Tag: writing and whatnot

ltleflrt replied to your post “I usually don’t use outlines. This time I tried because I might as…”

I also don’t outline. Either this same thing happens, or else my brain goes DONE and I no longer want to write the story.

I have the same problem. It’s great for when I have plot bunnies I’m not interested in but need to get out of my head, but not so great when I actually wanna write it. 

Lately my memory has been crap so I figured it’d be a good way to keep track of what the hell I wanted to do in this fic but now it’s looking like I’m gonna have to trash three whole chapters. It’s probably for the best, though. It’s a slow burn but if I don’t start getting these two idiots to interact and fall in love I become the asshole who spends five thousand words describing soup instead of plot. 

I usually don’t use outlines. This time I tried because I might as well try to be a little organized right? That’s all well and good but now a huge chunk of my outline no longer works for this fic b/c it’s so far off the rails.

Oh well. Re-outlining time I guess.

Me: Okay, which WIP should I work on now? 

Writer Brain: You know what would be fun? 

Me: What’s that? 

Writer Brain: An arranged marriage au with vampires.

Me:…Brain…

WB: Yeah, like, where vampires were evolved alongside humans as a separate but similar species, like Neanderthals. 

Me: No Brain. We already have so many things to think about. 

WB: Of course the vampires would live past above the Arctic circle and their culture and customs would be completely different from regular humans. Maybe they feed on polar bears. 

Me: Stop it! 

WB: And we’d have to have a time period. We already have two AUs with monarchies so maybe we leave that out this time. Modern day might not work. Actually maybe vampires live where the sun isn’t out all the time but where polar bears are don’t live, like Washington. Polar bears would probably kill vampires pretty easy. 

Me: *head desks repeatedly* 

WIP Title Meme

I saw @maliciouslycreative and @jhoomwrites do this and it seemed like fun so I decided why not, right? Could be fun. 

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Send me an ask with the title that most intrigues you, or interests you and I’ll post a little snippet of it or tell you something about it!

Supernatural 

  • Bang, Bang (Daddy’s Little Psycho) 
  • Look Who’s Talking Four: The Hap-peen-ing
  • The Dragon’s Keep
  • Borrowed Time 
  • Dean/Ketch
  • Dean/Cas – sadism/masochism 
  • Some Things Last Sequel
  • 14×03 Coda
  • SamJack – broken ribs
  • Home or Something Like It 
  • Jack Asks About Cas
  • The Dork Awakens

Star Wars 

  • A Thing With Feathers
  • Finnderella 
  • Scare Tactics – Reylo AU
  • Reylo – Communication Suddenly Cut Off
  • Love Bites
  • Tastes Nothing Like Purple
  • Thanksgiving Nonsense
  • Bound and Tide 
  • All That Glitters

I had to clean out my wips today and it’s a real shame that some of them were a) so vague I have no idea what I was going to do with them or b) so short there’s no point in keeping them around. Not to toot my own horn or anything, but some of my little details are just too much fun. My favorite has to be Cas drinking from a mug that says World’s Okay-est Brother. I’m gonna have to add that to something in the future. 

So just because I’m curious…

How many of the folks who follow me actually still read my fanfic? I know I haven’t updated in a while and this year isn’t nearly as productive as last year, but are you interested in what I’m writing?