March Pico 2018, Day 1

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Hello everyone! Welcome to our brand new Spring Pico! Come in, join up, the water is fine, the company even better, and we all hope to have fun, as always.

Here is the place to talk about your progress (or the lack of it) and share bits with us.
May the magic be with us all!

Comments

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Like I said, not much time or energy, but I did take time out to read through my various WIPs to see if I could work out why they stalled (big surprise, mostly because of my problems with plot) and a few prompts on various forums for inspiration. I do think my forte (such as it is :) tends to be short mood pieces.... flash fiction?

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

Hey, there is nothing wrong with drabbles and they can get your engine fired at times when nothing else will.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

True - that may be what I'll concentrate on this month :)

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

That's a good start. Are you leaning toward working on one of them?

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Dithering and swithering, more like :( My writing muscles have gotten lazy...

[elmey.livejournal.com]

I get stuck on plot too. The story lines good in your head but when you try to work them out on paper, oh boy.
Go ahead and write short if that's what's working now!

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

It is a sad fact that the bests plot I ever wrote... I stole from Dickens.

My own are somewhat like vintage knitting - stretched and loose and full of unravelling holes....

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Plots are tricky. Mine work wonderfully for the first 15 chapters or so, spawning subplots left, right and center, and when I think I'm on the roll, I get stuck with the whole thing for years. Literally.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

I have a very long piece from years ago that stalled when I noticed the crater-sized plothole right near the beginning that no amount of filling in would help... and couldn't believe I hadn't noticed it for another 40000 words!!!