Thanks for the congrats! And to you too! Which reminds me, I never finished reading your story. Or answering posts. Or emails. The election and a friend's terminal illness drove everything else out of my mind. What a horrible year this has been. Yes, those story challenges are great at making me be disciplined about my writing. I made it a point to write between 300-500 words almost every day. I had the idea for this story back in January, but aside from writing a few notes I didn't bother to do anything until I signed up for the Big Bang. (I just never thought it would be as long as it was... I was aiming for 15,000 words, not 50,000. :-D) These story challenges force me to write. All the stories I've completed in the past few years have been because I had a specific deadline, either for these Marvel challenges or the K/S Advent Calendar, or in for the story I did for "Devotion". And you are so right - writing definitely helped me take my mind off the darkness. I immediately started a new Marvel story after I finished “Secret Identities” - this one with no deadline or challenge. It’s short and it’s almost complete and I hope to post it in a week or so, after my betas have a look at it. Working on this story has kept me from sinking into a very bad depression. I always identified with Donald Blake, due to my difficulties in walking, which have been ongoing since childhood. I wanted to bring him back into the context of the MCU (not just a nametag of Jane’s ex-boyfriend or a fake ID). I have a sequel in mind, which will deal with all the loose ends I left untied. Thor is going to return to living as Donald for awhile, to take care of loose ends as well as fulfill his plans as Donald. Because he now has all his memories he can value both of his “lives”. Lots of other issues to resolve, as well. Now to get back to reading your story - I'd read about 1/5 of it before everything just halted.
I'm glad you were able to finish your story. I look forward to your opinion on mine. Thank heavens for fandom! Sometimes it's the only thing that chase the blues away.
Yes, those story challenges are great at making me be disciplined about my writing. I made it a point to write between 300-500 words almost every day. I had the idea for this story back in January, but aside from writing a few notes I didn't bother to do anything until I signed up for the Big Bang. (I just never thought it would be as long as it was... I was aiming for 15,000 words, not 50,000. :-D) These story challenges force me to write. All the stories I've completed in the past few years have been because I had a specific deadline, either for these Marvel challenges or the K/S Advent Calendar, or in for the story I did for "Devotion".
And you are so right - writing definitely helped me take my mind off the darkness. I immediately started a new Marvel story after I finished “Secret Identities” - this one with no deadline or challenge. It’s short and it’s almost complete and I hope to post it in a week or so, after my betas have a look at it. Working on this story has kept me from sinking into a very bad depression.
I always identified with Donald Blake, due to my difficulties in walking, which have been ongoing since childhood. I wanted to bring him back into the context of the MCU (not just a nametag of Jane’s ex-boyfriend or a fake ID). I have a sequel in mind, which will deal with all the loose ends I left untied. Thor is going to return to living as Donald for awhile, to take care of loose ends as well as fulfill his plans as Donald. Because he now has all his memories he can value both of his “lives”. Lots of other issues to resolve, as well.
Now to get back to reading your story - I'd read about 1/5 of it before everything just halted.
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I'm glad you were able to finish your story. I look forward to your opinion on mine. Thank heavens for fandom! Sometimes it's the only thing that chase the blues away.
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