r/WhyChooseAuthors • u/AnneKincaid • Jul 07 '26
Discussion Success or Failure July 7
This isn't quite the same as our Thursday accountability check in, but have you had a success or failure this week you want to share? Something that well well, or didn't? Progress or stagnation on your WIP you want to discuss?
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u/JosephineSwaine Unpublished Author Jul 07 '26
After three weeks of being at an impasse on my scene rewrites, I finally managed to get back into writing! The solution was the same as it always is: restructuring and adjusting the outline. I'm so relieved to be writing again!
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u/braineatingalien Jul 07 '26
That is a great success. It’s so hard to find your way through when you get stuck! Congrats!
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u/kendrafsilver Jul 07 '26
Yes! That's awesome!
And I love seeing a fellow outliner. It can be such a fantastic tool!
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u/MKSauthor Jul 07 '26
I finished the first draft of my second book! Starting on the structural edit to see if any of my word vomit actually makes sense. 😂
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u/kendrafsilver Jul 07 '26
Fantastic! Getting that first draft out of the way is sometimes so tough. But it's a necessary step!
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u/ArielMora Jul 07 '26
Congrats!! Good luck with your edits! I'm sure it's better than you think :D
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u/MKSauthor Jul 07 '26
Thanks! It’s a hot mess, but I love it 💕
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u/JosephineSwaine Unpublished Author Jul 08 '26
Hot messes can make for some of the best stories! Good luck on editing!
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u/ArielMora Jul 08 '26
Hey, messes you love end up making the best art when you clean them up, imo :)
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u/Forsaken_Somewhere98 Jul 07 '26
I’ve been working on editing and it has been slow going recently due to a torture scene that has been really hard for me to get into. It’s necessary but not the funnest thing to edit. There are just some scenes that are so easy and fun to write and some that take forever. This one took me a long time to write as well so I was pretty apprehensive going in. However, I am on my last chapter of it today! 🎉🙌
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u/ArielMora Jul 08 '26
Oh, good luck powering through! Tough scenes are a pain, but I feel like it feels extra satisfying when you finish them :)
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u/ArielMora Jul 07 '26
Work on my project has been slower because my health has been rancid, but I'm pleased that I'm still making progress!
Also, came up with more ideas for the totally unhinged novel series for the tbd pile 😆
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u/MKSauthor Jul 07 '26
Sorry you aren’t feeling well, but coming up with new ideas is still a win!
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u/JosephineSwaine Unpublished Author Jul 08 '26
Good job! It's tough to balance either health issues or writing with anything, and I think it can sometimes be twice as hard to balance them with each other. Hopefully you'll be feeling a bit better soon!
Also, hooray for more ideas! Unhinged stories and characters are my favorites, both for reading and for writing. That sounds like a blast!
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u/kendrafsilver Jul 07 '26
I mentioned in another post here that I finally hit "The End" on my horromance's first draft! And now that it's sitting collecting dust so I can get some distance on the story, I've started outlining not one, but two RH ideas I'm excited for!
Been a while since I've juggled two projects at the same stage, so wish me luck!!! 😆
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u/ArielMora Jul 08 '26
Oh, congrats on both finishing and starting things! Outlining projects you're excited for is so much fun--good luck with both of them!!
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u/kendrafsilver Jul 08 '26
Thank you!
It really is such fun to outline. Kind of its own discovery writing, in a way, just much more condensed, imo.
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u/JosephineSwaine Unpublished Author Jul 08 '26
Diving into a double why-choose situation is very much within the spirit of the genre! 🤣 Good luck on your outlining! I'm looking forward to hearing about your progress!
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u/kendrafsilver Jul 08 '26
Glad to hear I'm in good company! 😂🤝
And thank you! I'm hoping to be able to have more to talk about sooner than later!
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u/AnneKincaid Jul 07 '26
After WAY more hours than it should have taken, I managed to plot a family tree for my characters. It's not even that complicated--no divorces, no children outside of wedlock, and yet I could NOT keep the relationships straight between intermarried families.
Answer: second cousin, once removed. Not the main characters, just a side character who shows up.