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[ladyjanelly]

Oh, fics.  Why are the first 1500 words so easy and the rest so much work?

I realized today that I carry around all the WIPs I have in notebooks in my purse.  Usually two per book (less for the fics that fill them up fast).  I'm carrying 5 at this point in time.  5!

Bastards.

Also, I am sick again. Barely got a little well after last week's yuck, and now it's back.  Sick and insomnia, bad mix.

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[myownghost.livejournal.com]

is one of the WIPs you carry around On Watt Street? :)

i hope you feel better soon.

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

Alas, no. I got to a point where I realized that my plans for that fic are much much bigger than my writer's ambition/ability/stamina.

I'm currently carrying
(unnamed) Son of a Preacher Man, SPN AU where Sam was raised by Pastor Jim and Dean never got over the loss.

Today's Tom Sawyer (next part) with guest appearance by Zack

Scar!verse

"Wicked Twist of Road," Seperated young AU, with hooker!Sam and dark-lonely-hunter!Dean

"The things they make in China these days" Jared/Jensenbot shoulda-been crack, ended up sorta freakin' serious fic. Bastard thing.

(untitled) Jensen/Jeff--Jeff's first time on bottom. Yeah.

(untitled) RPS AU Jensen's a nude model for a college's art program. Jared's the student. With social-anxiety-disorder!Jensen and Big-Puppy!Jared.

(untitled) Jared/Jensen Jared/Jeff (in an almost platonic way but not exactly) BDSM fic.

"Threw away the Sun" another seperated-young AU. Blind-oracle!Sam, just-want-to-find-dad!Dean.


Damn those easy first words. I mean seriously.

I've been writing a shit-ton lately, just not quite typing it up or posting it. Need to spend a few hrs at Chick-fil-a on friday and catch up.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

*misses Watt Street*
I know what you mean--if only I could shut up at the 2000 word point, I'd be good to go!

*patpat* Feel better!

[rjgrady.livejournal.com]

It's so easy, it's easier to write two alternate drafts of the first 1500 words than 3000 words of any one...

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

One of my problems is that there's so many bunnies, so little time. And each of them could be a 10,000-50,000 word fic. Watt St is a good example. I start working on something and then another bunny bites, and this one is newer and shinier and my attention wanders.

Or I run out of scenes before I run out of plot. I know what happens but I can't see it.

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

Sometimes it feels like there's a natural block at 1500 words, and another at around 10,000. I have to either stop before I hit those, or be prepared to just tough through them.