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fandomsecrets2015-04-10 06:42 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2015-04-10 06:42 pm
[ SECRET POST #3019 ]
⌈ Secret Post #3019 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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02. [repeat]
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[CSI: NY]
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[All Creatures Great and Small]
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[Peter Dinklage]
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[The Flash]
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[Person of Interest]
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[Arrow, Felicity Smoak]
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[Shin Megami Tensei]
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(Kirby Buckets)
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(Pretty Little Liars)
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[Fantasia]
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27. [ SPOILERS for Rage of Bahamut: Genesis ]
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28. [ SPOILERS for Better Call Saul ]
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29. [ SPOILERS for Umineko no Naku Koro ni ]
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30. [ WARNING for suicide ]
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31. [ WARNING for rape ]
Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #431.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 1 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
Re: Writing Process
(Anonymous) 2015-04-11 01:04 am (UTC)(link)Hyperbole is unhelpful, but really, the advice to finish projects really isn't. If you're planning on writing for professional submission, on writing anything involving deadlines, or even seeing through a fanfic idea, then learning what it takes to actually finish something is pretty important.
A lot of WIPs in fanfic especially peter out not because, as people assume, writers find some new shiny to write about (though that does happen too), but often because they have no concept of what it actually means to write something complete. That means closing off plot holes, satisfying character arcs, how to get the story from Point A to Point B. So many writers get stuck in the middle, or when the plot starts to fizzle out, and they have no idea how to write their way out of that, or how to structure well enough to avoid it happening to any unsalvagable extent in the first place.
Unless you stick at something until it's finished then you're never going to gain and hone the skills required to get over the inevitable hurdles involved in writing anything lengthy. If all you ever do is give up and start something new when things get tough (or, more often, boring), then you're not doing yourself any favours as a writer.
Re: Writing Process