Writing wittering

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I'm having a good week with writing this week (the first in ages).



I've written two more parts of that Ten Years After story I started on sb_fag_ends in July (was it really that long ago?). It's now 11,000 words all told, but I still don't feel ready to post any more of it.

I've also, as I said yesterday, managed to finish the second draft of my penultimate Spike/Giles season 7 story. I've just made myself write the first few lines of the final story. I have this (no doubt mistaken) idea that I can in fact finish the whole thing for letsgetitdone.

No idea where this sudden writing spurt has come from. Hope it lasts a little longer.

In other writing news, I've started posting some of my longer Fag Ends fics on Ao3. So far, people seem to like them so I'm going to post some more.

Does anyone post drabbles on Ao3? I mean, real, actual drabbles, with only 100 words? I've written so many now (mostly for Fag Ends) and I like the idea of having them archived on Ao3 as well.

On the other hand, it also seems like a lot of faff.

What do you think?

Comments

[laisserais]

you know, i'm old school, and so am surprised when i see 'smaller' works hosted at ao3. or like, prompt fills and the like. But people are doing it. It's a bit like eating cake in a library lol, but i think it's supposed to be mussed used as the ultimate repository?

[shapinglight]

It's a bit like eating cake in a library lol.

Heh! I love that description.

I suspect people can be quite lazy, and if they know something is short they're often more willing to read it. It's either that or the fact that the short fics I've posted had current dates on them, not the dates I originally wrote them, but I've had loads of hits on them already.

I hope some of the people reading might think it worth writing my longer stories too. You never know.

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

*pompoms*

Yeah, I have drabbles on AO3. Not all of them. I think mostly via bulk import, which you could do with a load of Spuffy drabbles from fag ends, because fandom/character/relationship are all the same even if rating changes - not too fiddly.

[shapinglight]

Hmm, I've never tried a bulk import. Must have a bash at it. rebcake has a good suggestion below too.

[tripleransom.livejournal.com]

Many people post drabbles or even Sherlock 60's in groups, rather than one at a time. I think they are kind of fun, especially if they have some sort of common theme, or can be arranged chronologically as a series.

[shapinglight]

Quite true. Most of my drabbles are Spuffy-oriented simply because I wrote them for Fag Ends. I might have some others, though, from way back. Will have to check my website (which I haven't updated in years).

[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

I'd say go for it, for the sake of completion. Just do them in groups. Ten per post certainly wouldn't be onerous.

[shapinglight]

True. I'll have to look into this bulk upload thing.

[sueworld2003.livejournal.com]

Yay for the writing spurt! :D

[shapinglight]

Yes, about bloody time, I think. :)

[ersilia62.livejournal.com]

Happy to hear that the muse is coming back! Hurrah!! Hugs and <3 <3 <3

[shapinglight]

Thank you, and :hugs: back. Nice to see you.

[chasingdemons.livejournal.com]

Hooray for writing! The Ten Years After story really did need to be continued! Very much so. And yay for Spike/Giles

[shapinglight]

It did. It wasn't finished at all. In fact, it still isn't.

I hope it's not going to turn into too much of an epic. :(

The Spike/Giles, however, is so nearly finished. Just one more story (which I hope will be quite short) and it'll be done.

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

Yes, I have drabbles posted - why not? It's nice when the mojo comes back.

[shapinglight]

It is. Did that happen to you when you switched fandoms? I'm boggled by how many stories you have up on Ao3.

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

Well, I started writing in AotB before I finished "Altered States", so I never really had a period without something to work on in between. Most of the AotB stories are much shorter, and most don't follow on from each other in any systematic way, so it was easy just to write a little thing based on one episode. The canon is very small though, and I'm not an expert on the period who can pad it out with a lot of details of everyday life, so I am starting to dry up a bit now. It took me nearly a year to write my latest one. But I've had dramas to deal with which sucked the joy out of it a bit. The people referenced in this post were all part of my community, and caused me a lot of headaches. http://lsellersfic.livejournal.com/223640.html

[shapinglight]

That is all very weird. I do remember seeing one of those names posting on your LJ.


People do such odd things on the internet. I don't understand it.

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

I still have no idea how many of them were actual people.

[shapinglight]

Very strange.

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

¡Yay! Writing goodness! I'm all atwitter, though I'll be waiting patiently just over here.

I've put my drabbles up on AO3 under a linked "Psued" — rebshortcake — so that they are there but can be disregarded if I or a reader would like to keep them from cluttering up the place. People can look at one, the other, or both. The Spike/Dru drabbles are also all linked up under a "series" name, which is something you can decide to do later on. I'm all for having the work archived, though! Yes, please.

Would it be too much to request "Deja Vu" go up over there? It's one of my go-to fics about therapy/therapists. *\o/*

[shapinglight]

That's a very good idea. I'll look into doing the same thing. Drabbles do clutter up the place a bit - in that sometimes the preamble is longer than the actual drabble. ;)

As for Deja Vu, you know, I hadn't given that story any thought in years. I've just re-read it, and it's...rather good. It hardly even needs revising (I found one slang word that I want to change the spelling of and one instance of over use of the phrase, 'he realised').

I don't know what happened with my writing. I started off okay, I think, then got all convoluted, with horrible long clause-ridden sentences. Then I learned the error of my ways, and now my style seems quite different (though not necessarily any better).

I will post it on Ao3. I think it's good enough.

[lyr]

I say put up the drabbles on AO3! I am all for completeness. Also, yay to writing spurts!

[shapinglight]

Yay! Ooh, I must track you down on Ao3. Do you have the same user name?

[lyr]

I do! The best thing about having a difficult name is that no one else ever tries to take it before I can.

[shapinglight]

Thank you. :)

[sibilant.livejournal.com]

As a pedant and completist from way back, I love to find people's whole body of work in AO3. I can then immerse myself in it, like I'm currently doing with ELG's work.

So I would say put everything there but then it's easy for me to say and a lot of work for you.

And yay! on the writing - long may it continue (as long as you're enjoying it)!

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I am at the moment. I do hope that will stretch until I at least finish the Spike/Giles thing.