[ SECRET POST #2655 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2655 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Divergent]


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04. [WARNING for underage character+sex?]



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[Archer]


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[Hannibal]


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[Wolverine and the X-Men]










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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

3000 words a day is...really not all that much. When I'm feeling especially inspired, I can write 3000 words in about an hour and a half.

Also, who the fuck puts fanfiction through three drafts? What the fuck are you doing with your life? If you're putting that much effort into it, then it damn well better be something original that you're planning to shop around to publishers.

[(Anonymous)]

right?? LOL most fic is lucky to even be proofread a single time. If you're doing three drafts of a fanfic you need to find some more hobbies.

[(Anonymous)]

Lol what? Writing 130,000 words in 2 months is totes normal, but editing would be stretching it?

If an author expects me to read a 20,000+ fic, I expect them to have edited it properly. If OP thinks that's unreasonable, OP had a good sporking coming.

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT

Editing is one thing. Producing a draft is another.

A good second draft might take months, because it involves detailed editing and tweaking. A simple edit, on the other hand, might only take a few days.

It may be that we're thinking of these terms in different ways.

[(Anonymous)]

... You're kidding, right? I proofread and edit as I go along.

[(Anonymous)]

Proofreading and editing as you go along is not the same as producing a second draft.

[(Anonymous)]

key phrase "as I go along"

[(Anonymous)]

Wrong. If a thing is worth doing at all, it's worth doing properly.

[blueonblue]

Sometimes I put fanfics through three drafts. First draft is handwritten, second is typed, and then I print and rewrite before posting. Original or fanfic, real name or username, it doesn't matter.

What am I doing with my life? Getting published.

[(Anonymous)]

TBH, "handwritten" --> "typed" doesn't really seem to me like different drafts, unless the two are rather drastically different.

Other than that, though, good on you for getting published! It's hard out there! Much respect for anyone who can punch through.

[blueonblue]

They can be very different because I edit while typing. There's a Tiger and Bunny fic I ended up dictating because of hand problems and I think it could have been funnier and more polished if I had worked out a real second draft.

And, thank you! It's more like scratching at a brick wall with dessert fork than punching through, but I feel cautiously optimistic.

[(Anonymous)]

They are usually strikingly different actually, if the writer's any good at all.

When you have to translate your story from one medium to another, you're forced to think about each word, each sentence, as you transcribe it. And if you have any skill or talent, you'll find better ways to reword sentences that you might not bother flagging if you just had to read it.

[(Anonymous)]

...but you're a Professional!!!

[blueonblue]

I'm certainly a professional something. :)

[(Anonymous)]

Professional BADASS.

[(Anonymous)]

3000 words in a day is not that much. 3000 words in a day every day for weeks is a fuck ton. People need days off, days to recalibrate, days to edit (at least once), days to write less, days to do non-writing things, etc.