WIP

Examples

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• The new, as yet untitled WIP, has a similar narrative style to Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak.

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• Answer these ten questions about your current WIP (Work In Progress) on your blog.

• My current WIP came out of an exercise I gave my high school writing class.

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• The inspiration of my WIP came from a dream I had as a little girl.

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• My next WIP will be the one that puts me over the top.

  Blog text (21)

• On the other hand, I have friends who juggle multiple WIPs at once and love writing that way.

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• Lastly, my WIP has gone through several drafts in which the plot has changed significantly.

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• One of my current WIPs is inspired by my curiosity about living in space.

• The inspiration of my WIP came from a dream I had as a little girl.

Synonyms

U

unfinished business

vsWIP

66 3.7

Work or tasks that are not finished and need attention

focuses on a project still being developed rather than general unresolved tasks

W

work in progress

vsWIP

41 3.4

A project that is not finished yet

emphasizes that the work is still being actively developed rather than just incomplete

O

on the anvil

vsWIP

• Archaic

8.1

In the process of being planned or developed and not yet finished

refers to a project still being actively developed rather than only planned

Antonyms

F

finished

2 1.0

Complete and no longer needing work

How Complete

finished

2 1.0

WIP

• Jargon

5 7.2

draft

• Specialized

245 3.7

outline

59 2.7

concept

∞ 4.5

Surface Forms

Etymology