Where I place the fics

Okay so the blogging thing is not very consistent but I thought about it today so I figured I could get a few words in before I start my 500 count. 

It's really been like famine to feast with my writing. Since I last posted about my writing glut, I've found an old Cap fic I drafted back in 2016, decided it really wasn't that bad and am now editing/rewriting it. 

For some reason I set myself a weird limitation of swapping between two stories at a time, with one being an original work. Every 2 weeks I reset my brain and start work on one of the two projects, but in doing so I set aside the longfic because I was now working on my 2016 rewrite, and it took me until yesterday to realize that, no, I have 3 projects I want to work on, why force myself into this weird one or the other.

So now, I'm still on the 2-week schedule, but now I'm switching between 3 stories instead of two. It's interesting as they all are at very different stages so I'm working all of the writing muscles. I'm zero drafting a long fic, doing a first-round edit and significant rewrite of my original story and on like a second round (with substantial rewrite/additions) on my 20K 1930s fic. Context switching is a bitch, but the mental workout is good. 

I have to admit I like the 3rd round editing of the 1930s fic, that point where you've finally got it past the sucking stage and are beating it into shape, and  the bones are mostly there... That's a good feeling. This is the start of my kink series for my new fandom so I think it will be like NewSub!John with linked stories about a new set of idiots restraining each other through time. I am going to try to switch POVs this time. I'm excited to get into both headspaces. I already have 3, wait no 4 stories running through my head. 

I've also upped my daily word count for drafting days to 500 on weekdays and 750 on weekends, holidays. I feel like I'm never going to get anything done unless I put the words down every day. 

I'm really happy to be back.

Hmmm, I can’t believe my longest fic is only about 18K, that’s like a baby novella... I think this current one will about that long? Maybe? I’m about 3K into chapter 1 and barely scratching the surface, which is both good and bad. I'm just letting the words come, even though it feels too bloated and I see things I could already cut, but first drafts are not for idea stopping, I think they're for putting down the bones even if you end up with a six-armed, two-headed skeleton. Let them come and cull them later when they aren’t looking.

I think this thing will be 4 chapters, I'm still playing around with where things should break up, and where to end things to keep the motion going forward, and not let one chapter get too bloated. I've complained to my friend this this doesn't seem like a story story, but she has told me that it is. I suppose it's a relationship arc, an emotional arc, but not all flashy, shiny, and action packed. But I don't know. This is the first time in a long time that I feel a story actually anchoring and I can see myself making it to the end. I know where to go, and I'm oddly super excited to get there. So many current flaws are standing up and flapping thier arms at me, but I'm going to keep my back to them. I know how to cull and sand. It's something.

Andiogenes​ has been a lifesaver. the word wars there have been keeping me on track and hitting my daily quota. It’s like a fic writing hot house. Thank you writerly peoples.