What are you writing about this month?

It's on like Donkey Kong! *whispers* I don't know why that popped into my brain after reading about bunnies.

Anyway... what am I writing? At this point, I don't know if my "original story" muse would even cooperate. The "Avengers story" muse seems have to have plasma rifles and has kept everyone else at bay. It's a freaky, freaky time here on my computer desk. There were whispers of a mutiny but, like I said, PLASMA RAYS!

I think I might go the same direction I was going to go in June and concentrate on getting "stories" out instead of focusing on the word count. This might especially work seeing as I'm not aiming for an original right now. November, on the other hand, is ALWAYS original so I feel better about doing fanfiction for August. IF I don't lose focus and momentum (like I did in June), the word count will come with the volume of stories I produce.

There are a couple of GINORMOUS story ideas in my head right now. The WWII AU, the Avengers/Dollhouse fusion, and the Greece Conspiracy idea - just to name a few. If I worked those stories like mini-bangs, I might be able to just concentrate on those. I guess I could always head in that direction and see what happens!

And I think the GREEN bunnies are General bunnies!

It's on like Donkey Kong! *whispers* I don't know why that popped into my brain after reading about bunnies.

Heehee! It certainly is!

I think I might go the same direction I was going to go in June and concentrate on getting "stories" out instead of focusing on the word count. This might especially work seeing as I'm not aiming for an original right now. November, on the other hand, is ALWAYS original so I feel better about doing fanfiction for August. IF I don't lose focus and momentum (like I did in June), the word count will come with the volume of stories I produce.

Well now, that's a thought. I'm leaning towards the "write all the things" path myself and just using the word count benchmarks to push through it (especially the more troubling sections.)

I apparently don't *have* any original muses. Twice in the however-many years I've done NaNo I've tried to write original fiction and both times I've gotten about a week or so in and thrown up my hands and just written Harry Potter fic instead. :D


There are a couple of GINORMOUS story ideas in my head right now. The WWII AU, the Avengers/Dollhouse fusion, and the Greece Conspiracy idea - just to name a few. If I worked those stories like mini-bangs, I might be able to just concentrate on those. I guess I could always head in that direction and see what happens!

Ooooo - those all sound really cool. I'm excited!


And I think the GREEN bunnies are General bunnies!

Now I have to try and *find* green bunnies! (The pack I got only came with four colors.) :D

Edited 2012-07-31 03:47 am (UTC)

I have the most fantabulous original story idea that has gotten about... oh, I don't know... about a third of the way written. My problem is not the idea portion of things. My problem is the HOOK and the ENDING. Now, I've gotten better at endings, seeing as I've started writing actual stories instead of drabbles when it comes to fanfic, but I can't seem to figure out how to make it all tumble together.

Also, I'm not afraid to admit it but I'm as scared of original as the next person. I love it but it's scary. I talk big and I have a goal (published by 2015! It's totally doable... right?) but it scares me to sit down and write original.

While I've never thrown up my hands and written HP fanfic (although I came SUPER close one year there at the beginning), I have taken the other easy out. I write and write and get my word count and then I stop. No ending. No hook. No story I can show anyone no matter how hard they ask. It's a word file that stays on my computer for years and years and years. I did finish NaNo 2004 only because my sisters nagged and nagged until I gave them an ending and bound it for everyone at Christmas.

All that to say that I love original but the muse stays pretty firmly locked in a cage.

THIS is the first fandom where I have written this much this quickly. The stories play out in my head and I can't help but get them written down. I cut my fanfic eye teeth on HP and figured out how to write a decent sized story in Stargate and now I'm starting to figure out how to just create in the moment. To just be. It's heady stuff!

I started out with X-Files fic back in the ninties, and wrote a couple of really short (not great) bits. Same with BTVS a couple years later - I think the Farscape stuff I wrote is the first stuff I was really happy with. For NaNo, I've written Harry Potter, Merlin, and Battlestar - then C/N stuff in June this year. Of all that stuff, the only thing I've posted is a handful of BSG vignettes.

But I agree there is something about this fandom in particular that's really grabbing me. I haven't written this much or this consistently for a fandom before, it's really, really awesome. :D Heady is a good description!

So, what fandom are you writing? I would hate to be presumptive!

I'm working on all the C/N stuff I have going on! Initially, I'll probably do a fair amount on the HP/Avengers AU I'm working on with kadollan, but also on prompt fills. I'm not trying to do a single long fic so much as work on all the pieces that make up the crazily complete (I have no idea where it's all coming from, but hot damn, I'm thrilled) backstory/universe I have going on.

That sounds awesome. I think the prompt fills could get me through several NaNos!

Yeah... now that you mention it... ::runs off to bookmark allisnow's prompt masterlist to use as shameless inspiration in Nov.::

The WWII AU

Excuse me for butting in, but I have to do a happy dance here. I'm so glad someone is writing for this prompt!

I've got about 1000 words so far and it's just the introduction to Natasha! It's going to be a long one!