I've got a theory

[antennapedia]

I'm not satisfied with how my writing has been going recently, so I'm going to shake things up a bit.

With my second summer_of_giles day, I have met the last of my fannish deadlines. My plan is to sign up for no more things that have due dates for the near future. I'll do SoG next year, just 'cause it's Summer of Giles. But any other deadlines will be gently

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[shapinglight]

I hope it works out for you. I took a vow not to enter any more communities/challenges earlier this year, and failed miserably to begin with. I wrote something for winter_of_angel and then something for spring_spangel because I couldn't not, and then finally I ran out of steam and decided that I had to put everything else on hiatus so I could finish AoU.

I didn't post anything in summer_of_giles and felt really bad about it. Still do, in fact.

:gloom:

However, things were going better until I was stupid enough to sign up for a Torchwood fandom ficathon. I can't think what came over me. I must have had a brainstorm or something.

Am never, ever doing it again.

[antennapedia]

The seasonal fests are some of my favorite things, in part because I can plan for them months in advance and post something big. Which I totally failed to do this year: I stared at my dates rushing at me like a deer in the headlights. OMG bright ouch!

Torchwood ficathon: eek! I am dipping my toe into writing for Who proper, though, so who am I to criticize? (And I'm still unsure if Giles and Xander will encounter Jack in Cardiff in one of the storylines I'm working on.)

[glassdarklyuk]

The stupid thing is, I don't even like Torchwood that much.

[antennapedia]

It's that kiss. It made a lot of fans lose their minds with its sheer... violent enthusiasm?

[elizabuffy]

Wow! That's a lot to do! Some of those stories sound so intriguing!

~e!

[antennapedia]

It's an insane number of stories in progress :)

[ljs]

Good thoughts for new (and old) plans!

[antennapedia]

Ah, resolutions! Let's hope they come to something every now and then, at least.

[nutterbudgie]

Writing longer stories! I am so willing to read longer stories, the "Broken Glass" 'verse would be cool. Just, y'know, whatever, whenever - no pressure on the delicate writing machinery.

[antennapedia]

I like reading longer stories too. They're so much more satisfying. So! I'm gonna work on it.

[sahiya]

Just looking at that stresses me out.

[antennapedia]

Oh, man, that list doesn't stress me out at all. Sometimes when I look at it I get so excited and frustrated I want to burst. I don't have enough time! There aren't enough hours in the day! Sometimes I resent with a burning fire every second I have to spending cleaning up the [discussion of proprietary software redacted].

Expectations from other people stress me. I have also managed to let deadlines start stressing me instead of motivating them. They're now a guarantee of poor performance from me. So they gotta go until I get the head straightened out.