And then the 10th Doctor and Neal Caffrey ran a con together. The end.

[lowkey]

So my morning started off pretty good, seeing this clip of David Tennant in the upcoming Fright Night.

So that was good BUT THEN I saw the trailer for In Time and was all like "Holy Crap! Justin Timberlake actually doesn't look like a douche! Also: Matt Bomer and Cillian Murphy? And also also: SO MANY TIME PUNS. And general sexiness in a dystopian future predicated on the preservation of youth and beauty? Sure, that's fine, too."

But now for some "fanfic is serious business" time.



So I'm really enjoying my time-traveling fixit fic, but I keep running into this problem where the most recent thing I write is really good, far better in quality than what I wrote before. So I keep wanting to go back and rewrite the original parts. I've never been in this pickle before! Most of the things I have written have ended before getting over, say, 2000 words.

WHAT DO I DO INTERNET FRIENDS

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[mako_lies]

Heh, I run into that problem all the time. Here's what I usually do: Keep writing. Finish the writing part, and then once you've got it all hammered out, go back and edit the hell out of it.

[nal_rene]

What she says. God knows I end up doing exactly what you want to do... DON'T DO IT! By looking at the amount of Fanfiction I've actually completed, just take her word for it. Don't stop.

Justin Timberlake doesn't look like a doosch right? But it reminds me a lot of a bunch of other futuristic movies I've seen just like that one. I probably won't see it, but I will see the David Tennet one.

[mako_lies]

Actually, there is one reason I would probably recommend going back and re-writing something before you've finished the story - if you've written something that really contradicts what happens in the early part of the story. It happens that way, sometimes. I'd recommend going back and fixing continuity errors, but everything else, I'd recommend leaving until revision time.

[lowkey]

Yeah, In Time could go terribly wrong, especially if they take the futuristic time-is-life concept into the anvilicious territory of "AND THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN THE WORLD WE SHOULD BE SO ASHAMED."

But, hey, that was a cool trailer!


But on to the topic at hand: okay, I'll try. It's just that generally, my "revisions" amount to wholesale rewrites of scenes, with only the original idea and maybe one sentence preserved from the first draft. It still feels like "new" writing to me, but I also know that I'm sorta treading water.

ALSO: fantastic icon.

[lowkey]

That's an excellent point. Given that this is a time travel fic, it sorta amounts to a series of vignettes that only tangentially relate to each other; i.e. the continuity of one timeline does not impinge on another.

THAT SAID some of my "must have" scenes have matured and grown (which is a good thing) and in doing so, that affects the scenes around them (which may then require further revisions). arrrrgghghghghghghghghg

[lowkey]

Also, as I mentioned to nal_rene, alot of my "revisions" amount to "wholesale recreation." So it's difficult to tell when I have forward momentum or not.

[nal_rene]

Well good luck.

I know! I love my icons! The only reason I would upgrade my account would be to have more icon space... I love all of mine, but I want new ones...

I look forward to reading your fic.

[mako_lies]

Good luck! Editing is a rough, rough process.

[lowkey]

I totally upgraded to get more icon space. All the other things -- so many tags! more reposting! -- is completely lost on me. I'm a single-issue upgrader. I suspect that many people are, though.

And thank you! I'm so excited that people want to read me story!

[lowkey]

Thank you! Okay! I will take heart!