ATTF: Team Delta Assemble!

[inkvoices]

So it’s that time of year when there just seems like so much to do, am I right? There’s that Secret Santa deadline on December 6th (there’s a submission post and email coming soon), time is fast running out for those doing NaNoWriMo, there the other fics and creative works – all the unfinished ones, and the in progress ones, and the ones that you really wanted to finish by the end of 2015 which is, argh, only a month away – and then there’s all the holiday preparations and shopping…and work/school, whoops, can’t forget about that ;)

Which means it’s that time of year when we could all do with some cheerleading, hugs, and encouragement.

Reply to this post with something you’d like encouragement on. If it’s your Secret Santa, tell us how that’s going, if you need a beta, if you need someone to hash ideas out with, or just someone to stand at the finish line waving like mad. (Remember Secret Santa is anonymous, but feel free to continue chats in more detail by PM etc.) Tell us how crazy your NaNoWriMo novel has gotten and if you need some even more crazy ideas to get it done. Post a bit of a stubborn work in progress. Ask for holiday gift ideas. Ask for a group hug.

‘Cause we’re here to help each other out! Let’s wrangle plots, offer beta help, cheerlead each other on, group hug, post drabbles of encouragement and pretty pictures of Assassins telling each other that WE CAN DO IT.

Because you can. Because this is the best bar!

Comments

[inkvoices]

I'm suffering from the problem of having too many things and ideas and wanting to do everything at once, so some patting on the head and being told that it's okay to prioritise and make lists, and maybe not finish everything on the lists, would be nice :/

And maybe some advice from people who've posted WIPs on how to handle the panic of having something posted that's not finished? Because I have a uni AU that I posted the first part of because it was meant to be a pinch hit for an exchange, but it grew and now is my first WIP, but that was in August and i'm a slow writer. I have chapter two nearly finished, but it needs polish and some parts taking out that i've realised shouldn't go in that section. Maybe kick me up the butt to get on with at least that before the end of the year *head desk*.

I started Christmas shopping after work today though and posted an ATTF, so that was productive :)

[sgteam14283.livejournal.com]

*pats you on the head* it's okay to not finish everything on a list! Do what needs to be done first (or even things you don't want to do to get them over with) so you can get to the good stuff as a reward/encouragement to finish other things up first!

[inkvoices]

Making some of them a reward, I like that plan :) Thank you!

[findthesea.livejournal.com]

For me, I found that posting a WIP made me MORE inclined to write. I get anxiety about that stuff (I'm currently trying to hold myself BACK from my most recent WIP so I don't update too quickly because all I wanna do is work on it) but posting a WIP for me was kind of helpful actually. And I know gecko has a WIP that she's updating more slowly, so she might be able to offer some insight. IN THE MEANTIME <3 *all the hugs* and patting on the head.

[inkvoices]

I'm worrying that I'll put parts of it out and then want to go back to edit things in and I won't be able to, and that I'm going to take so long with it that people will get frustrated...and really I think I just don't like the idea of people being expectant for something, it makes writing feel like it's a to-do list rather than a fun free time list :/ But thank you *hugs*

[celeste9]

Aw, I have needed people to tell me lots of times this year that it's okay if I can't actually do all the things I'd wanted to. It's okay, honest! Prioritizing is definitely a good idea and maybe organizing things like that will help fics to be done in more timely fashion so you can move on to other things?

[inkvoices]

Thanks :) I'm a to-do list person, so I'll get with the prioritisting the things on there.

[alphaflyer.livejournal.com]

It's okay! *epic head patting, with a nice latte on the side* I think I'm learning that taking on too many things at once is a problem, in which case dropping one or two of them is actually problem solving.

As for the WIP issue, I have one that's been on hold for 2.5 years (I still get PMs about it ...) but I stopped feeling guilty about it. The voices just aren't calling me right now. And that's okay.

[inkvoices]

dropping one or two of them is actually problem solving. I LIKE THIS. Now to work out what to drop... The problem with fic ideas is that I don't always want to let them go, but maybe I can move them to some kind of secondary, future list out of sight and out of mind for the time being.

Okay, that helps. I can go less than two and a half years between chapters. (She says.)

[meatball42.livejournal.com]

Yo I FEEL you. I remember way back when I started on ff.net and scoffed at those writers complaining about their folders of WIPs, and swore to myself I'd never write a multi-chap. Fast forward to my multiple files of multiple files of unfinished works. We're all with you. Sometimes I open one and write a few paragraphs, and I even finished two oldies in the past few months, so you never know. Relax, let the muse flow, it'll work out okay.

[meatball42.livejournal.com]

Yo I FEEL you. I remember way back when I started on ff.net and scoffed at those writers complaining about their folders of WIPs, and swore to myself I'd never write a multi-chap. Fast forward to my multiple files of multiple files of unfinished works. We're all with you. Sometimes I open one and write a few paragraphs, and I even finished two oldies in the past few months, so you never know. Relax, let the muse flow, it'll work out okay.

[geckoholic]

You can totally prioritize and also scrape, we all have idea that we really WANT to do at the time and then it never happens. Concentrate on what's got the best chance to be done. /nod

And hey, I may not be the best person to ask about multichapters since I only have one up too, but, like. As long as you're steadily working on it and can be sure it WILL be finished, I figure that's okay, right? Yep. I'd say it is.

For the first time in, like, ever, I'm almost done with Xmas shopping and it's not even December. I suspect it's possession or something. This ain't right.

[inkvoices]

Thank you *hugs*. Deep breath and then time to cut down and prioritise the to-do list.

I have it all plotted out and bits of it written, so it's just the bulk of the writing and I am slow with that. So there's an end point, but I don't know when that'll be? So we'll say that's okay then.

Someone gave me my first Christmas present of the year on Satuday. Just in case she doesn't see me again before Christmas. Nooooo, it's not even december yet!!!