Writing, what's that?

[lightofdaye]

Do you ever get that feeling where a plot that seemed so clear late at night or in the early morning just complete vanishes when you get in front of a keyboard?

The whole middle part of a fic just vanished into the ether for me. The things is I don't even want to write that fic anymore but I can't think of anything to replace it. What I can think of is a potential BJF fic but the pairing's incompatible with what i need to write for the fest.

And when BJF rolls around it will have gone clear out of my head.

I'm posting this but I've said it all before.

Comments

[torino10154]

My problem tends to be that when I sit down to write, I need to get from point A to point B and in the nebulous brainstorming, I hadn't really pinned that part down.

I really have to get my shit together this week or I am going to have a problem. :/

[nutmeg-44.livejournal.com]

OMG, me too. I have my Smutty Claus fic to write. I have a fair idea what I want to and plan to write, I just have none of the details that make a story.

[lightofdaye]

That's definitely part of the problem. Some of it isn't nailed down but I have the nagging feeling that I did know how other bits were going to go.

I'm in that boat. Yay! Extensions all round!

[birdsofshore]

So frustrating. My main feeling is, if you have something that's clamouring to be written, don't ignore it, even if it's not what you're "meant" to be working on right now.

[lightofdaye]

:) That's nice advice.

Yet... deadlines :S

[torino10154]

I have to agree. I often get more done in that 2-3 hours of working on the "wrong" project than I would have done on the "right" one because it wants to be written. And because so many of my fics are short, a few hours can make all the difference in the world.

[tamlane.livejournal.com]

God yes, that happens to me all the time. Or rather, I have what I think are the most brilliant ideas ever. And then I sit down to write them out, and I realize they weren't so brilliant after all. I think I like ideas more than actual stories. ;P

[lightofdaye]

This I don't believe. All your ideas are brilliant :P