Writing Whinge

[przed]

In spite of a visiting friend and a lovely migraine that's only now on the retreat after three days of making me miserable, I've actually managed to get some writing done.

The Good News
The final edits on my Wild Wild West story are in, and the zine it's in (the final issue of Gentlemen Never Tell, edited by the lovely Marian Kelly) should even now be on its way to the printers.

More Good News
I finished what I thought were the two final scenes in the Pros story I've been working on for-freaking-ever. (Not to be confused with the Pros novel I've been working on for even longer than that.)

The Not So Good News
Those two final scenes wrenched the story into a corner that there was no getting out of.

The Okay News
Whilst washing the lunch dishes up (let's hear it for working from home) I figured out a fix for the bloody story.

The Not-So-Okay News
The fix is going to require the wholesale gutting and replacement of those last two scenes. Fuckity-fuck-fuck-fuck

I shouldn't be surprised. This story was supposed to be a lark, something I could finish off in a week, tops, but it's got a screwy structure that's been a bear to work with, and in the *mumblemumble* years I've been writing it, it's morphed and mutated in a way that's necessitated multiple rewrites and amputations of various sections. I rather suspect that the discarded scenes now outnumber the ones that are actually in it.

Still, I think I've finally cracked it this time. And maybe I'll even get the bastard sorted out this week.

Doesn't make me feel like bashing my head against a wall any less, though. :-/

Comments

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Really, the good news outweighs the bad. Because you think you have cracked it. But, yikes, I know what it's like to go through all that! Still, if it is cracked--yay, at last!

I'm glad to hear you've been writing! It's amazing, given your current obligations and schedule. Although I do find that sometimes being super busy is actually helpful on the whole, er, cracking front.

Good luck!

[heliophile-oxon.livejournal.com]

You know we're going to love you for ever when we read them, though, don't you? Please don't damage any walls - we need your head intact!!!! (I suppose you may need it too, come to that). Take care of yourself - it sounds like you deserve some treats and tlc, to me.

I think you're brave to cope with discarding scenes, btw. Go you, quality at work!!!!

[ancastar.livejournal.com]

Argh! Hon, I feel for you. I truly do. I'm thrilled it looks like perhaps you've turned a corner with this opus. I =knew= you had it in you. No doubt!! If you need any beta help just holler.

It will distract me from the two Pros stories, four S&H stories and one VM vid I'm supposedly working on.

::sigh::

[towerbridge2006.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the fic. I find myself hoping you've saved your discards for some other fic usage. :-)

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

I know you're angsting and gnashing teeeth over all that extra writing work you've got to do - and my heart goes out to you. But I'm also rubbing my hands with glee at the thought of all that lovely long fic to read eventually. msmoat is right, y'know, the good way outweighs the bad..*g*

[faramir-boromir.insanejournal.com (from livejournal.com)]

Oops. Sounds like you've got the map, now you just have to cover the terrain. *pulls out nightscope to look for further pitfalls*