Ramblings about Stuff
Mmm, so, I'm on holiday for three weeks. And when I left I thought "right, so, I'm going to do tonnes of writing! Really!"
... yeah, I know, kiss of death.
As anyone who's read any of my fic knows, the stuff I tend to write resembles plotless prosepoetry a hell of a lot more than it resembles... anything else, to be honest. But that's not because I don't have ideas for longer fics: it's because I can't write them. I've written more fic in the past month or so than in, probably, the past 3 years... and yet my output still only reached, what, two thousand words? Three thousand? My only fic past 1000 being the heinous T/C I finished for chattycheese which is... some bits are okay, but the rest is *icky*. Probably because that fic was a 500-word idea that I stretched out too far because I needed to push myself, which I think is kind of a lesson. BUT I'm still determined to keep trying, I think, because I do like this fanfic schtick, and I want to encourage it in others. I have two fics I want to write right now, actually:
1. Five Things That Never Happened to Nita Callahan. (Young Wizards, various 'ships and gen)
We haven't really got a Five Things fic in this fandom, and I just wanted to write one. The problem is I haven't really got Five Things. I was going to go AU from each book (SYWTBAW: Nita never gets Manual. I actually wrote this one but I don't really like it. DW: Nita dies, which I eventually canned for Kit dying and got about 500 words of angst, some of which is really pretty good, for angst, and some of which... isn't. HW: Dairine dies and the Reconfiguration never happens. This is where I'm stuck, because, man, I have this image of a universe where the LP wins, a lot. And Dairine is dead (probably Betty too) and Kit and Nita spend a lot of time off-world fighting and losing, and Carmela is a *bad* mercenary. And yet I can't get it out, even though this is a story I really want to tell.
*sigh* and then my ideas for Abroad and Dilemma really, really suck. Possibly the thing to do would be a real alternate world, like the one where Nita and kit are... I dunno, ninjas? Ninjas are cool.
If anyone has any advice or suggestions... yeah, lots of gratitude.
2. Three ways Emily Volnik never moved to Scotland. (The Boggart, Emily/Tommy)
This one is not started and I don't know if it will ever be. But... Emily/Scotland/Tommy OT3! (not like that, you sick kids.) Seriously though. This is the fic that I want to read, and no-one's written it; so it looks like I have to write it myself. And it's hard. *sigh* But! At some point, I would be writing Scottish dancing. Yes.
*tears out hair* it doesn't seem like much, but this is just the stuff I need to write. As opposed to want to, which is a whole 'nother list...
For awhile there, though, I was writing 500 words a day. Maybe I should go back to that.
I'm also still looking for a beta for that Jonathon Strange and Mr Norrell tidbit... *flutters eyelashes* I'm a really grateful beta-ee, honest!
Was also going to talk about the new Doctor, but I can summarise it quickly: much enjoyed, will be there next week. :P
... yeah, I know, kiss of death.
As anyone who's read any of my fic knows, the stuff I tend to write resembles plotless prosepoetry a hell of a lot more than it resembles... anything else, to be honest. But that's not because I don't have ideas for longer fics: it's because I can't write them. I've written more fic in the past month or so than in, probably, the past 3 years... and yet my output still only reached, what, two thousand words? Three thousand? My only fic past 1000 being the heinous T/C I finished for chattycheese which is... some bits are okay, but the rest is *icky*. Probably because that fic was a 500-word idea that I stretched out too far because I needed to push myself, which I think is kind of a lesson. BUT I'm still determined to keep trying, I think, because I do like this fanfic schtick, and I want to encourage it in others. I have two fics I want to write right now, actually:
1. Five Things That Never Happened to Nita Callahan. (Young Wizards, various 'ships and gen)
We haven't really got a Five Things fic in this fandom, and I just wanted to write one. The problem is I haven't really got Five Things. I was going to go AU from each book (SYWTBAW: Nita never gets Manual. I actually wrote this one but I don't really like it. DW: Nita dies, which I eventually canned for Kit dying and got about 500 words of angst, some of which is really pretty good, for angst, and some of which... isn't. HW: Dairine dies and the Reconfiguration never happens. This is where I'm stuck, because, man, I have this image of a universe where the LP wins, a lot. And Dairine is dead (probably Betty too) and Kit and Nita spend a lot of time off-world fighting and losing, and Carmela is a *bad* mercenary. And yet I can't get it out, even though this is a story I really want to tell.
*sigh* and then my ideas for Abroad and Dilemma really, really suck. Possibly the thing to do would be a real alternate world, like the one where Nita and kit are... I dunno, ninjas? Ninjas are cool.
If anyone has any advice or suggestions... yeah, lots of gratitude.
2. Three ways Emily Volnik never moved to Scotland. (The Boggart, Emily/Tommy)
This one is not started and I don't know if it will ever be. But... Emily/Scotland/Tommy OT3! (not like that, you sick kids.) Seriously though. This is the fic that I want to read, and no-one's written it; so it looks like I have to write it myself. And it's hard. *sigh* But! At some point, I would be writing Scottish dancing. Yes.
*tears out hair* it doesn't seem like much, but this is just the stuff I need to write. As opposed to want to, which is a whole 'nother list...
For awhile there, though, I was writing 500 words a day. Maybe I should go back to that.
I'm also still looking for a beta for that Jonathon Strange and Mr Norrell tidbit... *flutters eyelashes* I'm a really grateful beta-ee, honest!
Was also going to talk about the new Doctor, but I can summarise it quickly: much enjoyed, will be there next week. :P