In the first draft poll, 30% of respondents usually produce a first draft that's very close to the final draft, and no one usually produces first drafts that barely bear resemblance to the final draft. And most respondents (57%) at least sometimes produce a first draft very close to the final draft. *g*
For the "usual" question, slightly more people have too-wordse first drafts (25%, compared to 20% for too sparse), whereas in the "sometimes" question, too sparse is more common (38%) than too words (23%).
(70% of respondents believe that tickyboxes know no such thing as overkill, btw!)
As for me, it differs wildly - I used to produce very clean first drafts that didn't get changed much during editing/betaing, but for the last several years now it's been much more inconsistent. The more I struggle with either writing or finding time/energy to write, the worse my first drafts get - because sometimes I just have to get something, anything, down first, or I won't get anywhere at all. But it's pretty frustrating, so I want to get back to how I used to write, and I need to figure out how to do that with less time and energy than I used to have ...
One thing's remained the same, though: my first drafts are generally too sparse, which is why they always grow - sometimes considerably - during editing as I flesh them out and add in all the things that I had in my head but didn't put in the actual text. *g*
Today's writing
Again not as much as I'd like. I need to actually sit down and finish something, but it's hard to find the energy.
WED Question of the Day
Today I don't have a poll, but instead a request for advice: when you're low on energy, do you have any strategies that make it easier to write? Or to get started writing, at least? Because I often find myself just staring blankly at a page for way too long until I somehow get going, and I'd really rather not. *g* When I have more energy, I can usually get there much more easily, which is really unfair. :p
(I want to be writing! I feel better once I actually get started writing! But getting there is such a pain on some days. *grumbles*)
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badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, chanter1944, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme
Day 17:alightbuthappypen, badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, chanter1944, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadora, ysilme
Day 18:badly_knitted, chanter1944, cornerofmadness, luzula, goddess47, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, trobadora
Day 19:china_shop, trobadora
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For the "usual" question, slightly more people have too-wordse first drafts (25%, compared to 20% for too sparse), whereas in the "sometimes" question, too sparse is more common (38%) than too words (23%).
(70% of respondents believe that tickyboxes know no such thing as overkill, btw!)
As for me, it differs wildly - I used to produce very clean first drafts that didn't get changed much during editing/betaing, but for the last several years now it's been much more inconsistent. The more I struggle with either writing or finding time/energy to write, the worse my first drafts get - because sometimes I just have to get something, anything, down first, or I won't get anywhere at all. But it's pretty frustrating, so I want to get back to how I used to write, and I need to figure out how to do that with less time and energy than I used to have ...
One thing's remained the same, though: my first drafts are generally too sparse, which is why they always grow - sometimes considerably - during editing as I flesh them out and add in all the things that I had in my head but didn't put in the actual text. *g*
Today's writing
Again not as much as I'd like. I need to actually sit down and finish something, but it's hard to find the energy.
WED Question of the Day
Today I don't have a poll, but instead a request for advice: when you're low on energy, do you have any strategies that make it easier to write? Or to get started writing, at least? Because I often find myself just staring blankly at a page for way too long until I somehow get going, and I'd really rather not. *g* When I have more energy, I can usually get there much more easily, which is really unfair. :p
(I want to be writing! I feel better once I actually get started writing! But getting there is such a pain on some days. *grumbles*)
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Day 16:
badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, chanter1944, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilmeDay 17:
alightbuthappypen, badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, chanter1944, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadora, ysilmeDay 18:
badly_knitted, chanter1944, cornerofmadness, luzula, goddess47, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, trobadoraDay 19:
china_shop, trobadoraLet me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)
Just found out that Spry Fox is going independent again.
!!!!
So maybe (maybe?) Cozy Grove 2 for the Nintendo Switch?
Pretty, please with a Spririt Bear on top?
!!!!
So maybe (maybe?) Cozy Grove 2 for the Nintendo Switch?
Pretty, please with a Spririt Bear on top?
Rushed post again - time keeps getting away from me!
Today's writing
Not as much progress as I'd have liked ... see above re: time. *sighs*
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Day 17:alightbuthappypen, badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadora, ysilme
Day 18:trobadora
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Today's writing
Not as much progress as I'd have liked ... see above re: time. *sighs*
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alightbuthappypen, badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadora, ysilmeDay 18:
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fandomtrees reveals have happened! I received two excellent sets of cooking/food icons from holyscream and peasina and a Zhubai ficlet from facethestrange. :DMeanwhile, I'm still trying to finish things myself ...
Today's writing
I wrote a little this afternoon (new, much better beginning for one of the fics), then had a vertigo attack and had to take a break. (Seriously, what's wrong with this week?! I would like a refund!) Planning to write a little more later today, and tomorrow hopefully I'll actually finish something ...
WED Question of the Day
In honour of my icon:
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 22
My first complete draft is usually ...
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very close to the final draft
7 (33.3%)
a bit sparse, but otherwise close to the final draft
4 (19.0%)
a bit wordy, but otherwise close to the final draft
5 (23.8%)
structurally messy, but otherwise close to the final draft
1 (4.8%)
messy overall, but with the important pieces in place
3 (14.3%)
so different it bears little resemblance to the final draft
0 (0.0%)
something else entirely (see comments)
1 (4.8%)
My first complete draft is sometimes ...
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very close to the final draft
12 (54.5%)
a bit sparse, but otherwise close to the final draft
9 (40.9%)
a bit wordy, but otherwise close to the final draft
5 (22.7%)
structurally messy, but otherwise close to the final draft
8 (36.4%)
messy overall, but with the important pieces in place
6 (27.3%)
so different it bears little resemblance to the final draft
2 (9.1%)
something else entirely (see comments)
0 (0.0%)
Tickyboxes ...
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need no hindsight
8 (44.4%)
make it easy to change your mind fifty times
9 (50.0%)
know no such thing as overkill
12 (66.7%)
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Finished another pair of fangirly gloves.
This is the type of gloves I prefer for the really cold days these days, with free fingertips so no constant taking on and off and with a flap so they still don't freeze off. ;-)
The question marks are stitched on. I tried knitting them in directly, but it didn't come out that well.
( graph for stitching on )
This is the type of gloves I prefer for the really cold days these days, with free fingertips so no constant taking on and off and with a flap so they still don't freeze off. ;-)
The question marks are stitched on. I tried knitting them in directly, but it didn't come out that well.
( graph for stitching on )
Turns out a card to someone in the US I had meant to arrive early November reached them this week! There is still hope for my cards then. ;-) Note to self: write holiday cards to overseas in August this year.
Got something myself in the mail today I had ordered and am loving it. :-) Someone is turning old audioplay cassettes into little decorative lights. I'm normally very reluctant about online ordering from new places but saw these recommended on fannish accounts, and I really wanted some for favourite Die Drei Fragezeichen episodes of my childhood, so I ordered two colourful and two plain ones. Of course now I'm thinking but three of each would look even nicer, so guess what I just did right after testing. ;-) Cross fingers that I stop now and don't end up wanting a light for every one of the old episodes.
The first week of work has been unexpectedly awful. I thought once the preparing steps last year were done the worst was over until we are at the point where staff is getting mixed full time in a few weeks. Nope, we are already at a stage where I feel caught in the middle and can understand everyone a bit and want to strangle everyone a bit and am worried that it ends with everyone pissed at me. And it is not fun to have things back in my work life now, and know how we dealt with that at the old place in a good and effective way, and to not be believed because one has never done this at the new place and a world of no. In short, argh. And so I already started the year with a week of overtime when I am supposed to further reduce it, because I'm basically driving a campaign for something that was self-evident at the old place.
I never mentioned it and maybe everyone but me would have known, but for a long time with the new kindle fire I was frustrated by it constantly losing wifi connection. Turns out this is a battery saving setting, which is sneakily set to yes by default, turn it off and voila permanent connection. I guess usually people don't get it that often, either, my old device started working fine again the second I had the new one so I have ended up using them parallelly for now, which is quite practical when listening to both an audiobook and a podcast on audible, no switching back and forth. But means each device gets breaks.
I have no idea why I keep forgetting that I like listening to the radio. I sometimes get stuck not starting something, because I want background noise while doing it, but can't decide what I want, and then I end up surfing the internet instead. Radio on, and I'm finally typing that DW entry. ;-)
Got something myself in the mail today I had ordered and am loving it. :-) Someone is turning old audioplay cassettes into little decorative lights. I'm normally very reluctant about online ordering from new places but saw these recommended on fannish accounts, and I really wanted some for favourite Die Drei Fragezeichen episodes of my childhood, so I ordered two colourful and two plain ones. Of course now I'm thinking but three of each would look even nicer, so guess what I just did right after testing. ;-) Cross fingers that I stop now and don't end up wanting a light for every one of the old episodes.
The first week of work has been unexpectedly awful. I thought once the preparing steps last year were done the worst was over until we are at the point where staff is getting mixed full time in a few weeks. Nope, we are already at a stage where I feel caught in the middle and can understand everyone a bit and want to strangle everyone a bit and am worried that it ends with everyone pissed at me. And it is not fun to have things back in my work life now, and know how we dealt with that at the old place in a good and effective way, and to not be believed because one has never done this at the new place and a world of no. In short, argh. And so I already started the year with a week of overtime when I am supposed to further reduce it, because I'm basically driving a campaign for something that was self-evident at the old place.
I never mentioned it and maybe everyone but me would have known, but for a long time with the new kindle fire I was frustrated by it constantly losing wifi connection. Turns out this is a battery saving setting, which is sneakily set to yes by default, turn it off and voila permanent connection. I guess usually people don't get it that often, either, my old device started working fine again the second I had the new one so I have ended up using them parallelly for now, which is quite practical when listening to both an audiobook and a podcast on audible, no switching back and forth. But means each device gets breaks.
I have no idea why I keep forgetting that I like listening to the radio. I sometimes get stuck not starting something, because I want background noise while doing it, but can't decide what I want, and then I end up surfing the internet instead. Radio on, and I'm finally typing that DW entry. ;-)
- Music:radio (https://www.swr3.de/)
Running late again. Normal services should resume tomorrow!
Today's writing
Morefandomtrees work.
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Day 12:badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, chanter1944, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme
Day 13:badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, chanter1944, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme
Day 14:badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, chanter1944, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadora
Day 15:badly_knitted, brithistorian, china_shop, cornerofmadness, luzula, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadora
Day 16:china_shop, trobadora
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Today's writing
More
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badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, chanter1944, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilmeDay 14:
badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, chanter1944, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadoraDay 15:
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Really good episode. I loved seeing Norm in the world, seeing him interacting with people, kind of re-tracing Lucy's steps in a way. He has grown so much.
Lucy and the Ghoul – such a great storyline. Lucy losing herself to the drugs, her addiction making her worse as a person. The Ghoul betraying her – that scene was amazing.
I also really liked the flashback this time around. Cooper and House were so interesting together and I'm kind of fascinated with House. I also kind of ship them.
( From the fucking toilet? )
Lucy and the Ghoul – such a great storyline. Lucy losing herself to the drugs, her addiction making her worse as a person. The Ghoul betraying her – that scene was amazing.
I also really liked the flashback this time around. Cooper and House were so interesting together and I'm kind of fascinated with House. I also kind of ship them.
( From the fucking toilet? )
I had a bad day for RL reasons I don't want to get into, so I just watched the pilot of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy to distract myself before bed.
Anyone else seen it yet? I really liked it! It's very Trek. :D
(And I can't remember anyone's names yet, but Holly Hunter's character is my favourite already.)
Anyone else seen it yet? I really liked it! It's very Trek. :D
(And I can't remember anyone's names yet, but Holly Hunter's character is my favourite already.)
Meme from snickfic
Go to your Works page on AO3, look at the tags, and see what the answers to these questions are. (Or any other site that has tags)
1. What rating do you write most fics under?
General Audiences. I don't write sex scenes all that often and when I do, the are hardly ever explicit. Also, almost no explicit violence.
2. What are your top 3 fandoms?
Marvel, Buffy, The Social Network
3. What is your top character you write about?
Faith Lehane (Buffy)
4. What are the 3 top pairings?
Eduardo Saverin/Mark Zuckerberg (TSN)
Faith Lehane/Buffy Summers (Buffy)
Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, GQ Edwards/Waylon Jones, Bradley Bradshaw/Jake Seresin (MCU, DCEU, Top Gun)
There are a few & combinations that have more fics but I haven't put them in here for this meme.
5. What are the top 3 additional tags?
Triple Drabble
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Post-Canon
6. Did any of this surprise you? e.g. what turned out to be your top tag.
TSN still being in my top three fandoms kinda surprises me. That was a crazy phase for me and while I did write them for my drabble project, I didn't think that fandom would end up this high.
snickficGo to your Works page on AO3, look at the tags, and see what the answers to these questions are. (Or any other site that has tags)
1. What rating do you write most fics under?
General Audiences. I don't write sex scenes all that often and when I do, the are hardly ever explicit. Also, almost no explicit violence.
2. What are your top 3 fandoms?
Marvel, Buffy, The Social Network
3. What is your top character you write about?
Faith Lehane (Buffy)
4. What are the 3 top pairings?
Eduardo Saverin/Mark Zuckerberg (TSN)
Faith Lehane/Buffy Summers (Buffy)
Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, GQ Edwards/Waylon Jones, Bradley Bradshaw/Jake Seresin (MCU, DCEU, Top Gun)
There are a few & combinations that have more fics but I haven't put them in here for this meme.
5. What are the top 3 additional tags?
Triple Drabble
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Post-Canon
6. Did any of this surprise you? e.g. what turned out to be your top tag.
TSN still being in my top three fandoms kinda surprises me. That was a crazy phase for me and while I did write them for my drabble project, I didn't think that fandom would end up this high.
I'm very stressed out for RL reasons; short post today.
Today's writing
Bit offandomtrees work, so far. Still trying to get more writing done.
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Day 12:badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, chanter1944, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme
Day 13:badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, chanter1944, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme
Day 14:badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, chanter1944, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadora
Day 15:china_shop, trobadora
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Today's writing
Bit of
fandomtrees work, so far. Still trying to get more writing done.Tally
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badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, chanter1944, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilmeDay 14:
badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, chanter1944, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadoraDay 15:
china_shop, trobadoraLet me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)
I don't even know where today went; suddenly it's 11pm again?! Send extra hours - or a TARDIS, please!
Today's writing
Having a lot of trouble focusing today, argh. I made some progress restructuring one of the stories I'm working on, and figuring out the ending for another, but it's all going much slower than I'd like. Not much time left ...
I don't think chances are good for anotherfandomtrees delay, but I wish!
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Day 12:badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme
Day 13:badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme
Day 14:china_shop, trobadora
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Today's writing
Having a lot of trouble focusing today, argh. I made some progress restructuring one of the stories I'm working on, and figuring out the ending for another, but it's all going much slower than I'd like. Not much time left ...
I don't think chances are good for another
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badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilmeDay 14:
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In yesterday's poll, writing linearly is in the lead with 36%, but 23% of respondents are like me and write bits and snippets all over the place, then stitch them together. Here's how I put it back in 2008:
Progress across threefandomtrees treats! (I think those are the ones I can realistically finish, unless there's another delay. Or at least I hope I can!)
(I'm running late, so no question today.)
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Day 12:badly_knitted, china_shop, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, trobadora
Day 13:china_shop, trobadora
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Backwards and forwards. Roundabout. A paragraph here, a sentence there, a half-scene, a turn of phrase somewhere out of joint. That's how it goes: like a puzzle, one of those with 10,000 pieces, but without much of an idea what the final picture will even look like. You have a few corner pieces, something solid, something to build on, but they may remain unconnected for the longest time. A bit of the picture somewhere in the middle - only it may turn out that it's actually in the upper left corner, once you see how things go together. And yet it does come together; in the end, it all fits, as a puzzle should.Today's writing
That is the most amazing part: because unlike the puzzle, of course, those random bits of words and themes and structure aren't prefabricated to make sense. And yet they do.
I love writing. :D
Progress across three
fandomtrees treats! (I think those are the ones I can realistically finish, unless there's another delay. Or at least I hope I can!)(I'm running late, so no question today.)
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badly_knitted, china_shop, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, trobadoraDay 13:
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In yesterday's poll, third person limited was the most popular POV for writing by far - 89% of respondents like it, whereas only 32% like to write in first person and/or third person omniscient. For reading, there's much less of a gap - 79% like to read third person limited, 68% third person omniscient, and 53% first person. In both polls, second person is by far the least popular with only 16%.
Interestingly, most people have the same POV preferences for fanfic and original fic when reading (63%) or writing (53%)!
And 89% of respondents would like a story from a tickybox's POV. :D
For me, I'm not fond of second person in reading - I've come across no more than a handful of stories I actually liked, and I can't put my finger on what made those ones work for me when others didn't. So I've never tried to write it myself.
With first person, I like it much more in original fiction than in fanfic - unless it's epistolary fic or something like that, or the canon is already in first person. IMO it's already difficult to write first person well in general, to get a character's voice that consistently right in such a close way that it really feels like the character's voice telling the story. But in fanfic, to me first person makes it much more obvious when the author's view of the character's interiority differs from mine, so it often doesn't work for me for that reason.
I've written a bunch of first person stories, almost all for Sherlock Holmes and adjacent fandoms (out of 10 works, seven are in first person) - though not BBC Sherlock; as a TV canon, that's firmly in third person territory for me. *g* And I've tried omniscient POV once (The Finality Problem, Study in Emerald), which was a lot of fun. But the vast majority of what I read and write is limited third person. I really should experiment with POV more!
Today's writing
Progress on afandomtrees treat!
WED Question of the Day
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Day 12:trobadora
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Interestingly, most people have the same POV preferences for fanfic and original fic when reading (63%) or writing (53%)!
And 89% of respondents would like a story from a tickybox's POV. :D
For me, I'm not fond of second person in reading - I've come across no more than a handful of stories I actually liked, and I can't put my finger on what made those ones work for me when others didn't. So I've never tried to write it myself.
With first person, I like it much more in original fiction than in fanfic - unless it's epistolary fic or something like that, or the canon is already in first person. IMO it's already difficult to write first person well in general, to get a character's voice that consistently right in such a close way that it really feels like the character's voice telling the story. But in fanfic, to me first person makes it much more obvious when the author's view of the character's interiority differs from mine, so it often doesn't work for me for that reason.
I've written a bunch of first person stories, almost all for Sherlock Holmes and adjacent fandoms (out of 10 works, seven are in first person) - though not BBC Sherlock; as a TV canon, that's firmly in third person territory for me. *g* And I've tried omniscient POV once (The Finality Problem, Study in Emerald), which was a lot of fun. But the vast majority of what I read and write is limited third person. I really should experiment with POV more!
Today's writing
Progress on a
fandomtrees treat!WED Question of the Day
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Are you a linear writer?
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yes, I start at the beginning and write until the end of the story
9 (34.6%)
yes, unless the story itself isn't linear
6 (23.1%)
no, I write bits and pieces all over the place and then stitch them together
8 (30.8%)
something else (see comments)
3 (11.5%)
tickyboxes are ...
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neatly lined up one after the other
7 (31.8%)
out of order
5 (22.7%)
beyond such human concerns
17 (77.3%)
Tally
( Days 1-10 )
Day 11:
badly_knitted, brithistorian, china_shop, cornerofmadness, daegaer, goddess47, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, trobadoraDay 12:
trobadoraLet me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)
- How is tomorrow Monday again already?! Someone stole my weekend!
- According to yesterday's poll, approximately 75% of respondents think about structure in some fashion while writing. POV sections, parallels and repetitions got the most votes.
As for me, I used to always pay attention to structure especially in terms of parallels and mirroring sections and such, even for very short pieces, but I lost that a little bit in recent years. I need to focus more on that again - I always felt it made things better! But for longer pieces, structure is still a basic part of how I conceive of a story.
One of the most obvious structuring elements is with multiple POVs, and I always try to have them alternate in a clear pattern. For example, my Yuletide fic this year has four chapters, structured by location, and the POV pattern was AAB-BBA:
Chapter 1 - POV A
Chapter 2 - POV A, POV B
Chapter 3 - POV B
Chapter 4 - POV B, POV A
The story is mostly written in close limited 3rd person, but I also started each chapter with a more distant/mythic omniscient POV and then zoomed in on the character. - 60% of respondents agree that no poll is complete without tickyboxes. My people! *g*
- I haven't been keeping up with Star Trek for ages, but I was curious about the upcoming Starfleet Academy show and looked into things a little. And video reviews aren't usually my thing, but I just watched most of this video, and it makes it sound very promising! Here's hoping.
Today's writing
Instead of working to finish anything, I've started something new. Why, brain, why?
WED Question of the Day
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 22
What POV do you like to write in?
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first person
6 (27.3%)
second person
3 (13.6%)
third person omniscient
7 (31.8%)
third person limited
20 (90.9%)
other (see comments)
0 (0.0%)
What POV do you like to read in?
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first person
11 (50.0%)
second person
3 (13.6%)
third person omniscient
15 (68.2%)
third person limited
18 (81.8%)
other (see comments)
3 (13.6%)
My writing preferences for fanfic and original fic are ...
My reading preferences for fanfic and original fic are ...
I want a story from the POV of a tickybox
Tally
( Days 1-5 )
Day 6:
alightbuthappypen, badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, ofmonstrouswords, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadora, ysilmeDay 7:
badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, ofmonstrouswords, shadaras, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadora Day 8:
badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, ofmonstrouswords, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, trobadoraDay 9:
badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, trobadoraDay 10:
badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, trobadoraDay 11:
china_shop, trobadoraLet me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)
Got the latest macrame project done last night:
As always, I completely underestimated how long it would take me. And how fed up I get with long threads always getting tangled up. ;-) At some point it's so long I have to work on these hanging on the door, and each time I take it down (so I can open and close when not working on it) the tangling up gets worse no matter how careful I am. Thus I am eager to just get it done in as few sittings as possible then. Also, I just wanted it finished before I have to go back to work on Monday (sigh) - there are several things I had planned and didn't manage to do, so it's satisfying to at least have been successful with the biggest project.
I have been thinking about this since autumn, but was stuck on how to get a decent sun and moon until I finally had the brainwave to just work in rings I had at home anyway and voila, perfect circles without any problems. The stars on the other hand I had thought to be the easiest initially, but it turns out to be quite hard to make a non-wonky star.
A possible next one will definitely again be done with more segments separated with more rods, so I can work with shorter threads. I have figured out how to hide moderately well behind certain knots when I have to attach a string because one got too short, but it is a bother and if you know it you will see it.
(Oops. Just noticed there is still a bit of cut off string on the floor in front of the door. Lalala ;-) )
As always, I completely underestimated how long it would take me. And how fed up I get with long threads always getting tangled up. ;-) At some point it's so long I have to work on these hanging on the door, and each time I take it down (so I can open and close when not working on it) the tangling up gets worse no matter how careful I am. Thus I am eager to just get it done in as few sittings as possible then. Also, I just wanted it finished before I have to go back to work on Monday (sigh) - there are several things I had planned and didn't manage to do, so it's satisfying to at least have been successful with the biggest project.
I have been thinking about this since autumn, but was stuck on how to get a decent sun and moon until I finally had the brainwave to just work in rings I had at home anyway and voila, perfect circles without any problems. The stars on the other hand I had thought to be the easiest initially, but it turns out to be quite hard to make a non-wonky star.
A possible next one will definitely again be done with more segments separated with more rods, so I can work with shorter threads. I have figured out how to hide moderately well behind certain knots when I have to attach a string because one got too short, but it is a bother and if you know it you will see it.
(Oops. Just noticed there is still a bit of cut off string on the floor in front of the door. Lalala ;-) )
In yesterday's poll, old WIPs from 2010-14 are the most common, with 2020-2023 next and 2015-2019 right behind! Mine fall into the 2010-14 era too - the oldest ones I still have a reasonable hope of finishing are from 2011. (Which is not to say I don't have older ones - many of them - but they're much less likely to happen unless I hit another intense fannish phase for those fandoms and it coincides with a good writing period ...)
On the other hand, most people worked on their WIPs very recently - 2024-25 got the most votes by far, with 2020-2023 right behind it. Whereas I haven't touched any of those 2011 WIPs since 2017 or so ... *g*
Today's writing
So far I've only written a few sentences - I'm only now sitting down to write, but I wanted to get this post up in a reasonably timely fashion.
(I've been rewatching the first half of Guardian eopisode 9 for our slo-mo rewatch, and taking lots of notes. Still writing up my comments for that post, too - so much fun! :D)
WED Question of the Day
Tally
( Days 1-5 )
Day 6:alightbuthappypen, badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, ofmonstrouswords, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadora, ysilme
Day 7:badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, ofmonstrouswords, shadaras, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadora
Day 8:badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, ofmonstrouswords, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadora
Day 9:badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadora,
Day 10:china_shop, trobadora
Let me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)
On the other hand, most people worked on their WIPs very recently - 2024-25 got the most votes by far, with 2020-2023 right behind it. Whereas I haven't touched any of those 2011 WIPs since 2017 or so ... *g*
Today's writing
So far I've only written a few sentences - I'm only now sitting down to write, but I wanted to get this post up in a reasonably timely fashion.
(I've been rewatching the first half of Guardian eopisode 9 for our slo-mo rewatch, and taking lots of notes. Still writing up my comments for that post, too - so much fun! :D)
WED Question of the Day
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 21
Do you think about structure when you write?
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yes, in terms of POV sections
10 (47.6%)
yes, in terms of rising/falling action
6 (28.6%)
yes, in terms of parallels and repetition
9 (42.9%)
yes, in other terms I'll explain in comments
4 (19.0%)
no, not at all
5 (23.8%)
it's complicated; I'll explain in comments
1 (4.8%)
Do you notice structure when reading?
Must this poll must have a tickybox question?
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yes, because structurally, all the polls did
9 (45.0%)
yes, because no poll is complete without tickyboxes
16 (80.0%)
no, because there's already a question with checkboxes above
1 (5.0%)
other - I'll explain in comments
1 (5.0%)
Tally
( Days 1-5 )
Day 6:
alightbuthappypen, badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, ofmonstrouswords, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadora, ysilmeDay 7:
badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, ofmonstrouswords, shadaras, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadora Day 8:
badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, ofmonstrouswords, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadoraDay 9:
badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadora, Day 10:
china_shop, trobadoraLet me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)
candyheartsex assignments have arrived, and I got what I hoped I'd get!In yesterday's poll, the majority of people work on one thing at a time when it's for a deadline, but on multiple things at once when it's not. Fascinating!
(Also, in tickyboxes, the majority said they'd tick whichever ones they like. More interestingly, 33,3% of respondents chose "tick them all", but only 11% actually did tick them all. *g*)
For me, I usually have multiple things going no matter what. When I'm in the very final phase of finishing a story, I need to focus on just that; otherwise, there may be a "main" thing I'm working on, but it's hardly ever the only thing. Creativity begets creativity, so the better the writing is going with one thing, the more ideas and snippets my brain produces for other things as well. *g*
Today's writing
Some more
fandomtrees, but also, I had a brainwave and wrote some snippets plus a bunch of notes for an original fic WIP I hadn't touched since 2018. I think my writing brain is starting to function properly again if it's randomly throwing out things like that!WED Question of the Day
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 23
My oldest WIP that I still hope to finish was started in ...
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before the year 2000
0 (0.0%)
2000-2004
3 (14.3%)
2005-2009
1 (4.8%)
2010-2014
6 (28.6%)
2015-2019
4 (19.0%)
2020-2023
6 (28.6%)
2024-2025
1 (4.8%)
2026
0 (0.0%)
I last worked on that WIP ...
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before the year 2000
0 (0.0%)
2000-2004
0 (0.0%)
2005-2009
2 (9.1%)
2010-2014
2 (9.1%)
2015-2019
2 (9.1%)
2020-2023
8 (36.4%)
2024-2025
8 (36.4%)
2026
0 (0.0%)
tickybox is ...
Tally
( Days 1-5 )
Day 6:
alightbuthappypen, badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, ofmonstrouswords, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadora, ysilmeDay 7:
badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, ofmonstrouswords, shadaras, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadora Day 8:
badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, china_shop, goddess47, ofmonstrouswords, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadoraDay 9:
trobadoraLet me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)
- As usual (and as I hoped for), fandomtrees has a one-week delay, so now I have a much better chance of finishing more than one thing, heh. Here is the latest admin post with the trees that still need gifts.
- Also, candyheartsex sign-ups have closed, and three more people in my fandoms signed up after I had already gone to bed! Can't wait to find out what my actual assignment will be.
Today's writing
I worked a little on one
fandomtrees treat, started planning another, and did some brainstorming for candyheartsex. It's still all slower going than I'd like, but I'm feeling much better, so there's that.WED Question of the Day
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 19
If I have multiple works I want/need to finish by the same deadline, I ...
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write and finish them one after the other
11 (57.9%)
work on multiple things in parallel
7 (36.8%)
something else
1 (5.3%)
When I'm working on things without deadlines, I ...
View Answers
work on one thing until I finish or give up
6 (31.6%)
work on multiple things in parallel
13 (68.4%)
something else
0 (0.0%)
When I have tickyboxes, I ...
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tick one
5 (27.8%)
tick them all
6 (33.3%)
tick whichever ones I like
15 (83.3%)
something else
2 (11.1%)
Tally
( Days 1-5 )
Day 6:
alightbuthappypen, badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadora, ysilmeDay 7:
badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, shadaras, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadora Day 8:
china_shop, trobadoraLet me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)
I kinda missed Norm's storyline in this episode. But I really liked the reaction everyone had to the Legion. Their whole thing is so fucking stupid. But damn, Macaulay Culkin was great in his role and his character had some amazing lines.
And Thad! It was cool to catch up with him.
Also, war might be coming now. Congrats, Maximus.
( I have no need for the thoughts of a sword. )
Lucy on drugs and the Ghoul's reaction to that was so interesting. It reveals such a reckless and dark side about her, and the Ghoul seem both to enjoy it and be disappointed by it.
Thad, Maximus and Dane also really had such a cool storyline. They are all products of the Brotherhood and they all act so differently with Dane probably being the one who is the most in control and has an idea of the bigger picture.
( Just Ghouls, right? )
And Thad! It was cool to catch up with him.
Also, war might be coming now. Congrats, Maximus.
( I have no need for the thoughts of a sword. )
Lucy on drugs and the Ghoul's reaction to that was so interesting. It reveals such a reckless and dark side about her, and the Ghoul seem both to enjoy it and be disappointed by it.
Thad, Maximus and Dane also really had such a cool storyline. They are all products of the Brotherhood and they all act so differently with Dane probably being the one who is the most in control and has an idea of the bigger picture.
( Just Ghouls, right? )
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