Weekly Check In Post
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Hello, Pro’s fans, it once again falls to me to greet you all with a weekly check in post which gives me a horrifying reminder of how fast this year is racing past!
Are you like me, facing a long endless tunnel of writing with seemingly no end, or are you sorted, sitting pretty and feeling justifiably pleased with yourself?
Either way, a quick reminder that the artist sign ups open very soon (as if we didn’t have ENOUGH to do) so there’s no rest for those fingers just yet!
Wishing you all a successful, productive and safe week, this is Boothros signing out in order to re-watch Doyle defusing an atomic bomb…
Are you like me, facing a long endless tunnel of writing with seemingly no end, or are you sorted, sitting pretty and feeling justifiably pleased with yourself?
Either way, a quick reminder that the artist sign ups open very soon (as if we didn’t have ENOUGH to do) so there’s no rest for those fingers just yet!
Wishing you all a successful, productive and safe week, this is Boothros signing out in order to re-watch Doyle defusing an atomic bomb…
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Date: 2021-04-28 04:48 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2021-05-03 10:44 pm (UTC)(Rah, Rah, Rah!!!)
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Date: 2021-04-30 10:36 pm (UTC)So I'm still lagging far behind, now have around 1,000 words, which is approx 200 more than I had last time I checked in.
I've got the idea of the story in my head, but I can't seem to get the shape of it down on 'paper'.
But I have been going great guns with a random fic in another fandom, using a method I never really use - writing the bits I have words for and just putting place holders for the interconnecting bits I don't.
So, I thought I'd give that a whirl this bank holiday weekend (in between doing some shopping - I'm sure you're not supposed to subsist on leftover Easter eggs...)
I did have a question for the mods though, because I've never worked this way before: does the rough draft have to be complete to the point in the story you've got to - or can you have a more 'swiss cheese' draft, with a patchwork of completed chapters interspersed with placeholders - so long as the completed chapters meet the word count?
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Date: 2021-05-01 04:05 pm (UTC)Enjoy your shopping!
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Date: 2021-05-01 07:52 pm (UTC)Oh yes, thank you, that does.
I never worked this way before. I normally have everything in my head - so I can tell you exactly where I'm going with a story, but I can't show you until I've written it - except for what I call 'plot points' - jottings to avoid plot holes (such as 'Doyle can't ride a bike he broke his leg in Chptr 3').
But lately I've been so tired it's made it hard to juggle all that together with RL in my head, as I would normally do.
So I wrote the whole lot out as chapter notes with a projected word count (because ages back I settled on a comfortable word count for chapters).
It feels a bit like painting by numbers, but I've left myself room to meander, and it appears to be working because I've written a bit more today.
Going to take a break now though :0)
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Date: 2021-05-03 10:41 pm (UTC)Of course, you might not need this, but since you've never written a story in this way, I thought I'd suggest that option. But however it gets done is the best way for you to do it.
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Date: 2021-05-04 04:07 am (UTC)It does seem to be working because I've nearly got three chapters finished now.
The only thing I've found is that it's a bit of an art keeping the continuity straight.
And all cheerleading is welcome !