On Writing!

Jan 23, 2014 14:16

Finished my do-me-veela fic and came in at 12k which is AMAZING for me. The only thing that saved this from turning into 50k of me fucking around is the fact that it has absolutely zero plot.

Okay let's talk about fic/fiction writing strategyI've gotten 4 inquiries on my writing process for Azoth now, which is just mind-blowing to me since I never felt like ( Read more... )

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birdsofshore January 23 2014, 21:46:32 UTC
Oh MANTICORIA! Of COURSE you wrote that. *rolls eyes at self* Your name change really threw me, I guess. I hadn't put two and two together at all.

I like your post. I am terrible with titles. I had one all the way through for my Rubber duck fic and I found that SO comforting. Usually (my betas will back me up here) I am emailing them saying "a title? A TITLE????" about 10 mins before it is time to submit. Often I don't know wtf the story is about until I am right at the end. Then I go back and add bits in that fit with whatever theme seems to have developed, and the title might reflect that. 'Hungry' worked that way; as I wrote, Harry just developed this great, well, hunger for life, as well as a prodigious appetite, and I wanted to bring that out in the title.

Btw I meant to say before, Azoth is a way better title than Inner Alchemy.

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zeitgeistic January 23 2014, 23:58:42 UTC
>.> Yes. *hides* Were there two and two to be put together? I mean, did it feel like similar writing? I can never tell. Manticoria is an anomaly to me sometimes.

Thanks! What was your title before Rubber Duck? Or is it a secret?

I will start a titling service for fandom. Send me your summaries, I'll send you a title, haha.

Hungry was a good title!

YES, I AGREE. I love the word and it's the last word in the fic, so it feels right to me. The only angsting was because Azoth wasn't defined until really late in the story and it was a concern that it wouldn't make any sense. I just added the definition of the word "azoth" to the beginning like an epigraph and that solved that.

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icmezzo January 24 2014, 00:26:36 UTC
I looooooove titling. :D

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zeitgeistic January 24 2014, 01:22:56 UTC
With the quality titles you come up with, I can tell!

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eidheann_writes January 24 2014, 01:28:57 UTC
That's because you're nuts!

<3

(with love. Thank you for titling my minifiest)

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icmezzo January 24 2014, 01:40:36 UTC
You know, I actually looooove titling other people's fics. All the fun without the work. Now that I think about it, 95% of mine just have titles without me doing much work. They just sort of...are titled. And I have remarkably little to do with it.

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icmezzo January 24 2014, 01:47:39 UTC
Also, for the record, I'd meant to follow up and describe my actual writing process in a much longer, much more detailed tweet. And then I fell asleep. Like, passed out. At like 7pm. idek. Must be the meds I took.

Anyway, now my night is all messed up, but I shall return to this and tell you all about my methods. That seems like it might be more helpful than my random comment about titles followed by a prompt disappearance.

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zeitgeistic January 24 2014, 15:05:17 UTC
I passed out at 10, no worries. :D

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lettered January 24 2014, 05:09:31 UTC
Can you name all my fics from now on? Honestly I hate it more than anything.

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icmezzo January 24 2014, 13:13:20 UTC
yes! I would love that! Happy to at least give you suggestions!

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lettered January 25 2014, 06:56:25 UTC
Thank you! Definitely going to take you up on that!

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