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Part 4 - Original Fic
For a number of reasons not having any original fic that I could point to has been a problem for me recently. Even just yesterday, there was a place I could have linked original work if I had any. Also, I am not getting younger and always wanted to be a writer, so not even having shareable writing samples is making me feel bad. I really want to have some completed original work soon, but also it is going to take a minute to figure some out and write it.
I have a few options:
* I do think my train novel is very do-able, even though there are things about the plot I still need to nail down.
* I could pivot some current WIPs, like the Constantine one, into original work
* I have a different werewolf novel that I very much want to work on, but it's not first impression material.
* Figure out some short fics I could just get done fairly quickly. Thinking about this I did come up with a character and some world building around him, but don't have great plot ideas for him. This is an eternal problem with me, coming up with world building is one thing, intriguing openings I can do, but where do I want the story to go? I am trying to think about some very short things I can do, and playing around with this one UF concept about a photographer... in Portland... whose mental map is based on the local art scene. I mean, I could do a lot of great detail for a concept like that? Anyway, I am spending some time bouncing ideas around for... hopefully something?
So, I have a lot of things I want to get done. This is probably too much to all manage in a year, but I just need to keep pushing. Maybe once my current projects are done I can pivot to focused more on original stuff for a bit. Sorry if that was a lot of rambling, but writing it all out once in a while helps me organize. And maybe soon-ish I might actually pivot to using trello just to make sure I don't lose track of goals and also projects where I have a lot done on them.
For a number of reasons not having any original fic that I could point to has been a problem for me recently. Even just yesterday, there was a place I could have linked original work if I had any. Also, I am not getting younger and always wanted to be a writer, so not even having shareable writing samples is making me feel bad. I really want to have some completed original work soon, but also it is going to take a minute to figure some out and write it.
I have a few options:
* I do think my train novel is very do-able, even though there are things about the plot I still need to nail down.
* I could pivot some current WIPs, like the Constantine one, into original work
* I have a different werewolf novel that I very much want to work on, but it's not first impression material.
* Figure out some short fics I could just get done fairly quickly. Thinking about this I did come up with a character and some world building around him, but don't have great plot ideas for him. This is an eternal problem with me, coming up with world building is one thing, intriguing openings I can do, but where do I want the story to go? I am trying to think about some very short things I can do, and playing around with this one UF concept about a photographer... in Portland... whose mental map is based on the local art scene. I mean, I could do a lot of great detail for a concept like that? Anyway, I am spending some time bouncing ideas around for... hopefully something?
So, I have a lot of things I want to get done. This is probably too much to all manage in a year, but I just need to keep pushing. Maybe once my current projects are done I can pivot to focused more on original stuff for a bit. Sorry if that was a lot of rambling, but writing it all out once in a while helps me organize. And maybe soon-ish I might actually pivot to using trello just to make sure I don't lose track of goals and also projects where I have a lot done on them.
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Date: 2024-01-13 03:45 am (UTC)From:I really like the train idea, and I do hope you wind up completing it at some point.
(I also sympathize about the whole "ah yes, interesting world, characters I like... now what to do with them in terms of plot?" I've got at least a few of those. Allegedly plot ideas are supposed to be the easy part, but oh, the struggle sometimes.)
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Date: 2024-01-13 11:21 pm (UTC)From: