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Can't abandon another fic...
Feb. 6th, 2022 05:01 pmOh dear... I've always promised myself that I wouldn't abandon another fic, but I'm feeling mighty tempted... I thought I got over a roadblock in the writing, but now I'm not sure where to take it next. I have some vague ideas of where I'd like it to go, but no certain scenes or direction that's really driving me. I started the fic (a FE3H Marianne/Hilda) with enthusiasm and fluff in my brain, but now I'm getting into more serious stuff and trying to make moves towards an ending which makes me feel like I'm slogging instead of enjoying the writing... which is not a great sign.
Meanwhile my inspiration for some other WIPs has been popping off decently (though with their own unique roadblocks at times), so I procrastinate on that hard work by working on these nicely-flowing ones... But I'm so excited about these other works I want to start posting them already, even though I've promised myself not to do two multichapters at once unless I know one of them is ending soon.
Perhaps it's for the best. This procrastinating-with-other-WIPs is probably good for building a buffer before posting, though I'm distracting myself from actually sitting down and working through the issues of my main work. Every other time I've felt like this the solution has usually been to just sit and force myself to type, and usually a solution presents itself when pressed. That's why I usually write to a posting schedule (whether it's a specific "one chapter every Wednesday" or a vague "one to two chapters a week"), as it forces some of that discipline with the public accountability of "I told readers this would update this much, I should honor that." Perhaps the real issue with this fic is that from the start I declared it wouldn't have a schedule. I started it a few weeks after moving for the second time in a few months, and was in the kind of bustle that I didn't feel like I could promise anything. But now I'm on steady ground, yet procrastinating and avoiding the fic with the excuse that "it's just for fun I shouldn't force it"... but like exercise, as much as I sometimes dread it, I always feel much better after having written and gotten through it (And oh boy the sweet feeling of seeing the "incomplete" symbol on AO3 change to a "complete" symbol.... feels incredible).
Meanwhile my inspiration for some other WIPs has been popping off decently (though with their own unique roadblocks at times), so I procrastinate on that hard work by working on these nicely-flowing ones... But I'm so excited about these other works I want to start posting them already, even though I've promised myself not to do two multichapters at once unless I know one of them is ending soon.
Perhaps it's for the best. This procrastinating-with-other-WIPs is probably good for building a buffer before posting, though I'm distracting myself from actually sitting down and working through the issues of my main work. Every other time I've felt like this the solution has usually been to just sit and force myself to type, and usually a solution presents itself when pressed. That's why I usually write to a posting schedule (whether it's a specific "one chapter every Wednesday" or a vague "one to two chapters a week"), as it forces some of that discipline with the public accountability of "I told readers this would update this much, I should honor that." Perhaps the real issue with this fic is that from the start I declared it wouldn't have a schedule. I started it a few weeks after moving for the second time in a few months, and was in the kind of bustle that I didn't feel like I could promise anything. But now I'm on steady ground, yet procrastinating and avoiding the fic with the excuse that "it's just for fun I shouldn't force it"... but like exercise, as much as I sometimes dread it, I always feel much better after having written and gotten through it (And oh boy the sweet feeling of seeing the "incomplete" symbol on AO3 change to a "complete" symbol.... feels incredible).
