A trip down memory lane
Last night was a nostalgic trip through my writing files. I was curious what had been left both unwritten and untranscribed. I wrote a lot longhand once upon a time, mostly because I had boring jobs with no Net/word processor access, so a writing notebook or some scrap of paper was the next best thing.
"Get it down and sort it out later" was the order of the day. All that mattered was I wrote. I didn't worry about fannish gremlins reading over my shoulder. I did discover the flaw of AUs -- change a character too much and they might as well be an original character. That may be part of the reason the Buffy/VR5 crossover was never finished.
Then I discovered the green notebook of doom. That was the Highlander notebook. Half of it was notes/plot/story for "Never Interfere" I'd forgotten existed. The other half was notes on my original immortal character. I even had a note to myself "Cute, but too talky. She's taking over the story!" I do think it could be rewritten. I'm not losing my OC if I can help it. As long as she doesn't turn into one of the season six women, I'll be happy!
I'm not sure where the first story for the Cold Squad/Highlander crossover is. I'm hoping and praying that it's hiding in my zip disks. Otherwise it may never see the light of day again in that form.
"Get it down and sort it out later" was the order of the day. All that mattered was I wrote. I didn't worry about fannish gremlins reading over my shoulder. I did discover the flaw of AUs -- change a character too much and they might as well be an original character. That may be part of the reason the Buffy/VR5 crossover was never finished.
Then I discovered the green notebook of doom. That was the Highlander notebook. Half of it was notes/plot/story for "Never Interfere" I'd forgotten existed. The other half was notes on my original immortal character. I even had a note to myself "Cute, but too talky. She's taking over the story!" I do think it could be rewritten. I'm not losing my OC if I can help it. As long as she doesn't turn into one of the season six women, I'll be happy!
I'm not sure where the first story for the Cold Squad/Highlander crossover is. I'm hoping and praying that it's hiding in my zip disks. Otherwise it may never see the light of day again in that form.