Progress Report: AFSS Ch. 3
So, I am STUCK.
I haven't even gotten anywhere, it's sad. I have the chapter mostly totally outlined, I know what's happening next, kind of. I have the first POV written but it's not even 1K (it's 900+ words, but almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, of which this is neither). Maybe that's best, since it's a new character POV and for REASONS it might be better to be short than long at this particular time. I'm not too fussed about it though I try to make the short POV's around 1.5K if I can manage it. 1.5K of worthwhile story, obviously, not annoying filler. But it's just not there at the moment. And I need a good way to close it off and transition to the next POV.
The problem is that the next POV is either going to be Coulson or Fury, haven't really decided (but probably Coulson), and I have no gumption and no motivation and no confidence. It's been the SHIELD personnel POV's that have been tripping me up since day 1. I don't feel confident in them, I don't like them, and I can't see a way around them at this point until other characters start to come into play, but it's just not appropriate to the information I want to convey in this POV to make it Clint or Natasha. They're coming. Just . . . . not yet.
I did, as I was whining just now, have an idea for another POV it could be, which would be good and make sense and build off the next character, but I haven't lined that up with the information that needs to be conveyed. I'm probably still going to have to do a Coulson or Fury POV in this chapter just to get that across. And I'm not feeling the inspiration.
Instead, I'm drowning my woes in SW fanfic, and assuaging my fixation with Obi-Wan Kenobi. Out of that has come the germination of two ficlets and a larger story as a series concept, AU'ing the prequels all the way back from the Jedi Apprentice #1 book. I went back and read it and wow, the Jedi are actually just mean. As in, the difference between constructive cricticism delivered in a positive way, and criticism delivered in a negative way, with the Jedi falling into the latter. It's also like they have no touchstone with reality, and the reality that pre-teen human males are going to be irrational, volatile, and tough to deal with simply by virtue of biology. It doesn't seem fair at all, and that's what got my dander up - I'm American, and ridiculously attached to the idea of fair. Which makes my profession a little - well, I'll go into that if anyone actually reads this and guesses what my profession is. Good luck with that.
Anyway. I'm trying to ignore the lightsaber-swinging bunnies, imminent descent of RL for, again, REASONS, and life itself. And in the meantime, I'm stuck. That's all, folks.
I haven't even gotten anywhere, it's sad. I have the chapter mostly totally outlined, I know what's happening next, kind of. I have the first POV written but it's not even 1K (it's 900+ words, but almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, of which this is neither). Maybe that's best, since it's a new character POV and for REASONS it might be better to be short than long at this particular time. I'm not too fussed about it though I try to make the short POV's around 1.5K if I can manage it. 1.5K of worthwhile story, obviously, not annoying filler. But it's just not there at the moment. And I need a good way to close it off and transition to the next POV.
The problem is that the next POV is either going to be Coulson or Fury, haven't really decided (but probably Coulson), and I have no gumption and no motivation and no confidence. It's been the SHIELD personnel POV's that have been tripping me up since day 1. I don't feel confident in them, I don't like them, and I can't see a way around them at this point until other characters start to come into play, but it's just not appropriate to the information I want to convey in this POV to make it Clint or Natasha. They're coming. Just . . . . not yet.
I did, as I was whining just now, have an idea for another POV it could be, which would be good and make sense and build off the next character, but I haven't lined that up with the information that needs to be conveyed. I'm probably still going to have to do a Coulson or Fury POV in this chapter just to get that across. And I'm not feeling the inspiration.
Instead, I'm drowning my woes in SW fanfic, and assuaging my fixation with Obi-Wan Kenobi. Out of that has come the germination of two ficlets and a larger story as a series concept, AU'ing the prequels all the way back from the Jedi Apprentice #1 book. I went back and read it and wow, the Jedi are actually just mean. As in, the difference between constructive cricticism delivered in a positive way, and criticism delivered in a negative way, with the Jedi falling into the latter. It's also like they have no touchstone with reality, and the reality that pre-teen human males are going to be irrational, volatile, and tough to deal with simply by virtue of biology. It doesn't seem fair at all, and that's what got my dander up - I'm American, and ridiculously attached to the idea of fair. Which makes my profession a little - well, I'll go into that if anyone actually reads this and guesses what my profession is. Good luck with that.
Anyway. I'm trying to ignore the lightsaber-swinging bunnies, imminent descent of RL for, again, REASONS, and life itself. And in the meantime, I'm stuck. That's all, folks.