WIP challenge - day 4 check-in!

[littlebutfierce]

Poll #7680 WIP challenge day 4 check-in!

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How many words did you write today?

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None
1 (14.3%)

None, but I planned it that way
0 (0.0%)

1-249
2 (28.6%)

250-499
0 (0.0%)

500-749
1 (14.3%)

750-999
3 (42.9%)

1000 or more
0 (0.0%)

& how are you feeling about your progress on your goal fics so far?

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For discussion (topic courtesy ficwriter1966!): Let's talk about writing for someone else. That could be fic exchanges, comment fic, birthday (or other gift) fic, etc. How does writing for a specific recipient change the process of fic for you? Do you worry a lot about whether they'll like it? How closely do you stick to the prompts? Do you do a lot of snooping to try & pin down the recipient's tastes? (Probably some of this will change depending on what kind of fic we're talking about: fic exchanges are different from comment fic -- especially an anon meme -- etc.)

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[katzenjamming]

The bare minimum done today (keeping up my 750 word streak) what I did write was planning stuff, not actual prose. Considering what was discussed in the last couple of entries, I might need to take a break, or at least break things up by working on another project.

I don't really do prompt memes or anything, but I have done gift fics. Usually the requester will give me a prompt and I'll go from there. The requesters typically know what kinds of things I write, and what I'm comfortable writing... and if I feel like I'm dissenting too much from the original prompt or idea, I'm usually in contact with them so I can say "I don't think can do that" or "this is going in a different direction than I thought it would...".

I'm one of those people constantly worried if the recipient (whether it's someone who would requested it or just any possible readers -- for instance, from what I know of people in the fandom) will like it, and probably bend to what I think their preferences are more than I'm aware of it.

[littlebutfierce]

The planning stuff is so important, though, so go you! I feel like doing that in 750 Words helps me a lot sometimes -- I don't tend to write out plans or outlines v. much (partly b/c I'm a shortfic writer), so giving myself permission to just blather on about it can result in some good solutions popping out of my brain!