Talky-Bits: What are you working on?

[rose_in_shadow]

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[rose_in_shadow]

I'm actually in a weird in-between state right now.

I had two ME fic projects in progress:

Idea #1: An ME/Jane Austen AU. I know right? But I'd written a little bit and it made me excited about the possibilities. However, I quickly got daunted on how much research was involved, and then I got distracted by...

Idea #2: A shiny prompt on tumblr about Shepard waking up post-ME3 with memory loss also caught my eye and just to get some of the ideas down, I started writing for that too. Then, in the middle of that, I got inspired to write the fic for sinvraal that I just posted to the ME comm. That one popped into my head almost fully formed. But now that it's over, I have this weird feeling of wanting to write again but not being sure what to work on.

Besides fic, there's also my original novel idea that I desperately need to brainstorm for, but I haven't done that for awhile because of fanfic distractions. I don't want to abandon the other ideas I mentioned above, but the first would require a lot more research and the second has no plot and I can feel it wandering into a black hole if I don't wrangle it into some kind of structure. Trouble is, I'm not sure what else to do with it. Shepard's injuries aren't the kind where she can just pop out of bed and get back to the Alliance. I don't want to fast-forward through all of that either, necessarily, just to get to that point.

I'm feeling pulled in three different directions now, and I'm not getting anything done. *pulls hair out*

[sinvraal]

Hehe, sorry for the distraction. At least it was a one-shot distraction?

The memory-loss fic sounds interesting, but it definitely sounds like you need to decide on what the point you're trying to make is, about Shepard or her situation, before jumping in. It would help it keep from wandering too much.

[rose_in_shadow]

I was happy for that distraction! That fic just really wrote itself; it was one of those rare (for me anyway) experiences where the words keep coming and you know exactly what needs to happen next.

Yeah, I think you're right about the memory loss fic. I don't really have a point to it yet. Maybe I need to let it percolate a bit more. But it feels unproductive to not keep working on it... or at least something writing related.

Blargh.