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mrsronweasley) wrote2011-01-01 12:49 pm
mrsronweasley) wrote2011-01-01 12:49 pm
Year in Writing!
HAAAAAAAAAI HAPPY NEW YEAR, HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAI. \o/
I was going to post this yesterday, but right in the middle of writing, a sheet of ice fell on our (just handsomely paid-for for its various repairs) car and smashed the windshield. \o/ So, I'm doing this now. WHY NOT. HAPPY 2011, YOU GUYS. ♥
This is pretty self-indulgent, but I kind of want a record of the past year. It was, uhm. Challenging.
OH MY. Okay, so this year, started off pretty damn strong, writing wise, and kind of…continued. All in all, I wrote about 140,000 words. Which. Is a lot of words. And a lot more than any previous years.
I'm actually pretty proud of myself, in terms what I accomplished. Like. I think I posted two fics in a row in the first WEEK of 2010? I posted "Breakdown on the L.I.E." on the 2nd of January and "She (within the measure of a day)" on the 4th. That…is kind of insane. I love BOTH those fics, for different reasons. They were both supposed to be quick one-offs, with no real plot or development, really, but apparently, that's not how I roll (WHO KNEW) and wound up being harder to write than I thought, but also a lot more fun. (Still no plot, and very little development. But more words, and more porn. :D?)
The beginning of “She" was actually just something I'd emailed Anna at one point, then took the whole thing, cleaned it up, added a LOT MORE “PLOT" and the result was something I'm still pretty proud of.
(The van fic was supposed to have a blowjob in it somewhere, which is why the doc was called “van blowjob". But then there was no blowjob. That happens after the show, in an alleyway. \o/)
The next biggie was "Gathered Here to Witness" which was one of those magical writing moments I have NEVER been able to recreate since. I wrote it in just three nights, altogether. I don't know. I was just inspired or something, and I started off as wanting to write a little differently than I normally do? So the writing itself is a lot more sparse (I think) and reads better, lighter maybe. I've NEVER been able to pull anything like that off before, and it was the second longest fic I'd ever written at that point. I just had a ton of fun writing it.
(How excited am I about![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
no_tags starting tomorrow? OH SO VERY. \o/)
And THEN, I kept thinking about that world, and what would happen afterwards, and I started writing the sequel. Oh, man, that was a LOT tougher, and took a LOT longer. (Months and months, in fact.) It also wound up being 30K, which seemed RIDICULOUSLY long to me. But I really, REALLY love this ‘verse, and it's the story I might actually be the most proud of. It built itself exactly as I wanted to (until it didn't, of course, and I spent WAY too long agonizing over it, and writing and deleting shit left, right, and center. There's definitely a sex scene that I thought the fic was ~~~leading up to, and then I just COULD NOT make it happen. It wasn't until my third unsuccessful and boring-as-shit attempt at writing it that I realized why it wasn't working: Frank was simply too much of a fucking bottom. Sorry, Frankie. So, I re-wrote it entirely.)
"Undeniable" was another fic I just wrote in a couple of nights. It was different from the other stuff I was working on, and it just flowed. I loved it SO much. I knew a lot less about Jamia when I wrote it than I do now, so looking back on it, I can see canon ~~inaccuracies, but whatever. I really loved writing it.
OT4 happened, too! With![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ciel_vert. Oh man, that was fucking FUN. Again, it was something I had written and sent to Anna and Jai, and then kept THINKING about, and R. picked it up, and we ran with it. IDK. A part of me is still a little ashamed about it, I guess? Just a little? *hands* But really, I love the world we created, and it was a ton of fun. (What WAS weird (and REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE), was me accidentally writing Jamia pregnant the DAY BEFORE they announced it. I am so sorry, Ieros. /o\)
Annnnnnnnnnnnd then, at one point, I wrote a one-off little diddy about teenage werewolf Frank in heat because I was bored at work. No big. *shrugs* It was fun and easy and silly. Lalalalaaaaaaaa.
THEN, I signed up forwerewolfbigbang, because werewolves! I'd never DONE a Big Bang, but the minimum was, like, 10,000 words. I'd written 13k in less time than I had to write this, so it was fine. I was totally fine! *stretches* Hmmm, what should I write…
And then it spun out of any control I had. I. I have no idea what happened. I've NEVER written a plotty fic of ANY kind, and I know this wasn't strictly plot at ALL, but it was more than I'd ever written, in EVERY sense of the word. I kind of let it drive me crazy. I got SO involved with these characters, with this FRANK. There were times when I had NO IDEA what he was doing and had to really work at figuring shit out (even though I knew exactly what was going on “behind the scenes" with Gerard, at all times) but I loved him. I still believe in him as a character, whole-heartedly.
It was definitely the hardest writing I'd ever had to do – not just because of the deadline (which is actually what got the fic written; I'd probably have given up on it LONG before, if not for that) but because I wanted SO MUCH for it, and I went through a ton of doubting bouts while writing it. I really wanted to prove something to myself, I guess, and I did. It's maybe not my FAVORITE fic of the year, but I'm definitely proud of it. Even though I nearly lost my mind while writing it. :D: (Getting up at six am to finish YET ANOTHER BLOWJOB? NEVER. AGAIN. MOST of the missing parts when I'd submitted the rough draft were sex or sex-related. I wanted to cry.)
I just never EVER want to write another fic with THAT MUCH SEX IN IT ever again. It gets REALLY FUCKING DIFFICULT to make orgasms new and different after ten blowjobs, you guys. I still haven't written a sex scene since then, though I'm kind of getting there.
And NONE of these fics would have happened without a few key people, whom I do thank in all the notes, but seriously:ciel_vert got me through the Paris sequel like a STAR. She was amazing and held my hand and listened to me be crazy and encouraged me, ALWAYS. THANK YOU. ♥ philosiraptors did the same for me with “Run". Just. Worked out plot issues with me, cheerlead like a cheerleading THING, and never ever let me give up. ♥♥♥ Same with shiningartifact - she was so incredibly sweet and encouraging, right when I needed it. ♥♥♥ And every single one of these fics was live-blogged to the long-suffering brooklinegirl who ALSO didn't let me quit on any of them, told me I was being crazy when I needed to hear it, listened to me and made me THINK and didn't let anything slide and just. ♥ I don't know how she hasn't drowned me in the tub yet. And if you ever get a chance to have your fic beta-ed by desfinado, DO IT. She is awesome and smart and terrific and she might have made me cry bitter tears at times, but it was totally worth it. :DDDDDD
So there we have it! Goals for this year: no more Big Bangs for me. If I write a long fic, it will not be under a deadline. But I do have ~~~ideas for stuff, so we'll see. Some are sequels, some are just silly; I still kind of want to write the entire thing of the untitled kid!fic I wrote forspuzz. I have the whole thing in my head, but we'll see if I can actually put it down on paper. I'm trying not pressure myself a lot. Also, co-writing not!fic is a ton of fun, and I'm enjoying THAT right now. (Especially as it's just horribly self-indulgent, "everything I love ALL IN ONE FIC" kind of not!fic. \o/\o/\o/)
HI. WHO'S NOT HUNGOVER? THIS GIRL. \o/
I was going to post this yesterday, but right in the middle of writing, a sheet of ice fell on our (just handsomely paid-for for its various repairs) car and smashed the windshield. \o/ So, I'm doing this now. WHY NOT. HAPPY 2011, YOU GUYS. ♥
This is pretty self-indulgent, but I kind of want a record of the past year. It was, uhm. Challenging.
OH MY. Okay, so this year, started off pretty damn strong, writing wise, and kind of…continued. All in all, I wrote about 140,000 words. Which. Is a lot of words. And a lot more than any previous years.
I'm actually pretty proud of myself, in terms what I accomplished. Like. I think I posted two fics in a row in the first WEEK of 2010? I posted "Breakdown on the L.I.E." on the 2nd of January and "She (within the measure of a day)" on the 4th. That…is kind of insane. I love BOTH those fics, for different reasons. They were both supposed to be quick one-offs, with no real plot or development, really, but apparently, that's not how I roll (WHO KNEW) and wound up being harder to write than I thought, but also a lot more fun. (Still no plot, and very little development. But more words, and more porn. :D?)
The beginning of “She" was actually just something I'd emailed Anna at one point, then took the whole thing, cleaned it up, added a LOT MORE “PLOT" and the result was something I'm still pretty proud of.
(The van fic was supposed to have a blowjob in it somewhere, which is why the doc was called “van blowjob". But then there was no blowjob. That happens after the show, in an alleyway. \o/)
The next biggie was "Gathered Here to Witness" which was one of those magical writing moments I have NEVER been able to recreate since. I wrote it in just three nights, altogether. I don't know. I was just inspired or something, and I started off as wanting to write a little differently than I normally do? So the writing itself is a lot more sparse (I think) and reads better, lighter maybe. I've NEVER been able to pull anything like that off before, and it was the second longest fic I'd ever written at that point. I just had a ton of fun writing it.
(How excited am I about
no_tags starting tomorrow? OH SO VERY. \o/)And THEN, I kept thinking about that world, and what would happen afterwards, and I started writing the sequel. Oh, man, that was a LOT tougher, and took a LOT longer. (Months and months, in fact.) It also wound up being 30K, which seemed RIDICULOUSLY long to me. But I really, REALLY love this ‘verse, and it's the story I might actually be the most proud of. It built itself exactly as I wanted to (until it didn't, of course, and I spent WAY too long agonizing over it, and writing and deleting shit left, right, and center. There's definitely a sex scene that I thought the fic was ~~~leading up to, and then I just COULD NOT make it happen. It wasn't until my third unsuccessful and boring-as-shit attempt at writing it that I realized why it wasn't working: Frank was simply too much of a fucking bottom. Sorry, Frankie. So, I re-wrote it entirely.)
"Undeniable" was another fic I just wrote in a couple of nights. It was different from the other stuff I was working on, and it just flowed. I loved it SO much. I knew a lot less about Jamia when I wrote it than I do now, so looking back on it, I can see canon ~~inaccuracies, but whatever. I really loved writing it.
OT4 happened, too! With
ciel_vert. Oh man, that was fucking FUN. Again, it was something I had written and sent to Anna and Jai, and then kept THINKING about, and R. picked it up, and we ran with it. IDK. A part of me is still a little ashamed about it, I guess? Just a little? *hands* But really, I love the world we created, and it was a ton of fun. (What WAS weird (and REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE), was me accidentally writing Jamia pregnant the DAY BEFORE they announced it. I am so sorry, Ieros. /o\)Annnnnnnnnnnnd then, at one point, I wrote a one-off little diddy about teenage werewolf Frank in heat because I was bored at work. No big. *shrugs* It was fun and easy and silly. Lalalalaaaaaaaa.
THEN, I signed up for
werewolfbigbang, because werewolves! I'd never DONE a Big Bang, but the minimum was, like, 10,000 words. I'd written 13k in less time than I had to write this, so it was fine. I was totally fine! *stretches* Hmmm, what should I write…And then it spun out of any control I had. I. I have no idea what happened. I've NEVER written a plotty fic of ANY kind, and I know this wasn't strictly plot at ALL, but it was more than I'd ever written, in EVERY sense of the word. I kind of let it drive me crazy. I got SO involved with these characters, with this FRANK. There were times when I had NO IDEA what he was doing and had to really work at figuring shit out (even though I knew exactly what was going on “behind the scenes" with Gerard, at all times) but I loved him. I still believe in him as a character, whole-heartedly.
It was definitely the hardest writing I'd ever had to do – not just because of the deadline (which is actually what got the fic written; I'd probably have given up on it LONG before, if not for that) but because I wanted SO MUCH for it, and I went through a ton of doubting bouts while writing it. I really wanted to prove something to myself, I guess, and I did. It's maybe not my FAVORITE fic of the year, but I'm definitely proud of it. Even though I nearly lost my mind while writing it. :D: (Getting up at six am to finish YET ANOTHER BLOWJOB? NEVER. AGAIN. MOST of the missing parts when I'd submitted the rough draft were sex or sex-related. I wanted to cry.)
I just never EVER want to write another fic with THAT MUCH SEX IN IT ever again. It gets REALLY FUCKING DIFFICULT to make orgasms new and different after ten blowjobs, you guys. I still haven't written a sex scene since then, though I'm kind of getting there.
And NONE of these fics would have happened without a few key people, whom I do thank in all the notes, but seriously:
ciel_vert got me through the Paris sequel like a STAR. She was amazing and held my hand and listened to me be crazy and encouraged me, ALWAYS. THANK YOU. ♥ philosiraptors did the same for me with “Run". Just. Worked out plot issues with me, cheerlead like a cheerleading THING, and never ever let me give up. ♥♥♥ Same with shiningartifact - she was so incredibly sweet and encouraging, right when I needed it. ♥♥♥ And every single one of these fics was live-blogged to the long-suffering brooklinegirl who ALSO didn't let me quit on any of them, told me I was being crazy when I needed to hear it, listened to me and made me THINK and didn't let anything slide and just. ♥ I don't know how she hasn't drowned me in the tub yet. And if you ever get a chance to have your fic beta-ed by desfinado, DO IT. She is awesome and smart and terrific and she might have made me cry bitter tears at times, but it was totally worth it. :DDDDDDSo there we have it! Goals for this year: no more Big Bangs for me. If I write a long fic, it will not be under a deadline. But I do have ~~~ideas for stuff, so we'll see. Some are sequels, some are just silly; I still kind of want to write the entire thing of the untitled kid!fic I wrote for
spuzz. I have the whole thing in my head, but we'll see if I can actually put it down on paper. I'm trying not pressure myself a lot. Also, co-writing not!fic is a ton of fun, and I'm enjoying THAT right now. (Especially as it's just horribly self-indulgent, "everything I love ALL IN ONE FIC" kind of not!fic. \o/\o/\o/)HI. WHO'S NOT HUNGOVER? THIS GIRL. \o/
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MOST of the missing parts when I'd submitted the rough draft were sex or sex-related.
Like, I actually recoiled. That's TERRIBLE.
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Like, I actually recoiled. That's TERRIBLE.
DUDE, IT WAS TERRIBLE. I mean, I like writing porn, but I wrote I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY sex scenes for that fic. ALL AT ONCE. I almost stabbed myself in the face more than once.
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So. This is me telling you that you rock. And since I'm at it, I also loved Run and (Something of an) In Between and some other stuff and it was awesome too. С Новым годом!
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But, seriously, thank you SO MUCH. You've just put a huge smile on my face. Thank you. ♥
S Novym Schastiem!
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Shit, look at all of that! Just reading this brings back lovely memories of how much I enjoyed reading all of your stories this year :D I definitely feel like Undeniable and Gathered Here to Witness were up there in my list of Stories of 2010 That Made My Life Better. Like, they were INSANELY HOT but even more than that the characters were relateable and human and the stories were engaging and complex and made me feel like I learned more about MYSELF and THE WORLD just reading them. ♥ beautiful, beautiful writing!
Thanks for letting me beta for you! Sorry about the bitter tears D: But you are AMAZING and I love your writing and I'm already excited for 2011!
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And, awww, you are just too fucking GOOD to me, dude, THANK YOU. That means so much. Those two are definitely favorites for me, as well. It's funny how they ARE the ones that just leapt off the page for me. :P The least be-labored ones! I'm SO glad you loved them. What an amazing thing to say, THANK YOU. ♥♥♥
(Dude, I love that, are you kidding? I love being challenged. I would have TOTALLY had you beta "Run" had I not run out of time. /o\ And sanity. /o\)
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Thanks!! HNY!!
xoxo Anna
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Happy New Year to you, too! \o/
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