Dontcha just love it when a fic writes itself?

[happydalek]

The words flow!  Things happen!  And it is good.  I love it when that happens.  :)

But today....that didn't happen.  At least it didn't feel like it.  I spent most of the afternoon and evening trying to write one particular scene.  It ended up as two scenes, and a combined total of 1,600 words (which is kinda wow), and it felt just like a term paper.  Like trying to craft the introduction to a term paper.  (Because that was always the part I hated the most and saved til last to do.)  Ugh.  The worst part is, I know almost all of it is going to end up on the cutting room floor after I finish this draft.  It's a fic I started writing almost 3 years ago, and my progress on it stalled completely last summer.  I've taken it up again mostly because I'm tired of it sitting on my harddrive and mocking me with its incompleteness.  The current draft is probably about 2/3 done, and I've known for a long time how it's going to end, I just couldn't make it happen.  But now I'm trying to embrace the suckitude.  I'm going to finish the draft and then I'm going to perform a massive rewrite on said draft before I think of hunting down a beta for it. 

Also, I don't recommend taking such a lengthy break on a writing project.  Half of my computer time today was spent reminding myself what was going on and how much everybody knew and what things were called.  *headdesk*

Comments

[ghost2.livejournal.com]

I don't recommend lengthy breaks, either. I have unfinished fics that are older than three years. I really ought to finish the one that's already near completion and has a fairly simple plot. *adds to 'to-do' list*

[happydalek.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've discovered that I really need deadlines imposed on me by outside forces. It's amazing how little I will get done under my own auspices. Good luck on your fic!