WIP Challenge check-in, day 21 -- Sunday

[xmarksthespotwhereistand]

Hello!
What kind of writing day did you have? What kind of writing day are you looking forward to?
- wrote some
- edited
- brainstormed/thought about my writing
- did some other writing-related activity
- life happened
- taking a break

Sunday discussion: on this day, let us discuss collaborations (including co-writers but beta readers, artists, sensitivity readers, prompters, commissioners etc.). Have you ever worked as part of one? If not, would you consider it? If yes, how was the experience?

Comments

[linaewen]

I haven't gotten going yet, but my plan is to make myself sit with my current WIP chapter and write something on it today -- instead of falling back on "easier" writing like brainstorming or outlining or research.

I used to have a beta reader look over my stuff before posting it, but as a person who does editing "in real life" I now do all that myself because it helps me get things posted faster. I have beta read for others at times, but not consistently, mostly because I feel I need to be familiar with the canon of the writing to do a good job, and often I am not!

[peachpai]

I've not started writing today yet, but I'll probably do a couple hundred words of some exchange fic planning.

I love collaborations, but I rarely get to actually do them due to time constraints, fandoms not overlapping with friends, etc. I used to do them a lot more often back in my college days. Since I've mostly worked with people I know very well, it's always been a good and fun experience.

[lea_hazel]

I had a pretty good Sunday on the fanfic front, even if my original fic wasn't going great. My WIP has fallen a little on how big a buffer it has, but not enough to have me really worried.

Early in my fic writing beginnings, I was part of a robust community and I would swear by beta reading, especially since at the time, a lot of exchanges and fests required beta reading. I fell out of the fanfic world, and when I fell back in again, I didn't have that same kind of community. Somehow, I just never got back in the habit of getting my fic beta-read. I did try to do a reverse big bang once, and that was *sort of* a collaboration, but it didn't go too great and I don't think I would do it again.