Round 1 Feedback and Bragging Post

[studyofrunning.livejournal.com]

Seven people wrote during the first fic_rush. Thanks, guys! This is your place to brag about how much you got written this weekend.

I also direct you to the Fic Gallery, where I can list your stuff when it's done and posted. Otherwise, that post will remain a propaganda piece for the arbitrarabble movement and Doctor/TARDIS shipping. :D

And feedback, open to you guys, and also anyone else who sees this and might participate in future rounds. The hourly post format: good/bad? When's the best time to hold a Round 2? What worked? What didn't?

Comments

[juliet42.livejournal.com]

Just finished a 1689 word piece that once beta'd will be posted. That's 4 full fics. And quite a few partials, and some editing. I'll link later. The stuff I did today should keep me writing well through the week. I got at least 6,000 words in these two days, with voice control!

I loved it here. I can't do round two the last two weeks of July or the first week of August because of blogathon, and organizing a charity screening of Dr. Horrible and Serenity but other than that I'd be game anytime. I'd also volunteer to help to help keep people on track with hourly posts if any help is needed.

I liked being able to interact. I'm also now a fan of the arbitrarabble, as mine tend to at least start that length. 100 words hate me.

Thank you to our mods!

[tarnera.livejournal.com]

I finished my arbitirrabble, which is now posted here (http://who-writings.livejournal.com/1065.html?#cutid1) all official-like and stuff. I'm glad I got SOMETHING completely done! That was a lot of fun to write, I'll have to do another one soon :D

Anyway, I finished roughly half of a 6-Peri fic, and learned about the importance of outlines. Hopefully I'll get it all done soon, and posted and everything :)

I'd love to do this again, now that I'm trying to get more seriously into fanfics. My schedule is at this time subject to change so I can't tell you when I'm available to do it again, but if I'm around when you do, totally count me in!

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for putting this on -- I really enjoyed sharing triumphs and setbacks with everyone, and it was great to feel part of a communal writing effort! On a personal note, it also helped me break through a writing block on a WIP, for which I am extremely grateful.

I think the hourly post format is a good one. Things got slow when it was late night in the U.S. and early morning in Europe, but I think that if you tried to set certain specific times for checking in, it would just get confusing with all the different time zones. Once I figured out how midnight GMT translated into my local time, I always knew when it was time for the next post, and that was really convenient. Of course, you mods may prefer to not have to stay up really late on the off-chance that someone joins in, which I would fully understand. If that's the case, then I think it would also work to have a generic post for the low-traffic hours where people who did happen to be up and working could share their progress, but it wasn't expected that they would get replies from a mod. Other than that I would definitely keep the once-per-hour format if you can.

Truthfully, I can't think of a single thing that didn't work. The atmosphere was very supportive and also very low-pressure, with no guilt for when you had to sign out to go do other things. I hope to see this catch on so more people participate in the future, but the group we had was great as it was. As for when to do it again -- kind of up to you guys, I think, but I'd say you don't want to do it too often or it loses its specialness. Maybe it should be a quarterly event, held every three months? Or longer . . . yeah, really don't have a strong opinion here.

Official fic_rush word count: 2,184 words!!!! Wow, I had to doublecheck that, because it doesn't seem possible -- I didn't write the whole time, and I had several nonproductive hours -- but yes, the overall count is correct! So I'd say it was a very successful experience as well as a very enjoyable one. Thank you so much, and I will definitely plan on doing this again!

[dragonessa24.livejournal.com]

Well, fic_rush made me start writing for Doctor Who (and write any fic at all in several years, for that matter) and helped me get done three fics, so that's a great achievement! As everyone else said, the company was awesome and very supportive, and feeling like part of a group effort really made me sit down and write. What's more, I got most of my inspiration from you guys (especially for that Six/Tegan fic, which is underway now ;) ) and couldn't have done it without the interaction.

The format worked well, I think, even though there were (understandbly) a few slow hours. I like the idea of doing it once a month, since by then enough fic stuff will have piled up to have something to work on through the 48 hours.

As a mod, I'm proud to have gotten to help make this happen and I was very happy with everyone's participation and interaction.

As a participant, I'm thankful to you all and I can't wait for the next round! :D

[acinogan.livejournal.com]

the only thing i would improve is from my own end! as it turns out, the hourly checking in for two mornings in a row was awesome for my productivity, but RL totally fic-blocked me in the evenings and then i got all tired at night because i had been getting up at 5:30 am to write before my kid got up. so that was all me.

fic-wise, i got the whole first part of a VM/Torchwood crossover done and a bit of part 2, 1951 words total. i don't know how long it will end up being, i tend to ramble on in fics, so who knows.

july 25th is when i start back in for the fall season again at my theatre, so holding round 2 before that would be best for me.

thanks to the mods! and i hope round 2 is an ever bigger success!