Quote:Ye gawds, and I thought I was bad. I've got about 120K worth of fic - I judge it to be roughly the first 1/3 to 1/2 of a completed whole - just sitting there because I don't have a clear idea of what comes next or how to end it. I've been fiddling around with this thing since 1998 - 6 years now. I've tried changing the plot, to no avail. I've even tried re-writing it into a crossover in hopes of something kicking loose, but two different attempts with 2 different series (one a Japanese terebi dorama) didn't help either.
To put it another way... I have eight parts, from 40-100k, and have been working on the project in one form or another for ten years yesterday
That's what usually happens with me with longer stuff (long for me, just a chapter for some people). With True Love (BGC fic) the middle was written first, then the beginning, and both rather quickly. The last third, though, got scrapped and rewritten about 10 different times before I found something that worked for me. I had to get a co-writer (Andy Skuse) before Into the Shadows (BGC fic) even got moving. And then there's the stalled project. Short fics - once I get an idea worked out in my head I can usually get it out in a couple days. I have no idea how some people can spin out very good stories in very short periods of time.Jeanne
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