Wednesday Words

[gracerene]

Ehh, not quite as many words as I was hoping for, but not terrible. I'm at a super dialogue-heavy part of my long!fic right now, which I usually struggle with on the first pass, and that's the case here. Right now I'm basically just writing out straight dialogue to try and get it down on the screen and then I'm going to have to do massive revisions down the road, but trying to write more fully right now for these parts just isn't working. Starting to get a little concerned that I might not make it in time for Advent posting, but there's still a good six weeks so maybe I can pull it off...

Weekly Word Count (10/6-10/12) = 4,015

• Potential Anti-Advent!Fic: wrote one scene and part of another.


• hpkinktober: went through final edits and posted! You can read it here!


• S8 Wincest Feelz: got back from beta and went through edits.


• S1 Wincest Missing Scene: outlined and wrote first draft.

Next Week's Goals

• Wincest Weed!Fic: send to beta


• Potential Anti-Advent!Fic: finish current scene and write two others.


• A Relationship Unravels: go through edits if I get back from beta.


• S1 Wincest Missing Scene: go through initial edits.

Comments

[pauraque]

Right now I'm basically just writing out straight dialogue to try and get it down on the screen and then I'm going to have to do massive revisions down the road

I normally handle dialogue-heavy scenes this way too, dialogue first and narration later. Sometimes when I struggle to revise those sections, it helps me to remember it's an option to just leave some of the dialogue plain or with minimal 'said' tags. Of course you don't want to go on for a long time like that, but a little of it can be effective, especially in cases where the dialogue itself really says it all.

I hope you're able to finish in time!

[gracerene]

Oh yes, totally! I think leaving the dialogue "plain" can be quite effective in certain spots!

[space_wingding]

Definitely still good progress! Especially if you're at a tough section in a fic. Does trying to read/"act" the dialogue out loud help?

I enjoyed the Jeddy - that was a nice read during a break at work. :)

[gracerene]

Hmm, I've never tried "Acting" out the dialogue before! I think for this first pass it would actually make it more difficult, but that might be helpful when I taking the big chunks of information and really trying to break it out into something that reads a bit more smoothly!

And I'm glad you enjoyed the Jeddy!

[walgesang]

Fingers crossed! I write a lot of dialogue heavy stuff and frequently find it hard to put things in with all the dialogue to make it flow.