edenfalling: stylized black-and-white line art of a sunset over water (Default)
[personal profile] edenfalling
I added 325 "and then" style words to the Narnia/Naruto crossover, which resolved one big knot of tension and then brought a second big knot of tension back into the foreground. I decided not to tackle that knot as well, because I am still tired and there's a limit to how much emotional tension I want to wade through in a given day.

Rough draft wordcount is now 6,250, for the record.

...

This was originally supposed to be a ~500 word short prompt response, you know? But the lighthearted version didn't work, so I came up with a different approach and that dumped me into a huge mess of worldbuilding and character arcs and so on. I think to some degree it was unavoidable, in that it's hard to write a super-condensed story about somebody gaining purpose, but still.

Ultimately I think I am glad I went with the longer and harder approach -- I am proud of what I've written so far and I think the story will kick ass when I'm done -- but it's sure been a very different journey from the one I thought I was setting out on.

(The basis is still a ridiculous crossover connection and a terrible joke that probably only I will find amusing, but that's now buried under a lot of serious stuff.)

...

And now back to bed!

(no subject)

Date: 2020-03-18 07:29 pm (UTC)
the_rck: (Default)
From: [personal profile] the_rck
I'm very much looking forward to reading this.

Profile

edenfalling: stylized black-and-white line art of a sunset over water (Default)
Elizabeth Culmer

December 2025

S M T W T F S
 123456
78910111213
141516 17181920
21222324252627
28293031   

Tags

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags