WIP Challenge Check-in -- Day 12

[lacygrey]

Wednesday October 12th

Hi! Its Wednesday and we’ve arrived at the middle of the week.
Are the WIPs going according to plan? What kind of writing day has it been for you?

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Write? How many words?
5 (71.4%)

Edit?
0 (0.0%)

Plan/Reseach?
1 (14.3%)

Send to Beta?
0 (0.0%)

Post fic?
0 (0.0%)

Do something else?
1 (14.3%)

For discussion: Is anyone else tempted to do NaNoWriMo next month?
It seems to be becoming more open to the idea of fanfiction. Last year, fanfic was the focus of a NaNoWriMo ‘pep talk’ by Mercedes Lackey
This year there is already a forum discussion thread open under ‘other genres’.
Also, for all nano writers, ladyseishou is running ‘Fast Start’ on the nano_writers community, with inspiring ideas and prompts to help prepare for novel writing.

Comments

[jagnikjen]

I wrote and revised, really. Once I've got the bulk of something written then it becomes a combo process. All that to say, I really don't know how many words I wrote. I also beta read for a friend.

As for Nano--I've never done it and have no plans to. :)

[lacygrey]

Well I finished the planned scene - only about 300w in the end, but a lot of 'writing around it to home in. This, like everything Ive written this week so far, is on paper though. Not yet typed up and therefore not yet sharable. I won't have much private computer time until Friday. Tomorrow I think I'll look after my non-go-playing OCs, who appear but briefly, but necessarily as 'normal foils'.

I'll only attempt Nano if the present fic is finished. I don't want to abandon 'Islands' when its nearly complete to go and do something else intensively for so long.

I did do Nano last year but felt rather like a the square peg as I was working on three different projects (none of which I would qualify as a novel) toward the total. I didn't register my 'win' for this very reason but the experience did teach me one very useful thing - to quantify my work (RL and fanfic and proportions) to get an idea of my productivity.

[lea_hazel]

I broke my block on a WIP by going out-of-sequence, which I rarely do. Usually I find that it interrupts the proper flow of the story and it's hard to prevent it from seeming disjointed. But, I've been stuck on this story for so long, I figure anything is better than nothing.

[elistaire]

I know how that feels! I almost never write out of order.

[elistaire]

Today I just stared at the screen and wished I knew how to get over the tiny plot hiccup.

I'm not very good at writing long, so NaNoWriMo isn't my thing. But I applaud everyone who gives it a try!

[destinyislands]

I wrote three drabbles today, and might attempt one more.

As for NaNo, I'll be attempting it this year, but for original fiction. I did do fanfic for one year (haha the only year I've actually won...).

[bay_alexison]

I decided to go out of sequence for a bit and write more of a chapter I did for my Big Bang. Able to write close to 1,100 words, wee. I actually want to get that chapter done even though I should be writing the chapters leading up to this one, LOL. Got the plot more or less figured out, so this shouldn't be a problem.

I actually plan to get my Big Bang finished and write my help_japan fic for this year's NaNo. Both stories are of different genres, so this should be very interesting.This is my first time really serious for NaNo, so I'm excited for that.