So I Bit The Bullet...

[lightofdaye]

... and messaged the new mod for harryhetbigbang saying that I was going to have to consider myself dropped out of the fest. The first deadline is two days from now. And given my return trip home this weekend. I'm not going to be able to write for it today. Not that i've ever really managed to get down to any writing.

So I have about the third of the length required for the first draft. And most of that was actually written before the fest even started.

Part of it is that i've flitted between two different story ideas: A Harry/Cho one and a harry/Susan one. But mostly it's that i've never managed to sit down and write.

It's not that I've been too busy. One of the good things about work is that, out-of-work i don't have to worry what I do. It's not like school where i should be working/revising and feeling guilty when i don't.

So yeah its just that i'm lazy or maybe writing just isn't the hobby for me.

I'm feeling bummed because, The Harry het thing is exactly what i said i wanted, and i feel like I've let it down and been a bit hypocritical in the process. And second because the fest fic is adding to a pile of things i've never finished properly.

Meh, consider this post the culmination of all those whiny why haven't i done shit this weekend posts.

Still smutty_claus is still too go. i might actually finish that one, partly because of the gift swap element and partly because if you drop out they kick you out permantly.

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[luna-plath.livejournal.com]

I am in the same boat as you. Need to message the mod about the big bang and make it official, but I WILL finish smutty claus. For me I know the reason for making the deadline will be the whole getting-kicked-out business. Don't want that to happen. I guess I'm taking a break from my Harry/Pansy story, but I still like it. I do have a lot of school commitments right now, but I feel like I could make time to write if I really wanted to. I just haven't. A lot of people went through writers block at the end of the summer but mine hit me at the beginning of fall.

I'm actually a decent way into SC now, but I've only got 2 weeks until my deadline as a first-year participant. Eeeek! Still have to find a beta. Do you think you'll cary on with your story ideas even without the big bang? And how is your SC piece going?

[lightofdaye]

I've got a general idea of the points, i want to hit for my SC o hopefully i should be able to hammer it out over the next three weeks. Got about 333 words down already so i should hit the 1,000 minimum no sweat.

One thousand words is obviously a much less intimidating target than 10,000.

I dunno, with school and a social life and things I think you've got a much better excuse than me. All i've been doing it playing games and streaming cartoons.

Not sure if i'll carry on with the big bang story afterwards. I might go back to the Harry/Cho idea. Been playing with the idea of chapterising it and posting the first bit for feedback, But that would give me another ongoing fic to fail to finish...


eta: i'm glad you commented though. i take it you're okay and the effects of sandy's passage are dying down?

[luna-plath.livejournal.com]

Yeah, 1,000 words is much more doable than 10,000. I try to avoid long term WIPs for the most part. Usually if it's a chapter story I write the entire thing before posting even the first chapter, because it's never fun when authors start fics and never finish them.

Thing is, I do have a decent amount of free time I could be using to write. I just haven't been. I have wasted so much time on Reddit, or watching Breaking Bad on netflix, or...yeah. Those two things. The snow has finally tapered off, so now things should be getting back to normal in the next couple of days. A good portion of the snow melted today but there's still giant piles of it everywhere. Classes are happening again, driving is 10 times safer. It's still cold though, especially for this early in the season. It kind of makes me nervous for the rest of winter.

[lightofdaye]

Definitely, I mean I hope ny SC will reach a decent length but after i hit athousand it'll be like the kinkmeme ones; only as long as it needs to. Yeah the starting and not finishing thing really is why I shouldn't chapterise.

Well i'm sure reddit and Breaking Bad are cool anyway, ;) Good to hear things are getting better. Hopefully you won't have too many more big storms to worry about.

[lightofdaye]

Thanks for the advice, willow. I hope your nano goes well, is it o-fic?

i guess the set time thing might work. The thing for harryhetbigbang was that i'd say 'i have to do x words today.' and not stick to it. Because it'd all be 'well i'll start after tea.' and then i'd put something on till watch with tea get hooked by it and keep watching.

But 8-10pm each evening or something could work