Deviant Tales

I got my bingo card, looks great! This time I don't have a problem with the kinks though, I have a problem with fandoms. What to write? I have no idea.

Well, I have some idea. It can't be XMFC, that's for sure. Something else. And I really don't want to do Avengers either, not for all of it.
Maybe I need to take a look of my dvd closet (yes, a closet. Movies fall out when you open the door. It scares people.) and make a list of things that look interesting. Try something new.

I'm trying to get back to Path, I was really disheartened about it in Midsummer. It was Fic Rush weekend, I still couldn't get the damn thing in better shape.
But now I had a week off, so time to give it another go. It's not an impossible task, I can do it. I will do it.

As always seems to go, one step forward, two steps back.

Monday was a complete wash, and today wasn't much better. I have to tackle the tricky parts of the story sooner or later, and I'm lacking workable ideas. And when the going gets tough, the tough start doing something else. Instead working on Path, I wrote two pages worth of something else.
Obviously I need to focus better.

Accomplished: around (new) 500 words.

To improve: better word count, more focused editing.

Goals: finish patching together the first whole draft.

And next update coming in Thursday!

Slow start, slow.
I bribed myself to write with an ice-cream sandwich. And I keep going to the kink meme, reading prompts and wishing I could write them. It's like being in a candy store without money.
But them's the breaks.

Accomplished: I went through the bits and pieces, and draw up an outline for the last chapter. Compiled one part together, approximately 830 words.

To improve: haven't used the pomodoro technique.

Goals: finish one section, write 1000 words.

Next check-in day, Sunday!

I noticed that it has been awhile since I took a look about my writing docket, so why not now.

Upsides first: I have + 3000 words on the (hopefully) last chapter of Path, 1800 word meme fill (out of whim), 4800 word Kink Bingo fill (posted), 3 squares started, the Tentacle fic is around 3000 words and the Maid fic has about 500 words typed and 4 or 5 pages handwritten.

Downsides: whole bunch of things started, nothing much finished.

A big downside. There is two months left on KB, I would really like to have a bingo by then. Also, finishing Path? That would be really great, a serious victory dance time.

Back to the keyboard then, writing gets fics finished.

The last 4 days until the project deadline.

Positives: it's the start of my holiday, so I have nothing else planned but writing. I have two sections half done, combined maybe 5 or 6K. I have some ideas to work with, and I think I know what I want to happen in this fic.

Negatives: still missing two fight scenes, but I usually can write those rather quick when I figure out who is fighting who and why. The two sections I have won't be enough, I can't end the fic to this chapter. Or I can, but it won't be ending, it will more like 'I burnt out, can't do it'.

My plan right now is to finish these two half-done sections into one cohesive chapter, post it within the project and call it a second-to-last chapter. And then write the last chapter, that hopefully will BE the last chapter.

That't the plan. Now to execute it!

Oh Path, my trouble child. I've set a day goal of 500 words, and so far I've kept it rather easily. But to be honest, I have focused to rewrite the existing pieces, so that racks up word count quickly.

I'm trying to maintain sort of easy-breezy attitude when writing. I think the reason this fic has stalled for so long, it's because I started to lose my nerve and I didn't want to make decisive decision where I wanted to take the story. I kept going back and forth, big waste of time.

Accomplished: 500 word day goals.
To improve: better writing pace -> better scheduling.
Goal: moving on from rewriting to writing.

My time frame bungled spectacularly on this project: one fic out of three finished within the original schedule. So I'm extending this project until the end of July.

Situation at the moment:

1) Rat Race
I finally came up with the core piece that pulls the story together! This means I now see how start and end will fit together, and my editing is also 100% more efficient at the moment.
I'm still missing a scene, but I am going to get this fic hammered together for a read through/editing no later than Friday.

2) Path
I got a comment on this, asking if I'm going to post the last chapter. I promised to the commenter that I will get the chapter up no later than the end of July.
I have plot points jotted down, ten or so pages in longhand and the same amount typed up. My problem with this story is that I have two possibilities: use the plot scheme to the fullest -> the last chapter will be long, and I'm not certain I can write it within the time schedule OR take more direct route, which will end the story quicker but that, I feel, would short change the readers who had patiently waited since April for the last chapter.
I think the biggest reason why this fic isn't finished yet, is because it makes me feel irresponsible. It's my biggest kudos/comment/hits fic, and I haven't finished it in timely manner. I'm embarrassed about it.

So, lots of emotions about writing at the moment. On happier note, Kink Bingo has started, I have my shiny bingo card, the carrot at the end of the stick. When Project TM fics are done, it's time for the kinky goodness!

I'm working frantically on the Rat Race -fic. I don't remember ever having this much trouble with a fic before. I don't know what the problem is with it.

My planned time schedule blew to smithereens, and at the moment I'm way behind on this story. Today is the deadline, and the story is still very much in shambles. Though, if I find the right thread to pull, it might shape up quickly - I have plenty of pieces written, it's the matter of the pieces not fitting together.

The word count is alright, the concept is fine, I have a start, I have an ending, I have solid bits from the middle. There is definite promise here, but I'm frustrated with the fic and that doesn't help.

Accomplished: RR over the minimum word count, stuff from notebooks typed up, few pieces connected.
To improve: attitude. Big obstacle right now.
Goal: editing RR

It's Saturday and it looks like this will be wasted as I got stuck with relatives. However, in challenging times like these, a little notebook is good to have. I've been jotting down notes and bits of dialogue - better than nothing.

I smacked head first into writer's block. Or maybe not writer's block as such, but more like being tired with writing.
I'm writing the same things over and over. I don't think I'm improving, and that is frustrating. I would like to get better, write brilliant stories, but I don't know how. Except by writing tons of crap stories first, isn't that how it's supposed to go? It's tiresome, that's all.

But no matter, onward with the project!

Accomplished: WoD rounds on all project fics, 1000 words to RBB fic (end scene!), editing rounds, six pages in the notebook for Path.
To improve: more focused WoD rounds, one writing day of editing for RBB fic.
Goal: getting RBB together from pieces.

Last day of the Project, and the last fic 'Into His Arms' is finished and posted!

Into His Arms, ~13 700 words.

To me, the project was a success: I finished three wip's, and within the time I scheduled for it.

I don't think the ends were as polished as they could've been, and over all the fics had plenty of inherit problems - plot holes, repetition etc. I'm not completely satisfied how the stories turned out, but I made finishing the stories my main priority - no endless rewriting. I picked one solution and then moved on to the next problematic part.

And now it's time to turn to the next three WIP's I have. The three I finished were the oldest WIP's, and the next three are the biggest: RBB, Path and Untitled 10K smut fic. But more on those later, after I've decided on the time schedule.

Now, victory lap *woo!* and then some ice-cream!