[mod post] Weekly Check-in - Week 15

[paleogymnast]

Greetings folks!

This is your weekly check-in. Squee and kvetch in the comments.

Challenges! I hope many of you found the recent April Sprint-to-Finish challenge helpful! Congrats to everyone who participated

Comments

[shadowsong26]

I really need to touch base with the beta I've had lined up for a while and make sure she's still available...I also may want to trade beta services and get a second look at the thing...

I'm not as close to done as I'd like to be--I have like seven or eight scenes to finish and I think one I need to add, though I may tack it on to one of the half-finished ones because it should be fairly short. But I have ten days, and I should manage!

I also need a title. And a summary.

Also, question/opinions please? So, the actual plot of my fic is gen, but there is a fairly major background pairing (established relationship), and there are several coupley moments between the two of them, especially in the first half of the fic. So I'm not sure whether I should submit it under the heading for the pairing (both of whom are major characters, one of whom is a viewpoint character); or gen for the plot. Any advice would be appreciated...

[dawnmay]

I think it would be safe to call it gen if the main plot isn't about the relationship. Coupley moments don't automatically turn a story into a romance imo. Maybe list the side pairing in the warnings?

[paleogymnast]

You can call it Gen and still list the pairings in the pairings section. Clarify that the pairings are background and romance is not the focus of the fic in the warnings or summary. Also remember the summary you use for Artist claims need not be the summary you use for posting.

[shadowsong26]

I figured I'd do that (and by 'that' I mean call it Gen and tag the pairing and clarify in summary) when posting the full story this summer, I was mostly worried about the artist submission, since the form says 'pick one'...but putting those details in the warnings section makes sense. Thanks!

[shadowsong26]

Thanks! That's a good idea, I'll probably end up doing that.