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selenayRough drafts for Marvel Big Bang have to be in on Wednesday so I've been writing madly for the last couple of weeks trying to finish. It looks like my first draft will come in at around 70k *boggles*
Hence the mad writing. I underestimated the scale of what I'd taken on in terms of how long it would end up and how much time it would take. I've accidentally written a short novel. This is the longest thing I've written since Serpent in the Shadows eight years ago and it's slightly blowing my mind that I've done it (nearly). I'll have six weeks to edit it into a coherent final draft and I already have notes on bits to rewrite and an extra scene that will be needed so that six weeks could be tight.
Eep.
How is it that I can write novel length fanfic without a problem and yet I stall out a few chapters into any original novel I attempt to write? Really, it's clear that I'm capable of writing something with that kind of length and plot depth - why can't I do that in original fic? Particularly as my novel length fanfics have always been AUs? Argh.
The weather is starting to hint at autumn and this is the time of year when I always end up itching to read murders. I've got no idea why, but there's something about cooler days and autumn smells that make me want to read a good mystery. I've got Wolf Hall on my shelf so that may be my next read :-) And I'm also building up a list of things I want for my Kindle that are all nice historical mysteries, although I want to finish my Harry Potter reread before I start Kindling those.
Mmm, books. I'm reserving a whole day over this coming weekend just to read. It'll be part of my recovery process from the Big Bang effort.
Hence the mad writing. I underestimated the scale of what I'd taken on in terms of how long it would end up and how much time it would take. I've accidentally written a short novel. This is the longest thing I've written since Serpent in the Shadows eight years ago and it's slightly blowing my mind that I've done it (nearly). I'll have six weeks to edit it into a coherent final draft and I already have notes on bits to rewrite and an extra scene that will be needed so that six weeks could be tight.
Eep.
How is it that I can write novel length fanfic without a problem and yet I stall out a few chapters into any original novel I attempt to write? Really, it's clear that I'm capable of writing something with that kind of length and plot depth - why can't I do that in original fic? Particularly as my novel length fanfics have always been AUs? Argh.
The weather is starting to hint at autumn and this is the time of year when I always end up itching to read murders. I've got no idea why, but there's something about cooler days and autumn smells that make me want to read a good mystery. I've got Wolf Hall on my shelf so that may be my next read :-) And I'm also building up a list of things I want for my Kindle that are all nice historical mysteries, although I want to finish my Harry Potter reread before I start Kindling those.
Mmm, books. I'm reserving a whole day over this coming weekend just to read. It'll be part of my recovery process from the Big Bang effort.
