And now I wibble more about writing ;)

[ratherastory]

So after the last inspirational post, in which I'm all "Positive Energy YAY!" I'm going to complain bitterly that, while I am upholding my end of the bargain, I am having trouble with my castielfest fic.

Did I mention that I shouldn't write crossovers? They stress me out. :P

Anyway, I have the basic premise in my head. The problem is that I'm not nearly as familiar with the other show, although I do love it. I've never really written fic except for SPN, and I'm having a bit of trouble getting into the heads of the characters.

I've also got this quasi-OCD thing when I write, that I like my chapters and sections to be of equal length. I don't know where I got this little compulsion, and I don't even know if it's a valid concern. I mean, who cares apart from me if one chapter is 900 words and another is 2000? Do people notice this kind of thing? Is it just me?

So I have to work out my structure. I have, again, vague ideas for how it should work, but I haven't really figured out all the nuts and bolts. Also, people have already started posting to castielfest and it's seriously stressing me out that I haven't even remotely come close to finishing the story yet. I've barely scratched the surface of the set-up. I know that in theory I have until August 9th, but all these people are already posting and it's pushing my internal "you suck" button.

Meow.

Life is hard. ;)

Comments

[bellatemple]

I've got a difference of almost 5000 words between two chapters of my big bang, so it'd BETTER not matter (and honestly, most people seem to figure that as long as THEMATICALLY they're about even, you're okay. Word count doesn't matter).

What's the crossover show? If it's one I'm familiar with, I could be a character voice beta for you (character voices tend to be my strong point).

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

I'm going to edit this comment right after posting, because my recipient is on my flist. So I hope you have email notifications. ;)

Crossover show is [redacted to preserve the anonymity of the exchange].

[bellatemple]

Ooo, yeah, that's unfortunately not one I can help you with. Sorry, hon!