Weekly Check In Post

[boothros.livejournal.com]

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…

Comments

[dawnebeth.livejournal.com]

I have passed the 10,000 word mark with no end in sight as of yet, but last night, whilst trying to nod off, I did basically compose the next scene. So ya. Doyle still missing and injured, Bodie very unhappy.

[boothros.livejournal.com]

Hurry up, Dawn, I wanna read that NOW

[dawnebeth.livejournal.com]

Heehee--just wrote a conversation. Working, working.

[queenafoster.livejournal.com]

Doyle MIA and Bodie upset? Oh, what a disaster! This needs to be fixed, Dawn! Quickly!

(Rah, Rah, Rah!!!)

[fiorenza-a.livejournal.com]

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?

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

We like Swiss cheese! I write my stories exactly the way you describe it - bits and pieces first and fill them in later. For the rough draft you only need to put a comment (or note) in between the pieces that are written saying something like 'Bodie argues with Cowley here" or 'Doyle gets in trouble talking to a snitch') We just want to know that you have an idea of where the story is going. So word count and a sort of outline for the bits you haven't quite figured out yet. Does that help?

Enjoy your shopping!

[fiorenza-a.livejournal.com]

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)

[queenafoster.livejournal.com]

I'm just a cheerleader in this fandom and Big Bang, but I've written a story in this manner before in another fandom. It's the only time I ever actually worked out an outline before I wrote the story. I was afraid with all the bits and pieces and scenes in my head that I would lose the trail of where I was going. It very much helped me stay on a course to the ending I'd envisioned.

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.

[fiorenza-a.livejournal.com]

Hello :0)

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 !