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Remix Vent.
Apr. 7th, 2008 03:25 pm::sigh:: Remix is driving me crazy.
So, I have naptime to work on writing. Of course, it's the first Monday of the month, so the nuclear power plant tested its warning sirens at 2. Woke up Trevor. Got him back to sleep, and a half hour later Toby wakes up crying. Is not content to just play- needs to be hugged for like a half hour. I'm not sure why he's so clingy these days- maybe he's readjusting to Howard traveling. So, this naptime I've written maybe a page. No, maybe a third of a page. And I feel like I'm telling, not showing. But I kind of need to, because if I didn't I'd be rewriting an entire novel, and a lot of that wouldn't be relevant to the story I'm telling.
The story is already 12,000 words. I have nine scenes left. I suspect some of them (like the one now, where I'm telling more than showing) will be quite short, but still. How much longer is this freaking fic going to be?
And my title sucks. I like the Funky Remix Title, at least, but right now I'm just reusing the author's original title. The thing is, the title fits well for her story, but because of my approach, it doesn't really fit well for mine. ::Sigh::
I'd better ask now, so I can send it as soon as I'm done. Is anyone up for beta-ing a long HP fic with a short turn-around? I'm pretty confident on most of the plot stuff; it's more the grammar and the like. I don't want to say TOO much about the fic, but it's slash, not terribly graphic, and an unusual pairing that doesn't cross too many squick lines (not adult/child or related or anything like that.) I'm hoping to finish it by tomorrow night at the latest, but depending on the boys, it might take a little longer.
Thanks!
So, I have naptime to work on writing. Of course, it's the first Monday of the month, so the nuclear power plant tested its warning sirens at 2. Woke up Trevor. Got him back to sleep, and a half hour later Toby wakes up crying. Is not content to just play- needs to be hugged for like a half hour. I'm not sure why he's so clingy these days- maybe he's readjusting to Howard traveling. So, this naptime I've written maybe a page. No, maybe a third of a page. And I feel like I'm telling, not showing. But I kind of need to, because if I didn't I'd be rewriting an entire novel, and a lot of that wouldn't be relevant to the story I'm telling.
The story is already 12,000 words. I have nine scenes left. I suspect some of them (like the one now, where I'm telling more than showing) will be quite short, but still. How much longer is this freaking fic going to be?
And my title sucks. I like the Funky Remix Title, at least, but right now I'm just reusing the author's original title. The thing is, the title fits well for her story, but because of my approach, it doesn't really fit well for mine. ::Sigh::
I'd better ask now, so I can send it as soon as I'm done. Is anyone up for beta-ing a long HP fic with a short turn-around? I'm pretty confident on most of the plot stuff; it's more the grammar and the like. I don't want to say TOO much about the fic, but it's slash, not terribly graphic, and an unusual pairing that doesn't cross too many squick lines (not adult/child or related or anything like that.) I'm hoping to finish it by tomorrow night at the latest, but depending on the boys, it might take a little longer.
Thanks!
