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It's kind of nice to know that I'm not alone in my love for happy endings and my frustration with the "If it's happy then it's not good literature!" police. Yay us! Go Team Happy! :-D
I finished fic editing last night and it's now resting quietly before I post on Friday. The wait until Friday is mostly (a) to give me some time for any final checks (a couple of lines got added to two chapters, I want to reread to make sure they work before I post) and (b) to give me time to think of a title.
Titles and summaries are my nemesis. It was interesting to listen to episode three of the current season of the slash report podcast where writers were discussing all the different elements of writing (seriously, go read episode 303 because it's fascinating) including the fact that they also struggle with summaries. Yay, I'm not alone!
For shorter things I've been resorting to using a couple of lines from the fic that give a feeling for what the fic is about (content and style) and, hopefully, entice people to read more. This seems to work better than I'd anticipated, at least according to my sample of two friends I've talked to about this.
For longer things where a couple of lines, however well chosen, probably won't capture the fic concept there's the actual summary to write. Fahre can tell you how many drafts I sometimes go through on this. How much wailing and gnashing of teeth there is. It's not pretty.
For the circus AU, I actually have a summary. I've had one since I was about halfway through writing the first draft.
Which only leaves the title, but do you think I can figure out a title? Nope! Six weeks I've been debating and rejecting titles. SIX WEEKS. Fahre has thrown some song lyrics at me and I think there are a couple of possibilities there. Better possibilities than anything I've come up with so far. Now I have two days to fix on something.
Yay self-imposed deadlines.
The exciting life of a fic writer, guys. Write 27k of fic accidentally. Stall out on picking a title.
( Cut for mini fitness plan catch-up )
I finished fic editing last night and it's now resting quietly before I post on Friday. The wait until Friday is mostly (a) to give me some time for any final checks (a couple of lines got added to two chapters, I want to reread to make sure they work before I post) and (b) to give me time to think of a title.
Titles and summaries are my nemesis. It was interesting to listen to episode three of the current season of the slash report podcast where writers were discussing all the different elements of writing (seriously, go read episode 303 because it's fascinating) including the fact that they also struggle with summaries. Yay, I'm not alone!
For shorter things I've been resorting to using a couple of lines from the fic that give a feeling for what the fic is about (content and style) and, hopefully, entice people to read more. This seems to work better than I'd anticipated, at least according to my sample of two friends I've talked to about this.
For longer things where a couple of lines, however well chosen, probably won't capture the fic concept there's the actual summary to write. Fahre can tell you how many drafts I sometimes go through on this. How much wailing and gnashing of teeth there is. It's not pretty.
For the circus AU, I actually have a summary. I've had one since I was about halfway through writing the first draft.
Which only leaves the title, but do you think I can figure out a title? Nope! Six weeks I've been debating and rejecting titles. SIX WEEKS. Fahre has thrown some song lyrics at me and I think there are a couple of possibilities there. Better possibilities than anything I've come up with so far. Now I have two days to fix on something.
Yay self-imposed deadlines.
The exciting life of a fic writer, guys. Write 27k of fic accidentally. Stall out on picking a title.
( Cut for mini fitness plan catch-up )
