TIMING IS EVERYTHING

[nekokoban]

Case in point: I normally log into work as soon as I get in and my computer is booted up! TODAY, FOR SOME REASON, I DID NOT! And as a result it was something like 9:30 (a good forty minutes after I'm in at work) and I happen to rewindow in my tabs--and oh! Hey! GUESS WHAT I HAD NOT DONE. And we can't edit our time cards, a manager has to do that, and mine's in training today--so I shoot off a quick email and am like fffff, self, you're brilliant. /o\ Luckily, I guess she had a break where she could access her email, so she fixed it for me, but. Man. :( I have never made that mistake ever, and hopefully won't make it again. ;o;

In other news, I think I have figured out what it is that always bothers me so much, the first few times I try to write fic for a new fandom: I am so bad at figuring out where to set things. :( I mean, original fiction, it's cool! It's my world and my characters, I can handwave and say it happened in the year 200X and adjust things to suit my tastes. BUT IN FANFIC! Man, I think recently I have been sort of self-conscious about writing character pieces set in the middle of a scene, which is sad, because that is something I think I am good at! It is a style and a pacing and a thingy that I am good at see how eloquent I am, durhurr! But. I sort of feel like I want to expand, and do more things that have--plots? Do stuff that stands a bit more independantly alone? BUT THEN WHERE IS PLACE. Once I'm more comfortable in a fandom, it's relatively easy to handwave places, especially when the canon itself allows for openings--but even then, it takes me a bit to get adjusted.

It's weird, because in some cases it is a matter of the character voices or the style of the narrative or any number of things--but I think it ultimately boils down to "where do I put this? does it happen before X, after Y, or can I appropriately handwave it off at Z? WHAT AM I EVEN DOING." Then there's the whole "I want to write X, but I'm pretty sure it would only have the chance to happen BEFORE the series began, but we don't have enough backstory for me to really have anything to go with, just a gut feeling and niggling inspiration." I AM LOOKING AT YOU, AYANAMI/LAB.

While I'm at it, fffff I need to start working on pacing more. Dear self, stop skipping ahead and not fleshing things out; just because things are laid out in detail in your head does not mean that the people reading can fill in the gaps. :(

NaNo wordcount stands at roughly 6050, which I am satisfied with thus far. Write or Die is my glorious, glorious friend. Especially the desktop version, where my WPM is a lot more dismal than my general typing WPM, but is still cool to look at! NEXT GOAL IS TO GET IT UP TO AT LEAST 40.

Also what is with this gorgeous, gorgeous weather we've had lately. PLEASE TO BE STAYING THIS WAY, SEATTLE! You can rain at night and be beautiful in the day, I am totally fine with this.

Also also x2: I have this sudden urge for drama CDs with Fukuyama Jun in them. I have the 07-Ghost ones, but I have no BL ones and then NOTHING ELSE. This is a tragedy! If anyone has others, I hope they will have pity on me and share. :(

Comments

[shadawyn.livejournal.com]

Geeebus. I mess up my time card like once a week >_>

Okay, that's an exaggeration.

But only a little one.

[shadawyn.livejournal.com]

Also, you've pin-pointed why, even when I have the urge to write fanfic, I never do.

And looooots of people I know are using Write or Die lately.

[nekokoban]

I still write it anyway, but it just takes me longer than it possibly should. :(

Write or Die is really useful! Especially for someone like me, who can be super-easily distracted. XD So I went ahead and I got the desktop version, which has thus far proven to be really fun. /o/

[nekokoban]

I HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD--like, it still expects me to be on an hour lunch, when I take only half an hour? But I seriously think this is only the second time I've flubbed a timecard thing. (And the other time was waaaaay back when we first switched to it being editable by manager's only, so. \o_O/)

[inarticulate.livejournal.com]

Even with WoD, my average WPM while writing is apparently 24. Sob. But I am GETTING THINGS WRITTEN YESSSS \o/

I guess with the "where to set things," I… would say try not to worry about it too much (though I do, too, so take that with a grain of salt). That stuff is stuff for editing to take care of if necessary. ♥ I BELIEVE IN YOU.

[nekokoban]

Haha, my writing WPM is something like--31? 34? I forget, since it's set up on my home machine, but it's so piddling compared to how fast I can actually type. XD I think it's because I do go back and delete chunks of sentences at time, especially if it reads too awkwardly to me. :|a

OU \o/ I mean, I was talking with Devit last night about getting jossed in canon, and EVEN THOUGH I KNOW IT WILL ALMOST INEVITABLY HAPPEN--it's one thing to see it happen in retrospect and it's another to be like "this is DEFINITELY going to get jossed fffft /o\"

[inarticulate.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I keep doing that even though I really shouldn't. At some point I should probably tick the "disable backspace" but it's just so ingrained, and I am still making progress, and that would leave me with no way to get rid of my inevitable typos, so…

Aaaah, that feeling. YEAH NEVER MIND I TOTALLY MISREAD THAT. I mean, my point still stands, but if you get jossed it'll probably be way after you post it, so that's something different.

[nekokoban]

Yeah, I keep considering that, too--and the kamikaze DELETE WORDS IF YOU TAKE TOO LONG, but I haven't been able to make myself yet. XD And sometimes, I find rewriting a sentence actually gives me a higher wordcount, so--?! But I am really liking the program a lot, so far. \o/

NO IT IS COOL! I know it's just a matter of getting over the mental block, but I first have to--get over that mental block! Which sadly kills my inspiration, even while the desire to write something is still there. :|a

[inarticulate.livejournal.com]

I can't do kamikaze, myself, for exactly that reason. For the web version I use gentle and for the desktop I use normal. FOR SOME REASON it's different if I'M the one deleting the words. And, yeah, when I delete, it's to rewrite with something that hopefully flows better and lets the writing come easier, so it's not all bad! It just means that, well. WPM. /)_(\

[nekokoban]

I use normal for both the web and desktop versions, though I sort of think at least for desktop, I should try setting it for harder because I AM STILL TOO EASILY DISTRACTED. On the other hand, I'm ahead of schedule by a tiny margin, which is nothing to be disappointed by, but--!

SOMEDAY WE WILL RAISE OUR WPMS! SOMEDAY!

[uminohikari.livejournal.com]

Write or Die is the best ever!