WIP Challenge Checkin, Day 9, Friday

[jagnikjen]

Tell us about your writing endeavors for the day. Have you...

~ written
~ edited
~ researched
~ beta'd someone else's work
~ taken the day off to refresh the muse

Discussion question...

Do you prefer screenplay format or narrative form when reading and writing fic?

Comments

[lullabymoon]

I managed another 1000 words yesterday. Not nearly enough but it's better than nothing.

Definitely narrative form. Screenplay formant drives me up the wall.

[jagnikjen]

Awesome job on your 1000 words. That's really great progress, keep up the momentum.

[lacygrey]

I'm actually not sure what is meant by screenplay format.

I'm quietly freaking out about the deadline in 10 days and wondering if my fic will be worth having by then.

[jagnikjen]

Screenplay format is like a script for a play or a film.

[lacygrey]

Thanks.
Well I start thinking like a screenplay, but then I write narrative.

I think I prefer reading the latter too.

[jagnikjen]

I wrote yesterday, couldn't work at work as our server was experiencing some issues. (It was dumb luck I had Internet access to actually post the check-in post. :)

Thought up a what if for a one shot and am off on another tangent while I decide what to do with other two fics.

And definitely narrative format for me. I want the author to really paint the world for me--or at least add to a world I already know. I want characters' thoughts as well as words and actions.

[ficwriter1966]

Wrote and posted a 1,000 word ficlet yesterday and got a nice response! Really made for a nice end to the work week.

I prefer reading and writing narrative format these days, although I've churned out a ton of teleplays in the past. (Most of my Starsky & Hutch stuff was teleplays, and I wrote a bunch of them for ST:TNG in hopes of actually selling one.) And now and then I'll buy a script from one of the shows I enjoy, just to see the writer's style.

I have to say, all that work in script format really helped me with structure and pacing. And it's made me inordinately fond of cliffhangers for my chapter endings! So I think occasionally working in a different format is helpful for stretching our creative muscles.

[jagnikjen]

Well, either way, cliffhangers are a must for chapter endings. No mater what format you prefer, you always want the reader to turn the page, as it were. Or be anxious, anxious for that next chapter post. :)

And a 1K fic -- good for you!

[lacerta]

I got 2400 new words of something I'd firmly decided not to write. Oh well. Apparently I am. With a bit of determination, I can finish the rough draft tonight.