Round 21, Hour 5

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Welcome to Hour 5 of Backwards Round 12! Our group goal for this hour is to perfect the art of alpha reading: writing at faster-than-light speed so our readers can read the fic before we've finished writing it. Their feedback will thereby allow us to write even better versions of our fic.

Ready? Go!

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/idlewild_/]

Well, I dunno about that, but I am done for the night, one complete one-shot first draft, 1927 words, maybe the Alpha Readers will have fixed it for me in the morning.

Night night!

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Well done! Sleep well, and we'll see what we can add to your fic in the meantime. (Hey, it's a new form of Sleep Writing!)

[a-q.livejournal.com]

Problem in alpha reading: what if our readers spoiler our own story back to us? Oh no!
Reader: "Why did you kill your protagonist?"
Writer: "I did? NOOOO!"

See? Problem. o.O

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Oh no, you're right! Maybe it's not such a good idea after all.

On the other hand, just think how much faster it would be to update WIPs. Just a quick copy-and-paste from the future, and you're done!

[a-q.livejournal.com]

That is true! We don't need no stinking writing in our writing process! It's just...Process, and then you are done!
Brilliant! :D

[isdon-isgood9.livejournal.com]

4 pages in the last two hours. The only good thing is that I convinced my mum to push the shopping trip til tomorrow. Only 76 pages to go

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Whoo-hoo, well done! And yes, fic_rush is far more important than shopping. I'm glad your mother realizes that now.

[synnerxx.livejournal.com]

Bah, silly people thought they needed me. Noooo.

Back now. *puts on writing hat* Back to writing!

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Yay, welcome back!

[synnerxx.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D

[pedanther]

Another drabble. Not sure it's quite right yet, or the right thing for that gap in the set, but I'm going to have to stop now anyway because this afternoon has other plans for me.

I'll be back later, maybe. Good writing, everybody.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Bye, and hope to see you later in the weekend!