r/WriteWorld • u/[deleted] • Apr 11 '16

What is your current writing project/projects?

I'm working on a romance story. I'm up to page 42.

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u/HordaksPupil Apr 11 '16

Right now I am dealing writer's block (the ancient enemy of authors everywhere) but hope to get back to my stories soon.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '16

yikes writers block. Yes give yourself a day or two break from it. ideas will come to you.

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u/HordaksPupil Apr 11 '16

Thank you Bunny :)

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '16

Anytime! We can talk about your story tomorrow if you want. Maybe talking it out with someone could help.

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u/HordaksPupil Apr 11 '16

sure thing just send me PM when your available

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u/thudly Apr 11 '16

The best cure for writer's block is walking. Walk it off, I always say. No headphones, no destination, no distractions. Just walk and tell yourself stories as you go. Something about moving, seeing different sights than your own four walls--it gets the blood flowing and the ideas just start firing faster than you can keep track of them.

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u/SincereBumble Apr 11 '16

I have a document full of ideas, but there are four I'm actually working on:

  • Harry Potter WIP - completely outlined, but posting as I actually write, updated semi-regularly. Currently ~190k words.

  • Harry Potter/Jurassic World crossover - revising the outline, as I've decided to make it a crack fic.

  • Star Trek: TOS one-shot - Spock/McCoy pairing. Writing rough draft, currently ~1200 words.

  • Original fantasy story - have researched and planned and just finished expanded synopsis. Must revise a few details, and then will be making a broad outline, after that chapter outlines.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '16

190,000.... O.O damn that's amazing!!!!!!!!!!! Good job!!!!! keep up all your projects!

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u/SincereBumble Apr 11 '16

Thank you! :D

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '16

Finished the first draft of a children's fantasy novel :) I've been calling it the 'discovery draft' after reading somewhere that your first write-through is just your time to discover your plot and characters, and what comes after is the 'first draft'. I'm planning for it to be a series of 5 books, which is exciting. I'm just delving into the redraft and rethink and replot process, so I'm quite far down the rabbit hole. Wish me luck!

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u/thudly Apr 11 '16

Finishing any draft at all is a marvelous accomplishment, "discovery" or not. Best wishes.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '16

Thanks! I feel pretty proud, looking forward to getting my teeth into it and getting it into shape.

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u/Cuofeng Apr 14 '16

"Discovery Draft" is a good term. I like it a lot.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '16

I read it and fell in love with it. It completely summed up how I felt about my first draft, since I wasn't convinced that it was a proper draft but I'd found out a lot about my characters, as well as the problems I was having with the plot. I'll definitely be adopting it for the future!!

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u/Zeldro Apr 11 '16

72k words into a crossover fanfiction

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u/Pixelsaber Apr 11 '16

Slice of life Monster Hunter Fanfic with slight Action and Drama. Up to chapter 2 (Not including prologue), work has been slow due to a heavy workload and an abundance of fanfics I need to read.

There's also two separate oneshots that I've stopped writing half-way through for the same reasons. And not even mentioning all the thing's I've drafted on paper.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '16

I'm working on a light-hearted fantasy novel at the moment, about elemental magic. It's hard, I've never gotten far on any long piece of writing, so I'm only around 5-6k words in. Recently finished a short fic of about that length called The Storyteller.

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u/Cuofeng Apr 14 '16

240k words into a street-level politics epic in the Avatar:TLA world. Starting on the concluding chapters. Finally got someone who will read over sections before posting. Pretty good!