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Day 3.
I'm finding that focussing on the word count, rather than the words themselves, is working rather well. Of course what I've written is pretty terrible, but it's there, and that feels good. Plus, today I wrote lots of arguments, and they're always fun. Especially since I've had them in my head for many many months, if not years, now and again running through them, making sure I remember all the details and bits of dialogue. Really, writing feels like transcribing a film only I can see. Which also sometimes makes me feel almost divorced from the story, if that makes sense? I mean, I know that I came up with it, but it's sort of like my brain came up with it independently of me and it feels weird to take credit for it.
Aaaand I should probably stop now - if anyone reads this I'll come across as a complete nutcase. Ah well.
4171 / 30000 words. 14% done!
Aaaand I should probably stop now - if anyone reads this I'll come across as a complete nutcase. Ah well.
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Oh, dear god, I would be a wreck. And yet, I approach most things I do in much the same way, so if that's just how I'm going to be, maybe it wouldn't be such a bad thing to get the satisfaction of writing out of it.
One of my favourite parts is where he gets an idea as he is writing (WHAT IF IT WAS WILF???) and the exhilaration just shines through wonderfully.
LOL, so are you saying this doesn't happen to you? Hmmm. It is fun to get swept up with RTD's enthusiasm, though.
'Do you ever want to just open the window and shout 'I don't have a clue what I'm doing!'?'
Yes! That was awesome. Something about Moffat just makes me feel better about life.
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And if you did it professionally you'd have an editor and so on... So, who knows? (I'd love to find out.)
LOL, so are you saying this doesn't happen to you?
OH IT DOES! It was the joy of recognition. There is nothing like it, although often it's not plot-stuff so much as seeing a connection (see why so much of my fic is full of meta? I use insight to fuel my stories. *g*). I could give you... many examples (just ask), but for now I shall just use my own fanwank of the Schism, and why the Timelords chose such a 'barbaric' rite of passage. Basically I think that looking into the Schism is what somehow 'kick-starts' a Timelord (or Lady's) mind. The Doctor repeatedly says that he can [always] see all of time (or at least the highlights), and I can't imagine being born knowing all that. So the Schism either helps them break through into that part of their mind, or they absorb the time vortex somehow, and that's where they get their knowledge. So it's barbaric, but also vital for making them what they are. It also explains the age thing, since at 8 years old they'd be old enough to understand the difference between reality and eternity.
Aaaanyway, the reason I worked this out, was because of my 'Not the Last' fic (wherein the Master has a son during The Year That Never Was, and doesn't die. It's all very AU.) and I was wondering what would happen when the boy turned eight, and whether the Doctor would choose the Schism or not... See? Fic and meta, wrapped up in each other. *g*
Yes! That was awesome. Something about Moffat just makes me feel better about life.
Oh yes. :)
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I love the back and forth between fic and meta, the way they interfuse each other. I feel like when I burn out on one I switch over to the other and the creativity starts flowing again and everything I discovered on one side of the equation transfers over to the other :-)
I'm putting together a fic right now that's like super-fused meta about River being . . . not superstitious, exactly, but ritualistic--needing her own personalized ceremonies and such to structure her life.
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:)
Perhaps around eight years old is the right window in more ways than one?
Exactly - I was thinking along those lines too. (I much prefer to work out logical explanations, rather than just complain about 'the Timelords being evil'!)
I love the back and forth between fic and meta, the way they interfuse each other. I feel like when I burn out on one I switch over to the other and the creativity starts flowing again and everything I discovered on one side of the equation transfers over to the other :-)
*nods vigorously* (And I'd add vids to that, since vids can often draw beautiful parallels or highlight things I'd never thought of.)
I'm putting together a fic right now that's like super-fused meta about River being . . . not superstitious, exactly, but ritualistic--needing her own personalized ceremonies and such to structure her life.
Ooooh, looking forward to it!