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big bangness!
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2,000 / 40,000 (5.0%) |
Soooo, this morning I ended up scrapping all of what I had written so far and starting over because I am clearly a masochist, but at least now the style is something I can actually write, instead of, you know, a strange mimic of a bunch of different ficcers I think do this way better than me - does anyone else ever have that problem, or is that just, like, my own special brand of idiocy? Either way, I'm looking forward to not spending hours upon hours sitting in front of my word document with my oh noes face on! Because that's so not fun. Example: from about 10 o'clock to 12 o'clock last night I had bigbang.docx open, and not one word was added. I almost threw myself down on the floor in despair.
Anyway, It only took me about two hours to write the 2,000 I have now, which is a huge boost for my flagging morale. Now I'm only worried that it might come off as too silly. Can big bangs be silly? Is that allowed? :\
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I luckily had a small inspiration last night, in that I found a perfect clip in Misbegotten, which mimics a scene in my story. I am now inspired to write my next chapter. :)
Right after I go to the store for chocolate.
I'm also just now at the 2,000 word point.
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Back in the day, when I actually wrote instead of sitting around and not writing, I did have the problem you are describing.
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IT'S A TERRIBLE PROBLEM. I don't like it, Mon. :(
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Also, as for silly fics,
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HEE YES. DEEN. God that fic cracked me up.
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and yay for some progress!
*cookies*
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A) I don't recall any goofy SGA Big Bang stories from last year (I skimmed the few that I didn't read), but there's certainly no rule against it, AFAIK.
B) Writing in your own narrative style instead of what Serious Writing/All The Cool Kids/etc use, no matter what that style is, will pretty much invariably result in a better fic. Full stop.
C) That being said, I've actually been thinking about humorous fics (which I realize is not necessarily where you're going with this) and how they are typically much shorter than the average angst fic (or a fic in another genre). And I think it's because being funny is hard to do well. A premise that works well in a 2,000 word story gets old very quickly when the story is 12,000 words long. So a premise like that in 40,000 words...doesn't bear thinking about. Most of the successful long humorous fics that I can think of often veer away from the strictly funny into angst-land or UST territory, though they may head back again later.
B+C) If your style is not This Is Serious Fiction Here, I Mean It, I think you'll have better luck with a slightly goofy Big Bang premise that doesn't hang on slapstick comedy written in your style, than in Melodrama Of The Classic Sort.
All of which amounts to...yes, go with your gut. :)
D) If you're leaning towards a 'Plenty of Paper' style, I wouldn't really say it's goofy. If I had to put that fic in a genre, I'd probably say 'Humor (sweet)'. Because while it is funny, there's also character development and places where they *realize* they're being silly (like Rodney making lists and John seeing them). And you know, hot sex. Which is always a bonus. :)
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And, yes, I've noticed that a lot of the hilarious fic in this fandom is mostly short - with the notable exception of all
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2) What I *have* read of yours I characterize as HOT and well written, so I kind of doubt "goofy" fits precisely.:)
3) I've co-written really pretty damn funny WIP story in another fandom which is also pretty hot, and I swear, it's the hardest thing to write of ALL! (My co-writer is very funny, thank goodness). I think humor/lighter writers don't get nearly enough credit sometimes. Seriously, give me angst any day - not that that's easy - but wow, it's hard to do lighter stuff well!
4) Even seeing the *phrase* Big Bang now is making me sweat, and not in the good way. I'm not trying to adopt a different *style* than normal like you maybe have been, but I've been trying and trying to outline, and I'm in the process of concluding it just. doesn't. work. for. me. Most of the best writers I know outline ahead of time, and damn I wish I could, but the writing process itself seems like how I get my best ideas, so though I have a general idea, and certain scenes I'm writing towards - ack! I'm avoiding writing, and drawing blanks, and just - it's just not a good situation. So in a way, I completely relate, because I've been trying to do things differently than I normally do, and maybe that's just not a good idea right now.
It's interesting you posted this, because over the last two days, I've been concluding I need to change how I'm attempting this, and see what happens if I use my more normal writing process. Sure, there'll be lots of rewriting/restructuring headaches as a result, but at least there'll be *something*!
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I gave up outlining within a day, so don't feel bad; you lasted way longer than I did. It's really hard to put everything down like that when you're not watching the characters act it out - or at least that was my problem. I never have any idea what's going on until I'm already finished writing it, and then I go back and change words around or edit scenes or tell Rodney to stop talking so goddamn much, and that leads me into the next part of the story, where I, once again, have no idea what's going on. I think a constant state of slight befuddlement really works for me, somehow. ANYWAY, what I'm apparently tl;dr'ing here is that, yes! I agree! Go with your normal writing process! It just doesn't work out well to force yourself into someone else's metaphorical mold if that's not how your brain works.
THE END.
Yeah, sorry about that. Cough. And here's the link to Plenty of Paper if you want it: http://unamaga.livejournal.com/195947.html