Lois & Clark Forums Forums General Discussion Fun with Polls Do you currently have a fic in progress?

Just curious to see how many people are currently writing. The poll is anonymous, of course, so you can escape nagging, if you choose. Do feel free, of course, to post here with more specifics.

Paul

Working on a couple of WIPs, but not ready to post yet.

One (Near Wild Heaven II - Belonging) is progressing slowly, but I'm not letting it go any more (meaning I'm not working on any other solo story, neither long nor short). I don't have a clue when I'll be ready to post, but I have about 40 pages close to readable draft (the fic shouldn't be longer than 200 pages). Once I get more organised with my job I should be able to write in a more regular way.

The other, called Whisper From the Dying, is being co-written with my evil partner, in between writing our solo stories, and for one of us, moving house. Since Wendy is a lot less snail-like than me when it comes to writing, and she's rather talented at kicking bums of slow co-authors , Whisper might be the next one I post.

Nagging absolutely welcome for both.

Kaethel

I'm working on several stories, actually. A few of those will probably be ready in say a month. Than there's a longer one, epic-size, which will take me a lot longer.

I'd love to post anything that's done as soon as possible, but that's something I can't do this year. I'll be away from the internet a lot this school year, so I have no idea when and if I'll be able to post until I go home again in the summer. Good thing I have holidays.

But I'll be writing, and hopefully, come back with tons of fic.

Saskia

Kae said to answer with details, so Julie rushed to the board with her tail between her legs. Julie admits she has 2-3 fics in the works that haven't been opened in about 3 months.

/me runs before scolding begins

Julie

JULIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kaethel

), which is the story that started this whole crazy WYWG mess. It was a *loose* sequel to Chances Are, the original WYWG, and well...this one got stalled for obvious reasons.

Then there's this other one called...well it doesn't have a title really...but it's a quite different take on SLV.

That's it...I think. Though the muse has so many ideas...I just won't let her start anything else right now.

Sara (who thinks that's probably more than Paul wanted to know )

EDIT: NAGNAGNAG!!!!!!!!! That goes for Julie, Kae, Sas, AND Paul!!!!!!!

Lucky me already heard about it! So get your tushie in gear and write everything!!!! I'm waiting!

Saskia

My current problem is, whilst I have two old WIPs which are around half-way written, plus one sequel which has been promised but not even started, I don't feel like working on any of them. Instead, I have two new story ideas which are in the development stage and seem much more interesting to the Muse - except that even that's a problem, because I can't decide which one to concentrate on! Argh!!!

Perhaps I should conduct a poll on which story to continue writing. Hmmm...

Yvonne

I'm determined that the story I'm currently working on will be posted in its entirety by the end of the year. Working backwards, and knowing how bloody long it is, that means I need to start posting soon. I'd really wanted to be 100% finished, but now I'm shooting for 25% un-finished with a 75% buffer to carry me through. I'm hoping that by putting myself on a deadline, I'll get it finished faster.

Besides, I'm ready to have it out of my head and bugging the rest of you instead of me

I do have another story with a good healthy start, but it's a dark one. And then there's that final Lost Chapter of Butterfly Legacy that's also half finished...too many stories. Not enough time.

What amazes me is that last year, I posted around a half a dozen stories. This year, it'll be a whopping two. Not that I've written less, just way more in-depth and stories that go on and on. I always wondered how a writer could work for years on a single story. Now I know.



Lynn

Oooooooh. Ouch. Option #4 for me - I've been working on an epic of sorts since May last year, title Expectancy, and I'm finally starting to get somewhere... up to chapter 11, 410 bytes, about 40% done and starting to really enjoy working on it... and my Muse suddenly decided to go into early hibernation ]

SARA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not going to wait around for twenty years, you know that! Deadline's 2005.

Which sucks, but there's nothing I can do.

Note, though, that in most of my stories I have more than a scene or two.

See ya,
AnnaBtG. (NAG to all authors!! )

I'm too far into the final story of The Circle Game trilogy to abandon it, and I feel guilty about not having finished it long ago, but RL keeps interfering. and I lose momentum. I guess I need to give myself a good kick in the pants.

Jude

Since no one ever nags me, I guess I can admit -- I have a bunch of ideas. I even have quite a few files started with random notes, even outlines, or maybe even a few pages written. However, now my sole motivation is finishing one particular story. Really finishing it. It was posted to the mbs months ago, but now I am trying to revamp it and make it less melodramatic. I hope to have it done and ready to submit the nfic version to Annesplace and the PG 13 version to the archive before year end.

- Laura

From feedback folders for "A Nightmare Come True":

"I await the next part..."
"Post the next part soon!"
"This is superbly written and I can’t wait to read more"
"Excellent! Please post *soon*. "
"More soon...the anticipation is killing me!"
"And I need more and sooner!"
"waiting for Monday post...."
"More ASAP, please."

If that's not nagging, I don't know what is...and that was just from one part, Laura!

Yvonne

alright no ones nags my stuff but since I´m around... I have to confess: Though I have much more fun with my evil MTLVs, I have a bible lengthed one coming up. (not less evil though)

I´m recently working on that and my Muse decided to cooperate so everything´s going fine.

The only problem i´ve been facing is that i have to go much more often to my shrink´s office in a useless attempt of waiting patiently for other fic parts people are currently posting (this goes for sarah and sqd/Jen )and the story has sth like 5% to go. So basically it will take a whole month for writing/BRing posting process to achieve this point. (hopefully )

MDL. (Who is all here trying to finish this.... OH !!! Why people have to work or study? That´s so useless )

I started a sequel to Chaos Revisited, but I think it's going to be a Spidey-only fic. Yeah, my muse has had Spider-Man on the brain ever since I saw the movie. There will probably be another Lois & Clark crossover sequel to that, though.

I've also got an Army of Darkness/Spidey crossover in the works.

As for originals, I am working on the next fic in my original fantasy series, as well as an original superhero parody spoof that I may post in the original fiction section when it's done.

But I'm not working on any Lois & Clark fics at the moment, unless one of my crossovers ends up including them or something.

I almost always have several WIPs going at any one time, even if some never see the light of day. I have three right now that I consider "top priority", meaning they are partially completed and/or plotted and I would really hate to not ever finish them. I even got my muse to pick one to concentrate on last month and started writing ... only to stall again. But I'm still holding out hope that this break will only be short-term and not a continuation of the long one I've been on since January.

(For anyone who is interested, the three are "When More Becomes Everything", "Momentum 3" (an nfic), and stand-alone BatP/HoL adapt with a working title of "Can't Go Back". Despite my best efforts, the muse has decided to not help me to finish either of my trilogies in the immediate future but rather wants to concentrate on the stand-alone, But at least I've started writing again, so I guess I can't complain too much. )

Neat poll idea, Paul.

Kathy

Oh, wow. This has gotten a bigger response than I expected. Cool.

Just too bad the most popular answer is "Yes, but not for a while..." <sigh>

That aside, I'm very happy to see so many people writing! Thanks to those who've identified themselves so far. A bold move, but an appreciated one. <g>

Now, I know Sara voted "other," but who are the other two?

Irish Sara, as requested...

Get your virtual butt in gear and start writing! I don't know what it's about, but if it's by you, I want to see! Get to writing!

Kathy, I hope things go better for you and your muse.

As for me, I've got one in the works. It's going slowly, but I'm hoping that catching up on all the sleep I've missed this week will help.

As usual for me, it's unusual and experimental. Unique in format. Hopefully fun. We'll see.

Actually... I just had a thought.

<explain, explain>

You know what? I'm going to post it as a seperate poll.

While I'm at it, I'll post the companion poll to this one that I meant to post last night.

Paul

I'm currently posting Rest & Reproduction; the last part is finally in progress.

I also have something else in the works: working title The Evil that Men Do, based on the Wendy/Tank challenge Expecting the Worst (where Lois finds out she's pregnant after HoL). It looks as if it's going to be very long, though.

Plus I wrote Dance with a Stranger for the Guess-the-Writer challenge, and am planning to rework it (and probably make it the actual nfic it was meant to be ).

Mere

I voted for other... u didn´t have the "I´m under tranquilizers not to post what i already have" option.

MDL.

Um...just ignore this...I might put something intelligent here later when I figure out what I'm doing.

Sara

Technically I have a WIP.... the only thing is that P is for pause

P.S. The WIP is of course DwC

A fic in progress? Nah... I don't write. I tried it once but I decided I didn't like it much <g>.


Oh, wait, this isn't the lying thread...

Kaylle :p

/me stares at Kaylle's post and goes to find a particularly hard two by four....

LabRat

I am dizzy with the possibilities of soon to be had amazing, original, sequel, strange, dark, and angsty fics!

Now get to work you guys!

~Liz

Hey Lab! I'll bet Kae will let you borrow her Kryptonite coated 2 x 4!

Kaylle...come on...write some more!!

And for all you other authors....(especially Kae!!!) get writing!!!!!!!!!!!



Sara

ROFL!!!! Awww, thanks a million, Paul I'm a tryin', I can tell you that much And as to what it's about... ahmmmm... one word... annnnnnnnnnggggsty.

And yes, ]

Ummm... is it too much of a stretch to say that I'm writing and posting right now? I know that I disappeared for a week or so and that I've skipped a post of my (already slowed-down) Don't Be A Stranger, but blame moving house (and country! ) and being without internet for eight days.

Anyway, I'm back online, sort of, and will try to get a new part of DBAS up today, or tomorrow at the latest.

And WIPs? Paul, you only included an option for one other?! :rolleyes: I think I probably have about five or six unfinished stories on my hard drive, of which I consider two to be serious WIPs. Kae's already mentioned one, and it's my turn and has been for a few weeks... but I hope to get to it soon.

Great poll, Paul!


Wendy

I guess I'm in a good situation, sort of.

I have a wip that is currently being posted... really I do. Once that is finished off, I owe Wendy one more challenge fic... then that's it.

I'm done. I know you've heard it all before, but this time I'm going to really take a run at the retirement thing. I think maybe it's time to reasses my priorities and find a more productive way to spend my time.

Maybe there'll actually be some decent television for a change... Maybe?

Tank (who is open to suggestions for 'more productive' pursuits)

I actually have something I'd been pretty actively working on. So far it's a very detailed outline and several chapters, but things are going well, I'm always excited about getting to use my Pocket PC with its new keyboard, and so I'm pretty much writing a few pages every day or so. However... it's a rather long story, and since it's historical (an elseworlds), so it involves lots of research and such that adds time. I also don't plan to start posting until I've finished the whole story and done some serious editing. So it'll definitely be a few months!

Well, I'm currently posting "Twins", and although babysitting my grandson cuts into my writing time, it hasn't stopped it. When I temporarily run out of inspiration for things that happen in between the important stuff of the story, I work a little bit on "Home V" which doesn't have its secondary title yet. It's a murder mystery, and somewhat longer than the more recent "Home" stories. I'm only into the first couple of chapters, so far, though.

Nan

Well, I didn't. But now I do.

I have to say that I enjoyed the process of finishing of SOMH so much over the past couple of weeks that now that it's done and dusted and being posted I'm missing that sense of achievement that comes from ending the day knowing you've got a decent number of pages down on the screen.

So, looks like the Muse is going to be chained to the desk with no hope of a winter vacation to compliment her summer spent on the beach with the cabana boys...

LabRat

I'll have to admit I chose "other". I have two WIPs, but haven't touched either of them in eons. I've somewhat lost interest in writing for now. At the moment, other interests are dominating my limited free time.

YAY NAN!!!

As for myself...I have the same 3 or 4 stories on my hard drive that I've always had...and no time to work on them...

Not to mention the little notebook I have with about 50 different premises that could be turned into stories... *sigh*

-Breanna (who's lack of writting/posting could probably be attributed to the fact that she's never actually posted her own fic in the first place :p Though she did do part of a RR/challenge fic, which was fun )

P.S. Paul... any new news on putting House of Cards in the archives?

I would rather have a laptop with internet access and spend my days reading and writing. Oh well!

~sunkist

Okay, I checked sort of. I've got (at least) four WIPs on the go. I even found the start of a story and associated notes on the floppy disk I've been carrying around for the last six months that I'd entirely forgotten about. It doesn't look too bad, either, so maybe...

Meanwhile, as at least some of you know, I am having to rely on the generosity of others for computer and internet access and that complicates matters somewhat. At least, now, I'm not an entire island away from the nearest public terminal as I was during the summer!

Right now, though, I'm in the house on my own, and I think getting a few more paras of typing done might be in order...

Chris

Hi All,

I haven't been here for a while. But... well I thought I'd stop by today to see what's up. Anyway, I saw the pole and thought I'd see if anyone else was in my position. Am I really the only writer that isn't writing any L and C at the moment? Wow. I'm not sure if I should feel proud (for actually taking that retirement that Tank keeps trying to take ) or if I should feel ashamed.

I've got lots of partially completed L and C stories on my hard drive and lots of stories that are completed but that I'm not satisfied with. Don't worry. I have a note in with my will saying that if I die, Gerry is supposed to be given all my unposted stories to do with whatever she wants

ML (Who is going to run and hide before someone decides to kill her to get all those unfinished stories out to the public )

ML!! Great to see you!

But what's this??

Completed stories?! Unposted?!?


Wendy

Wendy, I'm not worried. Your little pitchfork men will never find me. My street isn't even listed on any maps

ML

Maps? Who needs maps?


Wendy

Speaking of fics in progress and maps and such... Whatever happened with that world travel story?

Paul

I didn't realise this one was finished. Yes, Paul, when are you putting it on the archives. <G>

LabRat

Now that you mention... shouldn't I be revising my part?

See ya,
AnnaBtG. (whose signature has a deep meaning)

Lab, thanks for reminding me about this. I'd meant to reply earlier, but forgot.

I did start organizing archive preparations for HoC shortly after the last part was posted. Unfortunately, it's difficult when you have so many authors.

First, I needed to get permission from everyone to send it in. That part was easy. I also needed to get a consensus on how we were going to work with the GEs. We seem to have agreed on that, too.

A couple of authors asked for some time to make final edits. One sent me the revised story, but the other still hasn't gotten back to me.

There's also one author who has yet to get back to me with a public email address. Not sure how important that is.

In the meantime, an ISP software "upgrade" wiped out 8 months' worth of emails, including all the ones having to do with HoC. I lost the address I did have for the one without a public addy and also lost the edits I'd recieved. The edits were resent, so that part's okay.

Basically, I'm waiting on one author to finish edits, and possibly one to get back to me with a valid edress. I've been thinking I should send reminders or post in Fic Related (since, as I said, I lost the edress I had), but basically got distracted with other stuff.

So, that's what's happening. It's kind of in limbo, but I guess that's partly my fault. I'll email the one who is still editing to see what's new. If the rest of you want to check in, that certainly couldn't hurt.

Paul