarding it can be as well.
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Date: Thursday, January 10th, 2019 03:26 (UTC)Re: writethisfanfic
Date: Thursday, January 10th, 2019 04:15 (UTC)no subject
Date: Thursday, January 10th, 2019 02:40 (UTC)I missed the post for yesterday, but, to be fair, I did not write yesterday. I got my page set up for it, but I ended up staring at it and not writing. But! I did write and post that story today, so there is that. I have reached 5,000 words for the month so far, half of my goal. So far, so good.
For the question: Because my fandoms are anime / manga, JRPGs, and the like, my characters tend to skew a bit young, but, in response, I tend to write stories that are post-canon so that they can fall more into the 'young adult' category.
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Date: Thursday, January 10th, 2019 03:18 (UTC)That's a healthy word count! Congrats on posting today. Sometimes we need a mental rest day. I did a little bit of writing today, but I'm calling it a day off as it wasn't very much.
I also am a post-canon anime/manga writer on the whole. :D