Fic Writing Whinge

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Haven't done one of these yet this year and it's nearly February. Also, I should have a special icon for this topic. Definitely.

Anyway, I think my rekindlespangel story is finished, but I'm not happy with it.



Trouble is, I think it's fine as a piece of writing (or as fine as I get, not making any claims to anything more), but I don't really like how it's worked out, and I suspect a lot of other people won't either. On the other hand, it's all I've got, and it's got to the stage now that if I fiddle with it any more, I'll ruin it (even, I suspect, if I fiddle with it to make myself like it better).

Writing is hard an' stuff.

My posting day is Wednesday, btw, and I've been so bound up in trying to write the bloody thing that I forgot Nephew 5's eighteenth birthday. :( It's hard to tell because he's monosyllabic at the best of times, but he may never forgive me.

Comments

[chasingdemons.livejournal.com]

aaarrrgh! I have a feeling things aren't going to work out very well with Angel and Spike. This makes me nervous. :-) (But sorry about you missing your nephew's birthday. Perhaps you can make it up to him.)

[chasingdemons.livejournal.com]

And also... your writing is so amazing, if the story is angsty, maybe that's just the way it's supposed to be.

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But sorry about you missing your nephew's birthday. Perhaps you can make it up to him.)

I daresay he'll mumble something approximating to thank you when we give him his present. ;)

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Sadly, I fear it is. When I tried writing a less angsty bit at the end it just di-idn't work at all.

[chasingdemons.livejournal.com]

I always squee when a story ends with Spike all happy and loved, but It would be boring if that happened all the time. The stories that don't end well are often the ones that are most impactful. These characters would be nothing without a angst. I say go for it.

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Well, it may not be as bad as you fear. :)

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Your nephew will forgive you if he ever wants another birthday gift, I'll wager! (And really, at 18 one ought to start realizing one isn't at the center of the universe, and a day or two either way doesn't much matter. Do I sound bitter?)

I'm sure your story is fine. I always hate mine at some point. Better to hate 'em before posting than after, I always say.

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Your nephew will forgive you if he ever wants another birthday gift, I'll wager.

I expect so. Not that I've given him anything yet. ;)

Sorry if the same thing happened to you.

Better to hate 'em before posting than after, I always say.

Quite right.