Where I compose my fic depends on my mood. Sometimes I need the computer, sometimes I can't do anything without pen and paper (usually when I have been working on the computer for ages and keep deleting everything I have after a paragraph or two - pen and paper makes that harder, if not impossible). Writing on the computer, I usually prefer GDocs, but lately I've been writing everything on yWriter - I started playing with it for NaNo, and then fell in love with it. ...still, I should probably go back to GDocs so I don't have to keep carrying around this easily damaged USB drive. XD
And when I have a story betaed... it usually depends on who I'm having beta it. If they have and don't mind GDocs, that's definitely my first choice, though in the past I've also emailed it to them (in the email or as an attachment), and put the story in a filtered post on my LJ and had them respond in the comments (which... really only works well for fics under 1000 words, otherwise things get clunky).
When I post things, it goes everywhere - because I am paranoid, and do not want the disappearance of one site to mean the disappearance of my fic. At the moment, I archive my fics at my LJ fic journal, its backup on Dreamwidth, on AO3, and on Teaspoon if it happens to be Whofic. (This is a PAIN IN THE ASS when I realize months later that I've made a stupid mistake somehow and have to correct the story in four places, but I manage. XD) I'm sure I have copies of my fic somewhere on my hard drive or on GDocs, but it's all very scattered on three computers and two accounts. Having an easily accessible online archive is much simpler for me.
That would probably not work for me, since I only ever seem to notice these things months down the line. XD And then I have that moment of "Agh, why did no one TELL ME?" Always fun!
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And when I have a story betaed... it usually depends on who I'm having beta it. If they have and don't mind GDocs, that's definitely my first choice, though in the past I've also emailed it to them (in the email or as an attachment), and put the story in a filtered post on my LJ and had them respond in the comments (which... really only works well for fics under 1000 words, otherwise things get clunky).
When I post things, it goes everywhere - because I am paranoid, and do not want the disappearance of one site to mean the disappearance of my fic. At the moment, I archive my fics at my LJ fic journal, its backup on Dreamwidth, on AO3, and on Teaspoon if it happens to be Whofic. (This is a PAIN IN THE ASS when I realize months later that I've made a stupid mistake somehow and have to correct the story in four places, but I manage. XD) I'm sure I have copies of my fic somewhere on my hard drive or on GDocs, but it's all very scattered on three computers and two accounts. Having an easily accessible online archive is much simpler for me.
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