August WIP challenge - day 1 check-in!

[littlebutfierce]

How's the fic going today? Are you writing/editing/sending to beta? Researching? Resting on your laurels? Procrastinating? Did you post something?

To start off the month, tell us about the fic(s) you'll be working on! Some of you did that a little bit yesterday, but feel free to go into more detail: What do you think will be trickiest to work on? What are you looking forward to? Scared of?

Comments

[rebecca2525]

I didn't do anything for my fic yesterday. I've been too busy, tired and slightly intimidated by the scene that needs to be written next.

I'm working on a Cabin Pressure WIP that's now at 10.000 words with 3 chapters out of 5 done. It's a retelling of a classic story, so I know exactly where it's going and what needs to be done, but the challenge is to make it fit with the characters and canon in general.

The trickiest part is going to be what's coming next because it's a) a crucial point to the story, and b) dramatic (while I prefer the more light-hearted and funny side of things.) I'm definitely looking forward to writing the final scenes.

I'm hoping to finish the first draft before my holidays; let's see how that works out... or at least get the hardest part done so that it'll be easier to pick up again after I'm back.

[littlebutfierce]

I'm sorry you didn't have the time/energy to write yesterday -- but maybe getting a little bit of rest from the fic will make the intimidating scene seem slightly less so? Good luck writing the dramatic stuff when your natural inclination is for the opposite -- it can be really hard to write outside the comfort zone like that! (though for me it's the opposite: I could never write crack, sob; it would just be AWFUL)