Crap.

[ratherastory]

Between work and the cat being missing and sundry other random stressors, I haven't written a word of my BigBang since Sunday.

Due date is Saturday. I hope I have until midnight, because otherwise, it ain't happening. I'm still at least 10K short of my end.

I have errands to run right now, and then I want to watch SPN tonight, so I don't know how much I'll be able to write today.

*headdesk*

So close, and yet so far.

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[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

You totally made me paranoid about my summary after getting people to beta yours, btw.

Now I can't stop wondering if my summary won't end up sucking if no one else checks it.

God.

I should have time to do the summary, though. It's the fic itself that's the problem.

[bellatemple]

I know what you mean. And I don't have a lot of .doc file capabilities at home (I don't have Word, for instance), so I wanna get this thing in order by tomorrow night so I can email it from work. . . .

I didn't have people beta my summary the last two years running, and year one, my story got snapped up, like, right off. Of course, it also had key buzz words like "post-apocalyptic" and "steampunk" in it, but whatever.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Weirdly, I'm not too worried about my story getting picked or not. I just want it done already.

What happens if no artist wants your story? Do you get kicked out of BigBang dragging the Stone of Shame behind you?

[bellatemple]

I have no idea. As far as I know it's never happened. I think last year they ran out of stories for people to pick before they ran out of artists.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Really?

I thought the writers outnumbered the artists? Then again, I haven't checked the artist sign-up post in a while...

[bellatemple]

They had each writer pick two, last year? Or something to that effect.

ETA Er, artist, rather. Two stories. I dunno how it all worked.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Huh.

All righty. Well, I pity the poor soul who's going to have to slog through my 100-odd pages of fic. Do they get to read the first draft? 'Cause that would be massive cause for anxiety on my part. Egads.

[bellatemple]

That's totally between you and the artist. I usually offered up a draft to mine.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Oy, vey.

What on EARTH did I sign up for?

...

Of course, this'll all be moot if I manage not to finish this thing in time.

God. Next year? Case fic. Salt 'n' burn. End of story.

[bellatemple]

Hahahaha. So very easier said than done. ;D

But then, I'm generally a short form writer. This sucker is shaping up to be the longest SPN fic I've ever written -- and I keep convincing myself it's awful.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

*clings to you forever*

ME TOO!

I write short stories. 3,000 to 10,000 words max. There are exactly two exceptions to this rule in my writing, and one was a novel about zombies. Zombies. They write themselves. ;)

I think part of the reason I'm resisting this last chapter is that I've convinced myself that my whole story is crap. *cries*

[bellatemple]

Oh man, I totally know how you feel. And I'm convinced that since I have yet to work out how one detail of my fic works, the whole thing is broken and completely unsalvageable.

And of course, I've left the two hardest POVs for me (Ruby and John) to the last minute.

*cliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiings*

If you don't make the deadline, I'll totes do art for your fic for you, anyway.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Aww, babe, that's SO SWEET!

I wish I could offer you the same, but the best I can manage is poorly-drawn stick figures. I SUCK at art. :)

We'll be fine. You'll see. We'll stick together, bang out the remaining bits of fic, and it will be awesome. Yes.

*cliiiiiiiiiiiings*

[bellatemple]

the best I can manage is poorly-drawn stick figures.

Dude, you've seen Dimensions and Verticals, right? Poorly-drawn stick figures ROCK.

*cliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiings back*

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

*dies laughing*

OH MY GOD. How did I ever miss that? That's BRILLIANT.

But yeah. My poorly-drawn stick figures cannot come close to approximating what you managed there. :)

[bellatemple]

That is by far the most commented on fic I have. And yet, people say they've missed it. . . .

Someday, I'll figure out how to sequel it. JUST BECAUSE I CAN.