#wip stories

[kinardsevan]

stole this from @wakeupnew

RULES: make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs. (i am also not doing that haha! if you'd like to play, pls consider yourself tagged and say i tagged u!! <3)

list, in order from most to least recently worked on:

lightning strike mini

lego mini

the forteenth floor, with pale blue eyes

Lay By Me (DV fic)

Sinless

Truly, this will probably get longer in the long-run, but I post everything I write because I can't not finish it 😂

[spaceybluez]

new oc along with a whole new story dropping hehe

[friendshipgirl]

Got 118 hits on my Animaniacs Movie I’m still working on! Thank you all for reading and I hope to get it done soon!

[shadowtheaverageliveform]

If all your story/story in the forever box/story in limbo/wip characters were in a room with you, how screwed would you be?

[emberfaye]

You know what?

I love you, fics that take months to update. I click on the newest chapter and have no memory of this place and get to go back some chapters and rediscover how much i love everything about this story.

I love you, fics that take years to update. I think of you fondly, and know your names, go search for you and see an update from this year and scream, diving in uncaring of any missed details (i will finish the update and read you in reverse because this is a treat you have bestowed)

I love you, fics that probably will never update again. Thank you for being a roman empire for my mind, thank you for teaching me about the ephemeral fandom experience, for inspiring a thousand million what if-s, for being a comfort read and a nostalgia read and a reread.

I love you fic writers, who jump into projects and stories with enthusiasm. I love you when you succeed in pumping out those chapters and that love doesn't go away when you stop.

I love you fic writers who post and then get in your own head and never feel confident enough to update, whether it's at all or whether it's just that one story.

I love you fic writers, who have a fandom or media hurt you to the point of abandoning or having a hard time with their WIPs.

I love you fic writers, who lose interest or have life changes or illness or bad memory. Thank you for being part of the fandom, a core part of the fandom. Thank you for the time spent in the fandom.

I love you, fic writers who try out something new and then stop. You're so valid.

I love you, WIP fics that may or may not ever get finished. Thank you for brightening my day in the way only you could have.

[angelsdevils]

16 WIP right now ;-; thats a combo of my fanfics and my Originals

Young, Wild & Free

Cursed Connections

Oath Breaker (original story)

Echoes Across Paths

Some random Wakasa Fanfic

The Twin

The Return of the Assassin (Book 2)

Becoming of an Assassin (Book 1)

Echoes of Vinland: Eira's Legacy (original story)

Celestial Paradox (original story)

The Last Angel

Dark Impulse vs. Light Impulse

Timeless Hate

Written in the Stars: A Mafia Forbidden Romance (Original Story)

Into the Future

My Roommate is my Stalker (I may DNF this and not finish writing it but its an original story)

[lavender-gloom]

friendly reminder to everyone that first draft just needs to exist.

it doesn’t need to be good, it just needs to be there. stories go through so many different drafts that nobody is gonna care if your first draft is a little messy.

you can’t edit and clean up something that doesn’t exist, so make it exist!

[salamispots]

dream wip

[erraticprocrastinator]

A reminder to all my lovely fellow writers: progress is progress, even when it isn't. Writing four thousand words in a session is progress. Writing a hundred words in a session is progress. Removing an entire scene because it doesn't flow well is progress. Rethinking your plan for the plot in order to get unstuck is progress. Development looks different for every writer and every story.

[ivaspinoza]

not me writing this giant synopsis of my own wip to myself so i can understand what i am actually trying to create

[saessenach]

What is honor compared to a woman’s love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms… or the memory of a brother’s smile? Wind and words. Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.

Jon Snow - and family that haunts him, because sometimes ghosts make for the best love stories.

[wolfythewitch]

quick animation between comms

[onebadnoodle]

here are some messy sketches of what i'm working on. i try not to post stuff that isn't finished but sometimes its fun to share stuff like this

[bixels]

fuck it. hits you with the upa ray gun.

[tanaor]

Want to know how to hook you reader from the first moment??

(✨ Easy and quick tips to make your first chapter memorable✨)

There have been endless the number of times that I have wondered about the correct formula of starting an history, and although I've learned that in writing there is no one correct way around it, I have gathered some of the tips that helped me the most. That being said, let's get to the tips!!

Introduce them to the mc. Show the reader who they are and what they are facing (can be internal conflict or something instant). Don't start from the pov of a character they won't see again.

Show what the readers are going to feel through the book, the "vibe" that you spent countless Pinterest boards crafting. Do you want them to feel afraid? Happy? Hopeless? Perhaps cozy?

Don't introduce more than three characters at once, and try not to be confusing. Your readers are already lost when your story begins, so try to guide them gently. A confused mind always says no.

Start with something that will later affect the story and move your characters forward. Ask yourself: does this first scene have an impact on the characters or the plot? If no, you can try making it more impactful or starting somewhere else.

Get your readers' curiosity triggered. At the end of the scene, there must be something they want to know to continue reading. It doesn't have to be a cliffhanger, but something like "will the protagonist go on the quest?" or "what are they gonna do now that they don't have any shelter?". The "now that they ..." formula always works for me!

That's all for now, and thank you for reading! As always, happy writing :)

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[shrimpfriedeggs]

doodle dump