Writing habits

[mhalachai]

So my pattern seems to be, write write write when I post a new story, then let it slide a bit. Not concious at all, I swear. The next chapter of Candlelight is mostly done, but I need to run it through the Buffy filter tomorrow (aka: Is this Buffy's thoughts?). I also need to make a flowchart as to how the various parts of my Mind the Gap saga mesh together. Because technically, the parts I've written for Candelight and the Me in Team take place before the next chapter of Mind the Gap.

Inevitable... I'm trying to write a Jason and Harry and vampire scene, and it's hard. Trying to make Harry into the honourable one is hard, because Harry's never had to defend a lady's honour before. And trying to describe the Circus always makes my head ache. And then comes the Anita/Richard/JC scene in which Richard finds out his pack has been keeping things from him. *ominous music*

Masks: Done. Over. Finished. The only other thing Kindred the Embraced on my mind these days is a FFA entry idea or two.

Any Given Tuesday: Maybe with my new and improved work schedule, I can get more productive use out of my day. I think part of the problem is I'm wacko convinced I'm under a deadline for Inevitable, of July 15. And with the length Inevitable will probably be... Must remember that this is all for fun. Must remember...

Comments

[cissasghost.livejournal.com]

Oh, I SO know what you mean, about the deadline! I feel that way with AYG, too, even though it's been AU for a whole book now . . I just feel like, it's going to be heading into the home stretch very shortly, and if that's happening at the same time as the new book's out, is anyone really going to be paying attention to my fic? Oh well.

Anyway, you've gotta write at your own pace, really . . if you rush it, you muck things up in embarrassing fashion and have to go back and re-upload corrected chapters and hope nobody noticed and .. it's just bad, trust me. ;)

-Sonya

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

It took me about a week of working on Candlelight part one to really get into the story, mostly because it's so different than what I usuall do. Plus, Buffy, who I always feel like I'm making totally OOC.

I figure that if you get enough interest in your story, then readers don't mind when it goes AU. I'm still digging AYG :) and there's a few HP stories that are now AU that I still follow slavishly.