Fanfic Update

[desertvixen]

 So, I'm sending my beta the next chapter.  I hate when I get stuck and can't get unstuck.  You know how some scenes are just vibrant and alive in your head, but you have to have the whole framework of the story?  That's where I get hung up a lot. 

 As sin_after_sin knows, I'm also one of those obsessive character people who knows her character's backgrounds and all kinds of stuff that doesn't really relate to the story... but might.  Not just the canon, but my own personal storyline as well.  I usually know what has to happen along the way, although I do get distracted. 

 And there are those scenes that just come together in your head, even if it's only a moment of the story, that is Just Right... and then you have to fill in the blanks.

 Not to mention how you always get the spark right before you SHOULD be going to bed...

 But, it's at least partly done, and I can try to work on the next piece.

 DV

Comments

[garpu]

Cool. :) I'm the same way--if I make up a character I know their whole story, more or less. When I'm writing, i generally have an idea of how things should go.

My problem's been that I have too many ideas, so I can't get going on any of them.

[desertvixen]

I have a folder called "Snippets" for EXACTLY this reason.

With the current fic I have one of Those Scenes that is really vivid, but I am having issues fitting it into the plot. But I REALLY like it, and I think it's pretty good. It would just require some suspension of reality. So, now I'll probably have to either write another story where it can flower or transform it into something that works with the current story.

I do suffer from plot bunny infestation as well. I feel your pain.

DV

[garpu]

I'm doing a prompt thingy for one pairing I do, so that's helping calm the plotbunnies a bit. I can generally work on more than one fic, so long as they're all in different stages of completion. Right now, the 3 I'd like to do are about in the same level of completeness. So I get nothing done. :/