WIP Wednesday!
Oct. 15th, 2025 07:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kittkestraNot that I have much to share.
I did select the WIP that I listed in my intro post as "Gold and Silver" to be the WIP I plan to work on first, and probably "Rescue" as the next original idea after that. (Though probably with a break in between to work on some fanfic.)
As I mentioned earlier this week, I am trying to figure out a plausible way to switch between a handful of projects at a time, so I've got some more groundwork to get through before I can really devote myself to much actual writing, but at least I'm excited to get to that point.
The current plan is:
Gold and Silver - write down as many of the initial ideas/intentions/tone as I can
Fanfic Project 1 - write down my current ideas/intentions/tone
Rescue - write down my current ideas/intentions/tone [I AM HERE]
Fanfic Project 2 - write down my current ideas/intentions/tone
Gold and Silver - do an official outline of the project
Fanfic Project 1 - do an official outline of the project
Rescue - do an official outline of the project
Gold and Silver - first draft time!
Fanfic Project 1 - first draft (of part one) time!
^ After that, those four initial projects (two original and two fanfic) should be staggered at different points of completion, giving me more options to switch between different stages of writing based on where my head is at, as well as a bit of variety in the projects themselves, which I hope will help stave off burnout on any specific project, and give me a bit of flexibility to follow my inspiration.
If some other project or idea gives me a surge of inspiration and excitement, I could always still loop a fifth project in (because I can do what I want forever), but my general intent is then to finish one thing on the list, and only then start another project.
I do have the benefit of exactly none of this being on a deadline, so I have some freedom to experiment and see if this kind of project hopping ends up working for me.
I did select the WIP that I listed in my intro post as "Gold and Silver" to be the WIP I plan to work on first, and probably "Rescue" as the next original idea after that. (Though probably with a break in between to work on some fanfic.)
As I mentioned earlier this week, I am trying to figure out a plausible way to switch between a handful of projects at a time, so I've got some more groundwork to get through before I can really devote myself to much actual writing, but at least I'm excited to get to that point.
The current plan is:
Gold and Silver - write down as many of the initial ideas/intentions/tone as I can
Fanfic Project 1 - write down my current ideas/intentions/tone
Rescue - write down my current ideas/intentions/tone [I AM HERE]
Fanfic Project 2 - write down my current ideas/intentions/tone
Gold and Silver - do an official outline of the project
Fanfic Project 1 - do an official outline of the project
Rescue - do an official outline of the project
Gold and Silver - first draft time!
Fanfic Project 1 - first draft (of part one) time!
^ After that, those four initial projects (two original and two fanfic) should be staggered at different points of completion, giving me more options to switch between different stages of writing based on where my head is at, as well as a bit of variety in the projects themselves, which I hope will help stave off burnout on any specific project, and give me a bit of flexibility to follow my inspiration.
If some other project or idea gives me a surge of inspiration and excitement, I could always still loop a fifth project in (because I can do what I want forever), but my general intent is then to finish one thing on the list, and only then start another project.
I do have the benefit of exactly none of this being on a deadline, so I have some freedom to experiment and see if this kind of project hopping ends up working for me.
