WIP Challenge: Day 20 Check-In

[katzenjamming]

Ahoy, folks! How's the WIP coming along today? (I certainly hope you've been more productive than me these past few days! :P)

• Wrote?
• Planned?
• Edited?
• Researched?
• Sent to beta?
• Posted?
• Took a break?
• ...did something else? (Tell us in the comments!)

Discussion: Have you ever co-written a story? How did that turn out?

Comments

[sharpiefan]

WIP? What WIP?! *hides all evidence of such a thing*

Anyway, discussions... :D

Yes, I've co-written a story. The first time I started writing anything with a friend, it was a sort of comment-fic - we ended up writing it in comments in someone else's LJ - and the mutual friend isn't even in the fandom we got writing about.

It ended up being the first of three crack-fics, all written in the same way. We haven't really written anything else together, though we have written for each other, and I have remixed a couple of my friend's stories. We really ought to sit down and do more, but we haven't really had the time or inspiration. Yet. :D

[katzenjamming]

The last few days have been a bit hectic for me, and the only reason I have something to report today is because I couldn't sleep and thought "might as well try to write"! I did spontaneously sort out one plotline of a story that I thought I wrote into the ground, so I guess it's good. I also did a bit more reading of ~the novel~ version of my canon.

I've co-written a couple of stories. I used to co-write original stuff back with a friend back in middle school, but that never worked out too well. A while back, I wrote a fic with a friend over IM which was pretty well-received (though I think it was more her shippiness than my contributions!). If it counts, I currently live with my brother who's somewhat into fandom stuff and he's a hoot to bounce ideas off of.

[katzenjamming]

WIP? What WIP?! *hides all evidence of such a thing*

Hahah, this is exactly how I feel right now! XD

I think co-writing, at least in current fandom, really lends itself to crack-fics. Though they're usually not my cup of tea for reading, they're fun to spin up with friends, and I'm guilty of doing this a lot (even if they never get posted!). Anyhow, it's so cool that you have a friend that you can write with and for so often!

[lilly_c]

Not so much writing today as yet :) but I have been moving my old fics across to a new location. The plan for tonight, because I have an early start tomorrow is to work on something (anything!) and also work out (if it's not too late when I get to it, that is) the main canon elements for my smallfandombang fic and start a provisional rough draft for that.

I co-wrote one story for a challenge with a friend way back in my X-Files days which turned out pretty good and was quite well received at the time too. Haven't done a co-write since though.

[ficwriter1966]

My pre-September WIP is all finished and posted. *brushes hands off* Now I'm focusing on one-shots, which are all going pretty well! I'm surfing around for something small to tinker with this afternoon, but no luck as of yet.

Yes...co-writing. I had a friend who had some genuine writing talent, but could never seem to get the right break. So an opportunity came along for me, and I asked my editor, could I co-write this with someone? And she said yes. I told my friend, who went into full OMG! twirling mode.

Then she couldn't/wouldn't write anything, despite our being under contract. Maybe she froze up under the pressure; I don't know. After 4 months she'd come up with about a page and a half (out of our required 75,000 words).

Not gonna do that again. Once burned, twice shy, for sure.

[katzenjamming]

Ah, good luck on the moving fic (that can be a hassle!) and working out the big bang draft!

Co-writings can be hard to set up, but it's good that yours turned out well! Maybe one day you can repeat the success?

[katzenjamming]

A big congrats on finishing the fic! :D Was it a multi-chaptered/plotty thing? Hopefully you can continue the productivity with your one-shots!

I'm sorry that happened! That sounds like it was a really rough experience! There's definitely a lot more working with people than just talent... but maybe you'd be willing to try on a lower-pressure project? Though I can understand how a situation like that could discourage anyone from going that road again!

[sylvaine]

Writing? What is this writing you speak of? >.>

*sigh* Haven't written anything in five days. I've gotten to that stage of not-having-anything-to-do where I'm just reading all day because I'm too apathetic to attempt anything else... thank god uni starts in two weeks.

I've... sort of co-written before? I wrote a story that I then sent to a friend to beta... except instead of betaing it she practially re-wrote the entire thing. :P

[littlebutfierce]

Today was my long day at work, involving several hours on trains, so I am completely knackered. Did manage to do some OT3 ficlet fluff stuff for my 750 Words, at least.

I've never cowritten a story! Small fandoms, blah blah, etc.

[lacygrey]

Hi, Ive been quiet these last few days as Ive been in travelling. Ive also been deep in the edits of my Blind_Go fic - thats now posted! Its one of the fics here. Its a 'guess the author' challenge so I can't tell you which one's mine yet. All will be revealed on October 4th!

Ive never cowritten. Its an interesting idea. But, in Hikago fandom, poeple tend to be quite different from one another. It wouldn't be easy to find someone on the exact same wavelength.

[ficwriter1966]

Yes, it was multi-parts (16 of them) - a fun little experiment, but I was glad to get it all wrapped up and put to bed! Plotty things always worry me. The one-shots are so much easier to tackle.

Oh, definitely - there's a lot more involved in a partnership than just talent. It was a few years ago, and I can see now that the pressure probably was too much for her. I think in a way, it's easier to dream of getting that big break, and having it succeed in a big way, than to actually jump into the deep end of the pool and face possible failure.

[katzenjamming]

Aw, those periods suck, but I totally know what they're like! Maybe starting back to school will help kick-start some productivity?

Hahah, not sure if that counts, but that certainly sounds like it's not quite beta-ing at that point... :S

[katzenjamming]

Good job on getting that writing done! Managing to keep up the daily words is always impressive on those hard/busy days!

And I totally know how the small fandom thing goes, especially if you don't join them when they're at their peak. It's tough... :/

[katzenjamming]

I hope your travels have been / are going safely! And congrats on the posting! :D I read a tiny bit of Hikago back in the day, so I'll try and check some of those out.

A lot of variation in the fandom can be a good thing, but I can see how that could get in the way of corroboration... >_>

[devilc]

Must do 'zine writing to night, but after that I plan to 3rd draft the story I longhanded and typed yesterday.

[linaewen]

I fiddled a bit with a chapter that's been sitting so long on paper it's hard to breathe life back into it. But if I keep poking it, maybe it will revive. ;-) Actually having time to look at it and think about it is awesome, so I'm content.

I've participated in a round-robin/fanfic tumble kind of thing which involved a number of us taking turns on various stories that all started out the same, but each one ended up quite differently. It was actually quite fun and a real stretch to take someone else's ideas and move the story along. In the end, the various parts made an interesting whole.

[bay_alexison]

Today my beta emailed me her suggested corrections over one of the two stories I mentioned yesterday. I polished the story a bit and posted it. The second story my beta told me he'll look over it tomorrow, so I'll have to wait on that. Maybe tomorrow I'll work on a bit of my Big Bang until he comes online. Wee no work tomorrow.

I co-wrote a couple short comedy stories before and it was fun. I'm considering collaborating another fic with a friend, this time on a long smut fic, LOL. The only thing is the both of us have totally different writing styles over how we write porn, so I'm not sure how that will turn out. XD;

[lacygrey]

Thanks! I'm back home now - and getting a handle on things.

Ive actaully found a lot of fandom writers with whom I have nothing much in common but whom I like nonethemess: variety is the spice of life.

[jagnikjen]

No writing on Wednesday--I read a little and posted some discussion questions for a canon re-read I'm modding, but after that I was off to the beach!!

I have never co-written a story.