"Turn Again" fic progress!
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writethisfanfic, and they held a WIP challenge in November. The comm allows you to name your own challenge, and so I pledged to add 1,000 words to my WIP by the end of the month. Things were looking dire as of around a week ago, as I had an official word count of -70 (yes, negative 70, achieved by editing out more words than I had put in). But the combination of a successful ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
fic_rush weekend and a supportive writing buddy who allowed me to PM her with my daily progress has allowed me to meet my goal!
As of tonight, "Turn Again" has 1,013 new words! That's the most progress that I've made on this fic since August of 2009.
I'll be doing the WIP challenge again next month, and if I'm similarly successful, I might be able to finish this current chapter by the end of the year. However, given how long it's been since the last chapter was posted, I'm hesitant to post any further chapters until the entire fic is finished. I'm thinking that it might be best to keep holding off and then when the fic is done, post the last pieces of it on consecutive days.
On the other hand, I'll be so excited when this next chapter is finished, I will probably be disappointed if I don't get to post it. And I wonder if there are people who would like to read it even without knowing when the rest of the fic might appear.
Anyone have any thoughts on this? Should I a) post the next chapter as soon as it's ready, b) hold off until the fic is finished and post all of the remaining chapters in close succession, or c) stop looking ahead to when the chapter is finished and just write it already, and ask what to do about it then?
writethisfanfic, and they held a WIP challenge in November. The comm allows you to name your own challenge, and so I pledged to add 1,000 words to my WIP by the end of the month. Things were looking dire as of around a week ago, as I had an official word count of -70 (yes, negative 70, achieved by editing out more words than I had put in). But the combination of a successful fic_rush weekend and a supportive writing buddy who allowed me to PM her with my daily progress has allowed me to meet my goal!As of tonight, "Turn Again" has 1,013 new words! That's the most progress that I've made on this fic since August of 2009.
I'll be doing the WIP challenge again next month, and if I'm similarly successful, I might be able to finish this current chapter by the end of the year. However, given how long it's been since the last chapter was posted, I'm hesitant to post any further chapters until the entire fic is finished. I'm thinking that it might be best to keep holding off and then when the fic is done, post the last pieces of it on consecutive days.
On the other hand, I'll be so excited when this next chapter is finished, I will probably be disappointed if I don't get to post it. And I wonder if there are people who would like to read it even without knowing when the rest of the fic might appear.
Anyone have any thoughts on this? Should I a) post the next chapter as soon as it's ready, b) hold off until the fic is finished and post all of the remaining chapters in close succession, or c) stop looking ahead to when the chapter is finished and just write it already, and ask what to do about it then?
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Date: 2010-11-25 06:23 am (UTC)And you know you can PM/email me any time about the fic... That's what your beta is there for - amongst other things...
Anyway, congrats on having written so much - SO looking forward to re-reading the whole thing and KNOWING it's finished!
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Date: 2010-11-26 07:38 pm (UTC)Thanks for the reminder that I can PM/email you about the fic! I will definitely keep doing that, and I'll keep sending you the latest pieces (especially if I decide not to post until the whole thing is finished). The writethisfanfic writing buddy was more like month-long fic_rush partner -- she gave general support and encouragement (despite having no fandom in common), and it helped to send her my daily word count during this last push to meet my goal.
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Date: 2010-11-26 07:43 pm (UTC)And you're welcome for the reminder... And please DO send me whatever you feel like sharing, or just PM/email me to moan, rant or even rave!! :D I might not respond very promptly once my mad hours start on Dec 4 (as I don't have net access at work) but I WILL respond before the end of my day...