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cauliflowerganache) wrote2023-07-04 08:47 pm
cauliflowerganache) wrote2023-07-04 08:47 pm
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the writing is going terribly
homies, i have to be honest. the wip is not going well at all. Part two is a huge, scattered mess and everytime i sit down to write it feels as though i'm hitting a big fuckin wall of concrete. ITS BAD! i think part of it is like, the length is intimidating me, because I haven't written a full fic this long before. in my draft notes, i had: "maybe 2.5k for part one and 2.5K for part two?" and now my document is 17 500 words long. so yeah. so much in part one was written spontaneously, and so the length grew very organically. I wasn't thinking about making wordcount. Now in part two, i am ACUTELY aware that i can't just wrap up in like, 2.5k words. And so im intimidated.
it's also like. oh my god this plot had good legs in the beginning, its got good legs right at the end, but the middle part is just a huge series of question marks. I'm not sure I enjoy (writing) the kind of lull between the action where characters are just kinda percolating in their feelings. I somehow don't know what to make them do, which is ??? strange to think about but yeah im like. Ok put them in rehearsal- boring. put them on set - boring. put them at a big group dinner - okay slightly interesting actually i managed to write some stuff on that. but anyway.
Anyway. Earlier I tried to change up the horrendous vibes by switching character POVS. i was thinking that maybe part of my issue was trying to write two complete emotional arcs for both characters and that was overwhelming so i should cut down and just focus on the one journey. It wasn't terrible actually, and so i might just carry on with this and save the other character pov vignettes for a coda or something. WHO KNOWS!!!
Anyway, going to try and write some now. because i do love this fic underneath all this angsting, and i can't wait to share it. byee
it's also like. oh my god this plot had good legs in the beginning, its got good legs right at the end, but the middle part is just a huge series of question marks. I'm not sure I enjoy (writing) the kind of lull between the action where characters are just kinda percolating in their feelings. I somehow don't know what to make them do, which is ??? strange to think about but yeah im like. Ok put them in rehearsal- boring. put them on set - boring. put them at a big group dinner - okay slightly interesting actually i managed to write some stuff on that. but anyway.
Anyway. Earlier I tried to change up the horrendous vibes by switching character POVS. i was thinking that maybe part of my issue was trying to write two complete emotional arcs for both characters and that was overwhelming so i should cut down and just focus on the one journey. It wasn't terrible actually, and so i might just carry on with this and save the other character pov vignettes for a coda or something. WHO KNOWS!!!
Anyway, going to try and write some now. because i do love this fic underneath all this angsting, and i can't wait to share it. byee