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SUE VS SUE
Jan. 18th, 2014 05:49 pmHey guys, did you see the previous SvS update? Because you won't understand this one if you didn't
http://a-sporking-rat.livejournal.com/53873.html
I ask because, well, comments are the only way I can tell people have read it, so when there are none I'm not sure...and I feel like a shit for saying this because it sounds like a passive-aggressive demand for comments and I SWEAR THAT'S NOT IT I just want to be sure people don't miss it so this one makes sense...although it might not make sense anyway. IT BARELY MAKES SENSE TO ME AT THIS POINT.
I've got to say, this has been an incredible experience so far in what I think LKH's writing process is. Because firstly, this is a first draft. I am posting this as I write it. And I have no idea where the shit I'm going. I know who is going to win and have some notes about things I want to happen, but I have no plans on when or how to pull it all together. Which is usually how my first drafts are, but then I straighten them out and clean them up in the following drafts. This? This has become such a clusterfuck. There will doubtless be dangling plot threads galore when I finish this (and so instead of actually wrapping them up in the story itself I'll just do one of LKH's un-satisfying sum-up epilogues!) But there's also the constant introduction of new stuff, forgetting old stuff, and having ALL THESE CHARACTERS to not only keep track of but also try to give attention to in general. But it's impossible to focus on them all and not bog down the action and pace, so I wind up with these great characters in my head not really getting any screen-time at all and me just TELLING you what they're like with no showing---case in point, the bit about Cleo in this update.
This is how LKH does it, guys. My fic is the most meta-authentic imitation of hers and that is why it is a MESS.
Of course, I wanted it that way on purpose for said LKH-experience and meta-level imitation, what's her excuse?
( SUE VS SUE )
http://a-sporking-rat.livejournal.com/53873.html
I ask because, well, comments are the only way I can tell people have read it, so when there are none I'm not sure...and I feel like a shit for saying this because it sounds like a passive-aggressive demand for comments and I SWEAR THAT'S NOT IT I just want to be sure people don't miss it so this one makes sense...although it might not make sense anyway. IT BARELY MAKES SENSE TO ME AT THIS POINT.
I've got to say, this has been an incredible experience so far in what I think LKH's writing process is. Because firstly, this is a first draft. I am posting this as I write it. And I have no idea where the shit I'm going. I know who is going to win and have some notes about things I want to happen, but I have no plans on when or how to pull it all together. Which is usually how my first drafts are, but then I straighten them out and clean them up in the following drafts. This? This has become such a clusterfuck. There will doubtless be dangling plot threads galore when I finish this (and so instead of actually wrapping them up in the story itself I'll just do one of LKH's un-satisfying sum-up epilogues!) But there's also the constant introduction of new stuff, forgetting old stuff, and having ALL THESE CHARACTERS to not only keep track of but also try to give attention to in general. But it's impossible to focus on them all and not bog down the action and pace, so I wind up with these great characters in my head not really getting any screen-time at all and me just TELLING you what they're like with no showing---case in point, the bit about Cleo in this update.
This is how LKH does it, guys. My fic is the most meta-authentic imitation of hers and that is why it is a MESS.
Of course, I wanted it that way on purpose for said LKH-experience and meta-level imitation, what's her excuse?
( SUE VS SUE )
