WIP Challenge Day 30, Saturday

[jagnikjen]

Even though I'm not sleeping in, I hope you did, whatever your time zone. I had a kiss on the brain (not mine, a character's) and had to get up and write it down.

But whenever you awoke, I hope you had a chance to do something on your fic today.

Tell us what you accomplished today...

Discussion question...what's the most number of WIPs you've actively juggled at one time? Do you normally work on more than fic/story at one time? If so, what's the average number?

Comments

[linaewen]

I'm going to answer the discussion question now and then come back later today WHEN I FINISH MY BIG BANG WIP! That's the goal today, to finish. A couple of hours writing should do it -- muse, don't fail me now!

I think the most WIP's I've actively juggled at one time was 5 -- and that was earlier this summer when I got myself involved in several challenges in addition to my usual 3 that have been sitting on the back burner for a bit. I would say my average is 3, which are the three multi-chapter things I've been working on for some time now, each in turn as the whim takes me (or doesn't). I am almost always working on more than one fic at one time, though in some cases, they are from the same fandom and so it's not too difficult to jump from fic to fic.

[linaewen]

I. Am. Finished. I finished my Big Bang on time. It is 21,226 words and I like it. I cannot believe it is done and I still have time left in the day to do Real Life stuff.

*leaps for joy*

It's being run past some betas and then I have to post it to the queue, but it is most definitely finished.

Many, many thanks to this community, it's been an unimaginable blessing to me in keeping me on track with my writing! \o/

[lullabymoon]

Yay! That's absolutely fantastic!!!

[jagnikjen]

CONGRATS!!!

What a great accomplishment.

It's time to celebrate.

[littlebutfierce]

WOOOOHOOOOOOO! That's fantastic! Congratulations!!!

Hope you get some well-deserved time to rest on your laurels too!

[ficwriter1966]

Congrats on finishing your story! I'm new to the comm, but figured I'd offer my high-fives anyway. :)

[lexicalcrow]

I posted another fic chapter. And. That's about it. I spent the good part of five hours? cleaning my room, throwing things out, and cleaning my god shrines. Also vacuuming. Vacuumed the hel out of that carpet. I am now tired, but feeling accomplished. \o/

It's not necessarily all WIPs I'm juggling, but there's usually one major project, maybe two, and a bunch of other one-shots at the same time. And that when I'm not at uni and don't have assignments to do. D:

...It's any wonder I get anything done, actually, when I think about it. o.o

[lullabymoon]

Urgh, I managed to eake out about 200 words on my big bang today which I suppose is still progress.

I always work on more than one story at a time. Sometimes some may be on the back burner a bit but I've always got at least two. At the moment my focus on! folder has my big bang, one way overdue fest fic and 6 kink bingo fills. My general in progress folder (which is very much on the back burner just now) has ehm, 25 fics in progress.

Oh dear lord, I didn't realise I had quite that many. *facepalm*

[littlebutfierce]

I did some more editing -- I think my big-WIP-now-split-into-two is almost ready for posting (in its new two-part form). I sent the first part back to beta hoping for a quick look. The writing session was good for keeping me on track!

I also wrote a snippet for what's going to be the third part of the series that the two fics above will be part of. Er, I mean if I ever manage to get anywhere w/this third part. More actual plot, oh noes!

I usually have 4 or 5 WIPs going on at once, I think, but they all tend to be at various stages of completion. So if I only have the brain to hammer out tons of words for the Shitty First Draft, I'll try to have a WIP that still needs that kind of work. & when I'm in the mood for close editing, I have something that needs that, etc. Also, if one of the WIPs is really making me frustrated, I can hopefully work on something I feel more positive about, & get some distance from the hard one in order to go back to it fresh.

[jagnikjen]

Little bit of writing done this morning before band booster car washes and home improvement projects.

Now I have some peace and quiet so I'm going to piddle. I don't think I have the mental capacity right now to write much. But I can actually write some decent stuff when I'm sleepy--most of the "walls" between right brain and left brain are soft or porous and so the inhibitions are lowered and the ideas flow freely.

I think the most number of fics I juggled at once was probably 6 or 7 and most of them were probably fairly short.

Generally, I probably juggle two or three stories at once.

[curuchamion]

I wroted! I rewrote a scene that needed rewriting, and I think (I hope) I made it quite a bit better. Now all I need to do is a drastic rewrite of the last scene in the fic, and I can post it. Which is good, because it's due tomorrow. O_O

As to juggling WIPs... I basically have an insane number of partially-finished stories, and I may skip to any one of them (or start a new one) at any time, depending. When I'm actively writing, though, I'm normally focusing on just one story for several days at a time, so I don't "juggle" in that sense.

[bay_alexison]

Yesterday and today was editing two of my fest fics. My two betas send me their corrections and suggestions at the same time, so I focused on rewriting the stories and making some grammar corrections.

I think the most WIP I actively juggled is three, which would usually be either three short stories or two short stories and one long/chaptered fic. There might be times where I'll have like five stories I started out of the blue, but I then would focus only on finishing two or three of them first and such.

[rebecca2525]

Yesterday I did some research and finally settled on the technical details of a plot point, which meant I could go back and write that scene I had skipped earlier, yay! Overall I wrote 560 words.

I don't think I've ever been working on more than one fic at a time. I generallly don't write all that much, and if I write, I like to stick to one story.

[ficwriter1966]

I finished a long story (almost 10,000 words) that I've been working on for a couple of weeks, and after a lot of wrestling around, finally got it posted! That feels good.

I've got one WIP in the bin, half done, and it just *refuses* to cooperate. Ugh.

Mostly WIPs I've juggled at one time? I think maybe 3. Generally I just work on one thing at a time, so I can keep myself focused.