ficwriter's blues
As much as I hate to admit it, I think "Ritual" is done for now. I just can't seem to think of an angle for a following chapter - sure, the smut is simple and straightforward and easy to write, but I can't find a setting, an emotional tone, or a justification. I hate having to stop writing something because I just can't think of "what's next" - I try to bring things to an actual finish, but it's just not happening this time. I have started and given up on the sixth part SEVEN TIMES now. I have tried four or five different concepts and none of them have worked.
Fortunately, "Ritual" is really a bunch of stand-alone stories, so it's not like I'm ditching out on an unfinished story.
Of course it is unfinished - the Petrellis are still around. Their larger story has not come to an end, and I sincerely hope it never will.
Come Monday, 9pm, everything will be different again. (Remember at the last hiatus? We had no Claude, we had no Meredith, Peter was effectively dying in Nathan's arms, and HRG was much more on the dark side of gray.) Maybe that's part of my blockage. I can feel the canon monster breathing down my neck. I want it (so badly) but it also puts me in a weird situation... tricky to write in a fandom which is so new. (How the hell did people write The Black Donnellys fanfic? What were there, three episodes broadcast?... o well it didn't stop Firefly.)
I can soothe my sadness by making a new Gabriel Gray icon - thanks for wearing your glasses to red carpet events, Zachary. We love you for it.
Fortunately, "Ritual" is really a bunch of stand-alone stories, so it's not like I'm ditching out on an unfinished story.
Of course it is unfinished - the Petrellis are still around. Their larger story has not come to an end, and I sincerely hope it never will.
Come Monday, 9pm, everything will be different again. (Remember at the last hiatus? We had no Claude, we had no Meredith, Peter was effectively dying in Nathan's arms, and HRG was much more on the dark side of gray.) Maybe that's part of my blockage. I can feel the canon monster breathing down my neck. I want it (so badly) but it also puts me in a weird situation... tricky to write in a fandom which is so new. (How the hell did people write The Black Donnellys fanfic? What were there, three episodes broadcast?... o well it didn't stop Firefly.)
I can soothe my sadness by making a new Gabriel Gray icon - thanks for wearing your glasses to red carpet events, Zachary. We love you for it.