current writing problems
Aug. 25th, 2018 09:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
justmcshaneWell, I'm nearing 37000 words (!!) on this blasted fic, and the characters are beginning to rebel. Which I should have seen coming from the beginning, considering the situations that I have been conspiring (with myself) to put them into; and yet I'm still surprised.
1) I'm beginning to regret writing this out of order. Mainly because I'm currently halfway through writing the chapter 10 Epic Dramatic Confrontation scene, and the chapter 4 Dinner Party Scene where all of the plot threads for the reveal are set up is still at *checks* 243 words. And I have no idea how to even begin working on it. But that's just how my brain works when I'm writing these longfics, I guess.
2) Why did I pick this particular TV show to crossover with? Why oh why? I've realized just now that I cannot write any of the characters in this particular series to save my life, and even worse - they're not contributing enough to the plot for me to justify them being there.
2.5) but i can't get rid of them at this point. I'm too far into this for me to stop now.
3) Both Seven and Ace want, quite ferociously, to kill one particular character. Like, really properly kill. They have complete justification for wanting to do so, and it might even make sense story-wise for them to do it. But nonetheless - I can't morally let them commit homicide. And I'm actually afraid that I won't be able to stop them from doing it.
4) I'm also afraid that I won't finish this fic in time for the deadline. (I'm doing it for a Big Bang challenge. I swear, I didn't mean for it to get this long!) Hopefully they'll give me an extension, if I don't manage to get it all done by then.
1) I'm beginning to regret writing this out of order. Mainly because I'm currently halfway through writing the chapter 10 Epic Dramatic Confrontation scene, and the chapter 4 Dinner Party Scene where all of the plot threads for the reveal are set up is still at *checks* 243 words. And I have no idea how to even begin working on it. But that's just how my brain works when I'm writing these longfics, I guess.
2) Why did I pick this particular TV show to crossover with? Why oh why? I've realized just now that I cannot write any of the characters in this particular series to save my life, and even worse - they're not contributing enough to the plot for me to justify them being there.
2.5) but i can't get rid of them at this point. I'm too far into this for me to stop now.
3) Both Seven and Ace want, quite ferociously, to kill one particular character. Like, really properly kill. They have complete justification for wanting to do so, and it might even make sense story-wise for them to do it. But nonetheless - I can't morally let them commit homicide. And I'm actually afraid that I won't be able to stop them from doing it.
4) I'm also afraid that I won't finish this fic in time for the deadline. (I'm doing it for a Big Bang challenge. I swear, I didn't mean for it to get this long!) Hopefully they'll give me an extension, if I don't manage to get it all done by then.
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Date: 2018-08-25 05:00 pm (UTC)Are they petitioning for a chapter off or just proper paragraph breaks? ;-)
Good luck with it! What crossover fandom is it you've chosen?
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Date: 2018-08-27 01:58 pm (UTC)And it's NBC Hannibal, for some reason. I still have no idea why I ended up choosing it, but, well. Here I am.
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Date: 2018-08-27 04:14 pm (UTC)LOL, you'll have to promise them fluff later!