What Are You Working On?

[scifishipper]

Hello writerly-inclined folk! :)

What are you all working on these days? Writing? Editing? Publishing? Have you started anything new? Received any interesting feedback? Had any breakthroughs or stumbles? How goes the progress on your current work? Give us the details!

What are you up to in the world of writing?

Comments

[ninety6tears]

I guess it's mostly a deluge of fanfic stuff I'm working on right now. I've got to plow through all the editing for my startrekbigbang fic by the end of the month, and it's giving me a few frustrations; the story is a fusion based on When Harry Met Sally and in keeping with that tone it's a very dialogue-heavy story and I'm finding it's very hard to write everyday mundane conversations that are not only interesting to read but - in this case - feel like something that two characters who are in most ways more intelligent than I am (heh) would want to talk about. But as soon as I get it to my beta I'll probably feel more confident about what does and doesn't need to be cut out

[lanalucy]

That racing thing sounds kinda fascinating, and it sounds like you're planning to do it justice if and when you write it.

Hope you get a good solid spark of energy to get that story finished and submitted.

[ecstaticdance]

Exciting stuff! The Rush fic sounds very interesting, and the magazine submission! Brilliant! And good luck.

[scifishipper]

Good luck with all of your writing! I have not seen Rush, but it's always so fun to be swept up into a fandom and make crazy fic things! <3

[embolalia]

I'm completely restructuring my novel for the second draft, and probably throwing out a ton. I did get a new scene written today and a bit of editing on the parts I want to keep, so that feels like progress, but this whole stage feels much more directionless than draft one where I was just writing as many words as fast as possible. We'll see

[scifishipper]

I start to think maybe I should just write that as a novella and actually have something to try to publish on a shorter time frame...

This is exactly my thinking in writing my short story. One of the problems I have had in doing that is that now my focus is split and I can never figure out what to work on. You seem super disciplined, so that might not be an issue for you.

I really did love that short story and making it into a novella feels just right. <3

[embolalia]

I just don't have a ton of discipline for the book right now, and don't want to waste it on something else :P I was so glad you liked it!

[kdbleu]

Since I love editing, that's what feels directed to me, let me know if you need someone to whinge to or whatever. I'm usually around. :)

Finding the balance between different projects is hard. I find it easier of they're in different stages, planning vs editing. But the grass can easily look greener.