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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[littlebutfierce]

Do you ever print out WIPs & cut them up & physically move the paragraphs around to reorder things? &/or do the virtual version (in something like Scrivener)? Sometimes that helps me. Obviously you got where you needed to go, though, so yay!! (& super yay for new title that you like. I haaaate doing titles. I'm so like that flamingo that says "Need a title? Google song lyrics" or whatever.)

A couple of times I've filled my own prompts & they've gone over like lead balloons... & I'm not going to comment praising my own piece *giggle*. Oh well, if it satisfies me as the prompter, that's the main thing!

I'm sorry your least favorite fic is one you did for your own prompt, though. :(

[lexicalcrow]

I use a program called yWriter, which lets me shift scenes and chapters around. It's like a simplified (and free) version of Scrivener and LSB (which I can't afford anyway). That does the job. I always do big edits on paper as well, and yeah, I have occasionally cut things out and shifted them around, but that's a cow of a thing to do for a 50 page story. XD So yWriter is a lot easier to manage. XD But yes, I JUST FINISHED. 8D I've sent it in already just so I don't forget tomorrow. My weekend is going to be hella busy. D: But good. :D (I hate titles. I usually nick mine from song titles or albums. /lazy. But it works. :D)

Ahh, well. I wouldn't leave praise on my own work, I'd just leave it there and hope someone else might come along and read it.

I was rereading it today and I think what I hate about it is that it became about the pairing, not the trans* experience. The focus is all wrong. It was never supposed to be about the pairing, but that's how it turned out. (It wasn't a pairing prompt, it was about one guy and his trans* experience.) So at least that gives me something to go on if I ever decide to tackle it again. Get rid of the main/dominating pairing and focus on other things. That might help. Is it obvious I still want to salvage it? Because it was a great prompt. I just didn't execute it that well on my first attempt. And hey, if I can salvage a zombie fic from a derailed lgbtfest fic, I can salvage this one. XD