"I'm going to finish my damn story!": a support thread

[StillStunned]

I managed another 322 words yesterday!

 

[millamomud]

I was thinking about posting this pic again:
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...but no, sometimes there's no use forcing it. This thread is to help us get through our procrastination, not to drive us into a brick wall.

Take a break and come back later.

Good news! After two weeks of nothing I managed to finish chapter 6 today. Turns out I didn't have to write the whole game out, just one or two key interactions.

 

[NuclearFairy]

Good news! After two weeks of nothing I managed to finish chapter 6 today. Turns out I didn't have to write the whole game out, just one or two key interactions.

 

[designatedvictim]

Latest status for Figure Study with my Sister - done with placeholder scenes. That last scene really didn't need as much work as I thought... most of what I intended to add had already been done.

About 800 new words since Monday's post.

Gonna do another end-to-end read-through. Essentially a last editing pass.

The new bits done tonight will probably get some buffing and polishing.

Then bite the bullet and publish. I doubt the last pass will be done for tomorrow, so if I'm lucky, maybe Friday, then see how long it takes to approve.

According to MS Word, it's at 48501 words (including Word's index page and an Author's Note at the beginning - because people don't read the tags).

 

[StillStunned]

Good news! After two weeks of nothing I managed to finish chapter 6 today. Turns out I didn't have to write the whole game out, just one or two key interactions.

 

[StillStunned]

Latest status for Figure Study with my Sister - done with placeholder scenes. That last scene really didn't need as much work as I thought... most of what I intended to add had already been done.

About 800 new words since Monday's post.

Gonna do another end-to-end read-through. Essentially a last editing pass.

The new bits done tonight will probably get some buffing and polishing.

Then bite the bullet and publish. I doubt the last pass will be done for tomorrow, so if I'm lucky, maybe Friday, then see how long it takes to approve.

According to MS Word, it's at 48501 words (including Word's index page and an Author's Note at the beginning - because people don't read the tags).

 

[Statius]

How about 'Im going to find the spine, nerve, balls to start my story because I'm too fucking nervous that I'll fuck it up' thread?

 

[StillStunned]

How about 'Im going to find the spine, nerve, balls to start my story because I'm too fucking nervous that I'll fuck it up' thread?

Too nervous to start? Why? You can stop whenever you want to!

 

[Statius]

Too nervous to start? Why? You can stop whenever you want to!

I'll be fine. This one means something though. It's THE story, you know? The one that matters. It'll be alright, gonna start tonight if time allows.

 

[StillStunned]

I'll be fine. This one means something though. It's THE story, you know? The one that matters. It'll be alright, gonna start tonight if time allows.

If you need encouragement to keep going when the going gets tough, you know where to find this thread.

 

[TruthwithaTwist]

My Vegas Birthday Weekend has become my Lit enemy. I've had the whole story laid out in my head for a few years now (and it's based on a real weekend, which makes it 'easier' in theory.)

It just seems every time I get focused on writing, I shift to a new story or contest and the end of this one gathers more dust. Good news is, I have about half of Chapter 6, the penultimate chapter, done. Now... just need to finish it.

And eventually Chapter 7 to wrap it all up.

 

[anthrodisiac]

I've started working on chapter 6 of my Once You Go Anthro series, after asking AH about sub-arcs in serialized works and agonizing over chapter placement for the last two weeks.

"I"

Good start.

 

[Statius]

Almost 200 words for my opening paragraphs; brand new. How long will they stay that way? Who knows. But I have my starting point, my new beginning for the reimagined 'Ria's Seduction'.

 

[StillStunned]

It just seems every time I get focused on writing, I shift to a new story or contest and the end of this one gathers more dust. Good news is, I have about half of Chapter 6, the penultimate chapter, done. Now... just need to finish it.

 

[Smuttyandfun]

I'm at just over 10K words and still going. It might be a little longer than I'd planned, but I'm determined to get it finished.

 

[StillStunned]

I'm at just over 10K words and still going. It might be a little longer than I'd planned, but I'm determined to get it finished.

 

[Statius]

200 more words tonight and the first paragraph I'm not sure about. Anyway, it goes pretty well but damn. I'm using a narrative technique I've never used before and it's nerve-wracking. 1st person stream of consciousness. In another thread I referenced 'Tristram Shandy', but that's not accurate; feels more like Salman Rushdie in 'Midnights Children'; I hope everyone understands I am not comparing; let's not get crazy here.

I think it works, but trying to control it is challenging. Small chunks of writing then walk away for a bit. I am aware that it's a bad idea to use that for too long and the narrative will settle in to a more traditional 1st person, but I think what I have right now works; I doubt anyone would recognize it as my writing if they had ever read anything of mine. Anyway

Peace

 

[Statius]

We do that one friday night over beer, coffee, psychedelics, and pastries.

It's Friday night. Where's the beer, coffee and psychedelics? And the pastries, if you don't bring the pastries don't bother, we won't be friends.

 

[anthrodisiac]

I've started working on chapter 6 of my Once You Go Anthro series, after asking AH about sub-arcs in serialized works and agonizing over chapter placement for the last two weeks.

"I"

Good start.

So, not only did I write 2300 words today aftering deciding the next chapter will be MFF human/gecko/skink, the story no longer starts with "I"!

"It"

I added a t. Didn't realize how much work that "t" was doing until I hit the "t" key a couple hours ago and realized the start of the story wasn't anything like I imagined...

Trippy.

Also, tossed about 700 of them right out of the gate. So, total for this chapter is currently 1600, not bad.

Hurrah.

 

[StillStunned]

200 more words tonight and the first paragraph I'm not sure about. Anyway, it goes pretty well but damn. I'm using a narrative technique I've never used before and it's nerve-wracking. 1st person stream of consciousnesses. In another thread I referenced 'Tristram Shandy', but that's not accurate; feels more like Salman Rushdie in 'Midnights Children'; I hope everyone understands I am not comparing; let's not get crazy here.

I think it works, but trying to control it is challenging. Small chunks of writing then walk away for a bit. I am aware that it's a bad idea to use that for too long and the narrative will settle in to a more traditional 1st person, but I think what I have right now works; I doubt anyone would recognize it as my writing if they had ever read anything of mine. Anyway

Peace

When I was writing stream of conciousness for "Into The Night', it was similar. It's such an immersive experience that it's emotionally exhausting. I had to force myself to continue again and again, and without the deadline for the Born to Run challenge I doubt I'd have finished it.

 

[anthrodisiac]

200 more words tonight and the first paragraph I'm not sure about. Anyway, it goes pretty well but damn. I'm using a narrative technique I've never used before and it's nerve-wracking. 1st person stream of consciousnesses. In another thread I referenced 'Tristram Shandy', but that's not accurate; feels more like Salman Rushdie in 'Midnights Children'; I hope everyone understands I am not comparing; let's not get crazy here.

I think it works, but trying to control it is challenging. Small chunks of writing then walk away for a bit. I am aware that it's a bad idea to use that for too long and the narrative will settle in to a more traditional 1st person, but I think what I have right now works; I doubt anyone would recognize it as my writing if they had ever read anything of mine. Anyway

Peace

Ooph, I haven't tried stream of consciousness in forever. Gods bless you.

The control is always the hardest part. It's so easy to spiral, but you still need to balance story against that. I think when I did mine it was about 10k, and it was just a soup of madness. Maybe more like a chowder.

We're rooting for you!

 

[StillStunned]

So, not only did I write 2300 words today aftering deciding the next chapter will be MFF human/gecko/skink, the story no longer starts with "I"!

"It"

I added a t. Didn't realize how much work that "t" was doing until I hit the "t" key a couple hours ago and realized the start of the story wasn't anything like I imagined...

Trippy.

Also, tossed about 700 of them right out of the gate. So, total for this chapter is currently 1600, not bad.

Hurrah.

 

[Statius]

Ooph, I haven't tried stream of consciousness in forever. Gods bless you.

The control is always the hardest part. It's so easy to spiral, but you still need to balance story against that. I think when I did mine it was about 10k, and it was just a soup of madness. Maybe more like a chowder.

We're rooting for you!

Yes! The story is the 'control' part; why it's in small chunks, making sure I'm keeping to it.

 

[designatedvictim]

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Final check-in.

Just submitted Figure Study with my Sister, 48833 words w/Author's Note and tag-repeat (because no one reads the tags).

Added about 330 words during the last-pass, edit.

Listened to MS Word doing its horrible best to read it to me as I followed by eye. Found a surprisingly large number of places that I dropped articles that needed adding.

It wasn't surprising that the newer material was some missing words, but this was at least the third full-read-through where I had Word spit it back at me that way.

Now we find out how long it takes for my stuff to get approved.

 

[NuclearFairy]

I got 858 words out tonight! =D And I'm getting closer to the actual end of this. Or at least the end of the sexytimes, and since this is a short story...