FIRST CHECK-IN!

[muir_wolf]

Hey everyone!

Just a reminder, this check-in is completely optional! It's a chance for you to let me and your fellow participants know how everything is going, whether you have any changes in regards to your sign-up, and give you a chance to post a snippet of your story, if you like!

Please also feel free to use it to brainstorm, poll the crowd on random things (is it names? I always gotta poll the room on names), and just generally drop by, say hi, and let us know how the words thing is happening =)

Obviously everyone has different schedules, so if you want to participate, don't forget to check back in later to reply to other people and what-not!

Basically: use this space however works best for you!

Comments

[muir_wolf]

OKAY BUT REAL TALK: who wants to help me name some space diseases that the good MASH folks gotta help cure in this Star Trek AU?

(I'm going to bed, but I'll post a snippet/etc when it's morning here in a good solid 7-8 hours haha)

[laurenthemself]

SNIPPET, LADY.

Space diseases... I mean I could say space mumps but that's one of MY fandom's things.

Laser burns? Radiation poisoning? Holodeck sex chafing?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm starting from scratch, and kinda sad to admit that I'm still under the 1k mark. Barely under, but... I can do better. Still Critical Role fandom but I'm biting the bullet and going OT3 Gilmore/Vax/Keyleth with it. So... that's a thing.

Excerpt for all 1 of you familiar with the fandom:

Gilmore didn't look up right away, instead his voice murmured low and unintelligible sounds with long, low vowels. His hand rose again, not the usual flourish of grace that is uniquely him but a strong and steady symbol drawn into the night sky. Sparkles danced on Gilmore's fingertips, arcing between each long digit and then dripping like water into his cupped palm before futilely dissipating to nothing. "You should be sleeping," he answered without looking back. "Not checking up on a broken man."

"Gil..." Vax's steps picked up and he jogged to Gilmore's side, crouching down beside him but not really joining his exile. "It's been a rough day. You're not broken..."

His arm shot out from under the blanket, warm fingers grasping Vax's collar with no true force behind it. "A cantrip." He laughed with no humor; "I can't perform a simple task I've been able to do since I was a child." His voice cracks and for the first time, Vax realizes that Gilmore is afraid... and that rattles him far more than he had expected.

[afullmargin]

This is me. I have no idea why it posted anon. WTF, day?

[laurenthemself]

HI.

I fucking love your description of prestidigitation.

Editorially, your tenses are doing the thing again; IDK if you want to nip that in the bud now or just have me clean it up at the end (which I am happy to do!).

[weasleytook]

Well, the February Flu knocked me on my ass for basically 3 weeks, so clearly I didn't accomplish as much as I set out to do. The good news is I'm about 90-95% outlined (which is half the battle for me), I just need to start getting words down, which I plan to do THIS WEEK.

DOWN WITH THE FLU. HAPPY MARCH!

[galfridian]

HURRAY FOR FIC.

[galfridian]

I... know what's supposed to happen in 98% of my scenes. So that's good. Outlining the rest of this week, and then onto the real writing next week.

[realmer06]

I have gotten SO much written since signing up for this fest. I just wish some of it had been on the WIP for this fest . . .

I've had to do a lot of creative writing for work this month, which has sucked up so much of my time and attention and energy. But I'm hoping to dive in now!

[jazzfic]

Progress zero! The fact that I haven't been able to write one page of anything for measurable years now should have clued my hopeful brain to the fact this wasn't going to happen. Bottom line: jealous of everyone, lest said about myself the better, cheering on from the sidelines.

[laurenthemself]

Oh Jen! I haven't written anything either, but I'll wail about it in my own comment instead of on your thread.

[laurenthemself]

My WIP is still stalled exactly where it was, at 8737 words.

[lulabo]

I've been slow to get through a close rewrite of the first third that's already been written, which I think is just me putting off getting to the next part. I want to finish this thing so much, though, I'm going to try to set myself some mini assignments along the way to get it done. All the imposed structure for the meeting of goals!

[ysse_writes]

I wrote a new scene for my WIP, unfortunately, it's not a direct continuation of where I left off but a scene for a couple of chapters down the line. /why can't I write scenes chronologically, dammit

[laurenthemself]

I know the next check-in is in like two-three days time, but I'm out. Uni has burnt me out and I've been doing edits on two ofic things and I'm dead.