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You did it!
Okay, so I'm not done writing the book. So I probably shouldn't be posting to DW. But I'm going to finish it, and while it probably isn't what I would have planned for my first published novel, there are some good things in it, I think. And I'm going to finish it. It's totally premature to make a celebration post, but I need something to look forward to. So, there's this!
The "It Nearly Killed Me But I Did It" Survey Pimp!
This is where you think of that fanwork or fannish thing that was hardest to complete. I don't mean your best work, or the work you are most proud of. It's okay to talk about something that flopped or you were ultimately disappointed in or you kind of hate now. I mean the thing for which the finish line seemed miles and miles away. You thought you couldn't do it or you wouldn't get there, but you pushed through and you did. This can be a fic or piece of art, but it could also be . . . organizing a meeting or running a fest or even . . . making your journal, if you are very shy!
Got it? Okay. Now, here are your questions!
What was it?
Link?
Short description, please.
Why was it so hard to finish?
What got you through it?
Are you happy with the result?
Should we read it/look at it/experience it/etc?
Would you try something like it again?
How did you celebrate when it was over, and was there pie?
For your convenience:
If this interests you, please pimp. I'm always interested in lots of answers. :o)
This is where you think of that fanwork or fannish thing that was hardest to complete. I don't mean your best work, or the work you are most proud of. It's okay to talk about something that flopped or you were ultimately disappointed in or you kind of hate now. I mean the thing for which the finish line seemed miles and miles away. You thought you couldn't do it or you wouldn't get there, but you pushed through and you did. This can be a fic or piece of art, but it could also be . . . organizing a meeting or running a fest or even . . . making your journal, if you are very shy!
Got it? Okay. Now, here are your questions!
What was it?
Link?
Short description, please.
Why was it so hard to finish?
What got you through it?
Are you happy with the result?
Should we read it/look at it/experience it/etc?
Would you try something like it again?
How did you celebrate when it was over, and was there pie?
For your convenience:
If this interests you, please pimp. I'm always interested in lots of answers. :o)
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What was it? So I'll just pick the latest slog: the J/D sex swap, which I started as a short, silly, this'll-just-take-a-minute, cliché-a-thon prompt fill. Ha.
Link? Good Morning, Penthesilea
Short description, please. The gizmo had zero effect on any cultural signifiers of femininity, naturally.
Why was it so hard to finish? I had trouble untangling the set-up, all the ickle little plot-logic bits that everybody forgets about anyway, once they get to the porn. And I wrassled with the "so what?" for quite a while, too. Yes, but what does all this nice porn SAY about Jack and Daniel? It wasn't enough for me to justify it on a meta level: "Nobody ever writes genderswap with Jack as an old, silver-haired, doughnut-middled lady! It's always young, gorgeous, pouty-lipped Daniel! Phooey, I say!" I had to manufacture some kind of internal plot engine as well. I half succeeded.
What got you through it? "Dammit, it has really good parts. I want people to read them and praise me for them, dammit!"
Are you happy with the result? I don't know; I haven't been able to read it straight through since I finished it. I'm too scared it's awful. This is normal, and will go away eventually.
Should we read it/look at it/experience it/etc? Oh, yes!
Would you try something like it again? Such is my fate.
How did you celebrate when it was over, and was there pie? The pie was a week early, actually. I fed