check in day 22

[autobotscoutriella]

Sorry this is a bit late--RL got away from me. How has your fic writing gone so far today? Or if you haven't made it to a writing point yet today, how did yesterday go?

-I wrote something
-I edited
-I posted today!
-I did some plotting/planning/research
-I sent things to my beta
-I took a break
-I dealt with life stuff

Discussion: Do you prefer posting longer fics as soon as each chapter is done, or do you wait and build up a few chapters (or even the whole fic) before posting?

Comments

[lady_katana4544]

Did some writing today and then took a small break from writing.

[doranwen]

I'm still trying to keep up with the worksheets/tests/etc. But the end is in sight! The year is almost over!

I only post when the fic is all done. That being said, I wish there was somewhere to post WIPs that was just for WIPs - like, "this isn't the final version and it may change" that people could find and comment publicly on them, separate from AO3 - where I never post something until it's all done. The only unfinished "fic" I have on there is actually a collection of separate ficlets, each related to a specific episode of Rookie Blue (and listed consecutively). Since they all stand alone, it's not an issue if I never finish the set (though I hope to). But I'd hate to post and then have people wondering when I'm going to post next, or if I will at all... and I don't like editing my fic more places than I have to, and there's always changes that happen before things are finished. Though I could probably post the first chapter of the fic I'm working on as I don't think it's going to change - but it would break my "no WIPs" rule. So, not posting until it's all done - whenever that is.

[linaewen]

I haven't been writing, even though I had big plans to do so this week. Lots of interruptions and unexpected other things have been interfering!

My practice has been to post chapters as they are done, but nowadays, long gaps between chapters is causing me to rethink my methods. I have one long fic that I'm continuing to post as chapters are completed, because it's already up and running, and readers are waiting for updates. A couple of other long fics I have in the queue will be done differently; I'm either going to complete them before I start posting, or I will be many chapters ahead before I start.