Ante Up: 1st Check In

[saekhwa]

Hi, everyone!

First, you have plenty of time, so don't fret. We just wanted to check in and cheerlead all of our wonderful writers.

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Poll #8733 Ante up. What have you got?

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Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 14

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This is where I'm at right now:

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I have some words.
7 (50.0%)

I have a plot.
7 (50.0%)

I have a vague idea.
3 (21.4%)

I have an outline with detailed notes and a timeline.
1 (7.1%)

I have not started my fic yet.
3 (21.4%)

I am on a roll, baby!
3 (21.4%)

I am procrastinating with this poll. w00t!
4 (28.6%)

Ticky!

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It motivates me.
4 (30.8%)

It is a ticky.
7 (53.8%)

It obviously loves the Losers likes the rest of us.
10 (76.9%)

Again, if you haven't started on your fic yet or don't have all that many words written, there's still plenty of time.

Fics should be posted to the AO3 no later than January 15, 2012. It should be a minimum of 1,000 words and be complete. If you have that, then you'll still have another two weeks to tweak your fic and put the finishing touches on it.

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Thanks, everyone!

Comments

[zillah975]

I don't have a timeline or a detailed outline, I mean, it's sort of detailed? and vaguely outline-shaped? But my timeline is all over the place. So give me a 1/3-ticky on that one. :)

[kate]

I'd call your outline detailed, myself, but my outlines generally look like this:

intro
meet - car? or maybe in Texas
stuff happens
sex!
figure out an ending

[zillah975]

LOL! Outline win!!

[kate]

:D

[saekhwa]

Lol. Your outlines win.

[kate]

<333

I think this may be why my long stories tend to meander a bit...

[chibifukurou]

I've got the story written and I'm waiting to hear back from my beta about how to flesh it out and sharpen it.

[kate]

Woo! Go you! :D

[saekhwa]

w00t! Awesome! :D

[taibhrigh]

I'm done. Just reviewing what the round one betas had to say and then I need to ship it off for a final beta.

[kate]

Yay, another one! :D I'll have to open up the Fic Scramble comm soon so people can start thinking about treats if they want. :D

[saekhwa]

Hahaha. I keep writing teeny treats when I'm running away from my fic.

[saekhwa]

That's awesome! Congrats!

[cleo1969.livejournal.com]

I've actually got two thirds of it written. Once that's done then I'll polish it. *grins*

Heck, I've got a playlist even that I'm writing to for this fic.

[saekhwa]

\o/

You guys are on a roll! It's motivating me to get on top of mine. ^_^

And I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who does a playlist when writing.

[cleo1969.livejournal.com]

I keep playlists with various songs for characters and my writing in general. Though lately it's hardly played but when this challenge came up I knew exactly which playlist with the key song that created the plot to listen to. *grins*

[maharetr]

Whee! I've got mine blocked out, and 2700 ish words down, of which 700 is setting up, and 2000 are...foreplay? I think I might be doing it wrong in there somewhere *laughs* It's currently paused while I cheerfully tangle with my yuletide fic.

Also, I'm deeply curious, did you consciously match mine? Because I looked at my letter, poked some of the things they mentioned and shrieked with glee, yo. *cough*

[saekhwa]

I say foreplay for the win! :D

And kate is ridiculously awesome when it comes to matches. It's always fun to see folks this excited about theirs. Hee.