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Miscellaneous: Story Status Updates
Wow ~ I've managed to go almost five months without having one of these anal organizational posts. That's some sort of personal record, LOL! However...after being abandoned by my muse for a couple of months, it has come back like gangbusters - so much so, that three of my current four WIPs are heading towards major climaxes, all at the same time.
*facepalm*
So, in an effort to give some coherency to my update schedule, here's what's going on with my WIPs and other promised fics:
Nihon Idol ~ (5/13 chapters completed). My poor, woefully neglected AU/crossover. *sigh* I feel so guilty about the fact that it takes me months to update this fic, but let's face it - the chapters are massive. Since I'm only using the first season of Instant Star as a basis for my plot, I'm having to do extensive revision to make it go where I want it to go (at least, for the direction of the promised pairings). I've been mulling over the next chapter quite a bit of late (my muses do great work in the background, while I'm paying attention to other matters) and I think I'm just going to greatly simplify the projected plot. There are three 'lines' that will be touched upon in the next chapter, which has a lot of focus on kisses, kissing, and the importance of a first impression: the Koga/Kagome/Inuyasha triangle continues to grow; Miroku confronts Sango about her impulsive behavior over the volcano project; Kikyo and Kagura have another run-in, which leads to interesting discussions about their place in each others' lives...
Fleeting ~ (21/30 chapters completed). This is gangbusters fic target #1. The moment of truth is imminent; this next chapter is one I've been building towards ever since deciding to follow the secret-brothers storyline to its logical conclusion: we're about to learn where Inuyasha stands, in the thick of all the intrigue around his father's business dealings. I have a couple of ideas for how I want to proceed; mostly, its a matter of getting the tone right for a series of critical conversations. Unfortunately, when I think of this fic (as I often do, before I go to bed), all I can picture in my head is the ending. You guys, its going to be so good, and *so* worth all the current angst. I've been planning the last three chapters in my head since the beginning of summer.
I can also reveal this: at least one future chapter will be songfic-ish in nature (to the tune of "I Am A Rock" by Simon & Garfunkel), and all the great feedback I received for Illicit (and hope to receive for the Mir/San lemon) will come in very handy :D
Allegiance ~ (17 chapters completed). This is gangbusters fic #2. I'm up to the battle scene in the current, linear story arc. It's been a long time since I've written a battle scene, so I'm a little nervous. I know what needs to happen, and what will happen, as far as the evolution of Sesshoumaru's and Kagome's relationship, but I'm also quite aware of the fact that this serial is far from over. To that end...right now I'm using prompts from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
ebony_silks, with quite a bit of success, but I'm also thinking of shopping around for a new home, maybe a short challenge prompt community somewhere? There is more to this universe, and it reaches beyond the two leads in a way that will not be conducive to writing for a Sess/Kag community.
At any rate, the battle scene is going to be tough. I need to be in just the right frame of mind for it, and though there certainly hasn't been a shortage of drama lately, I need quite a bit more positive energy in order to focus on the actual action sequences. I hope to have my entry ready for this week's prompt atebony_silks, but there's no guarantee. I'll be using that prompt no matter what, and then...its up in the air.
This has been a helluva lot of fun to write, and has, in fact, been one of the front-burner fics for the last couple of months, which is a refreshing change of pace :)
Fragments ~ (7 chapters completed). This is gangbusters fic #3. *wrings hands* Finally, I arrive at the chapter that contains my original purpose for even delving into this universe in the first place - that's right, folks, citrus ahoy! I am anticipating quite a long chapter, as this is pretty much the climax of the entire story, and then it will be a fairly short downhill ride on the other side. I say that, because I'm trying not to let this world get away from me ~ it very much has that potential, and self-contained serials have this way of growing and growing and growing, only getting more complicated along the way...
Already this has gotten bigger than I originally intended, and pretty much the only way I could convince myself to take on a fourth WIP project was on the promise that this wouldn't be a long story, chapters-wise. Not all serials have to be never-ending, after all...So, yeah. I've already got a fairly good idea of how the next entry will go (I'm getting a very good feeling about the opening, especially, which is what I tend to find the hardest to write), as well as events in the immediate succeeding chapter. After that, things are a bit fuzzy, but not panic-inducing.
By Request ~ (1/9 prompts completed). I want to apologize up front for the fact that I've only written one of the nine prompts given to me way back in April. As I stated in the original post, I'm imposing no time limit on myself, since I believe in quality over quantity, but that doesn't excuse the glacial pace I'm working on these. So...if you responded to the original entry, and you want to give me a more detailed prompt than you did before, please be my guest. I'm looking at the ones I have left and am drawing blanks at the moment; if you have a specific scenario in mind (or a prompt word, quote, or song), lay it on me. I love writing personalized gift!fics for folks, and most of what I agonize over is that it be *just right* for its intended recipient.
Now, as if I had brainspace left after all that, I HAVE MOAR IDEAS bouncing around, mostly in the form of writing exercises and oneshots:
*The darkfic I've been carrying around since the end of August is still there, waiting to be tweaked. This thing has brought me to tears a few times already, but I'm determined to get it out; it would be the perfect vessel for my negative energy, if only I could figure out how to channel it properly. Tentatively titled Bloodlust, it is a hybrid songfic/canon divergence, based in part on these three songs and revolving around the sibling relationship of Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru.
*In looking for future homes for Allegiance, I've been seeking out a few different LJ prompt comms. I've seen a few that look quite promising for future claims (7snogs, 30_forbidden, 30_lemons), even if they have nothing to do with my never-ending serial. I'd like to write more Mir/San (sanity, I seek it), as well as focus more of my work on Sesshoumaru, by himself...
*To that end, I've been looking at comms like1character, which have sets of prompts where you write with only one character, as opposed to a pairing. Like with the sentence writing comms out there, this is a great way to work on individual characters, and explore each on their own as well as in relation to several other characters at once.
*I looked back at my Sess/Kag sentence-writing exercise for1sentence and saw what ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
landofthekwt saw, a couple of great leads for individual stories, so there's the possibility that a couple of those could be developed further.
All in all, my plate is pretty full...now I just have to find the time to whittle a few more of these down. I'd love to finish at least one WIP by the end of the year, but that's looking quite unlikely, given my RL schedule. I suppose we'll just see how things pan out, no? Wish me luck!
*facepalm*
So, in an effort to give some coherency to my update schedule, here's what's going on with my WIPs and other promised fics:
Nihon Idol ~ (5/13 chapters completed). My poor, woefully neglected AU/crossover. *sigh* I feel so guilty about the fact that it takes me months to update this fic, but let's face it - the chapters are massive. Since I'm only using the first season of Instant Star as a basis for my plot, I'm having to do extensive revision to make it go where I want it to go (at least, for the direction of the promised pairings). I've been mulling over the next chapter quite a bit of late (my muses do great work in the background, while I'm paying attention to other matters) and I think I'm just going to greatly simplify the projected plot. There are three 'lines' that will be touched upon in the next chapter, which has a lot of focus on kisses, kissing, and the importance of a first impression: the Koga/Kagome/Inuyasha triangle continues to grow; Miroku confronts Sango about her impulsive behavior over the volcano project; Kikyo and Kagura have another run-in, which leads to interesting discussions about their place in each others' lives...
Fleeting ~ (21/30 chapters completed). This is gangbusters fic target #1. The moment of truth is imminent; this next chapter is one I've been building towards ever since deciding to follow the secret-brothers storyline to its logical conclusion: we're about to learn where Inuyasha stands, in the thick of all the intrigue around his father's business dealings. I have a couple of ideas for how I want to proceed; mostly, its a matter of getting the tone right for a series of critical conversations. Unfortunately, when I think of this fic (as I often do, before I go to bed), all I can picture in my head is the ending. You guys, its going to be so good, and *so* worth all the current angst. I've been planning the last three chapters in my head since the beginning of summer.
I can also reveal this: at least one future chapter will be songfic-ish in nature (to the tune of "I Am A Rock" by Simon & Garfunkel), and all the great feedback I received for Illicit (and hope to receive for the Mir/San lemon) will come in very handy :D
Allegiance ~ (17 chapters completed). This is gangbusters fic #2. I'm up to the battle scene in the current, linear story arc. It's been a long time since I've written a battle scene, so I'm a little nervous. I know what needs to happen, and what will happen, as far as the evolution of Sesshoumaru's and Kagome's relationship, but I'm also quite aware of the fact that this serial is far from over. To that end...right now I'm using prompts from
ebony_silks, with quite a bit of success, but I'm also thinking of shopping around for a new home, maybe a short challenge prompt community somewhere? There is more to this universe, and it reaches beyond the two leads in a way that will not be conducive to writing for a Sess/Kag community.At any rate, the battle scene is going to be tough. I need to be in just the right frame of mind for it, and though there certainly hasn't been a shortage of drama lately, I need quite a bit more positive energy in order to focus on the actual action sequences. I hope to have my entry ready for this week's prompt at
ebony_silks, but there's no guarantee. I'll be using that prompt no matter what, and then...its up in the air.This has been a helluva lot of fun to write, and has, in fact, been one of the front-burner fics for the last couple of months, which is a refreshing change of pace :)
Fragments ~ (7 chapters completed). This is gangbusters fic #3. *wrings hands* Finally, I arrive at the chapter that contains my original purpose for even delving into this universe in the first place - that's right, folks, citrus ahoy! I am anticipating quite a long chapter, as this is pretty much the climax of the entire story, and then it will be a fairly short downhill ride on the other side. I say that, because I'm trying not to let this world get away from me ~ it very much has that potential, and self-contained serials have this way of growing and growing and growing, only getting more complicated along the way...
Already this has gotten bigger than I originally intended, and pretty much the only way I could convince myself to take on a fourth WIP project was on the promise that this wouldn't be a long story, chapters-wise. Not all serials have to be never-ending, after all...So, yeah. I've already got a fairly good idea of how the next entry will go (I'm getting a very good feeling about the opening, especially, which is what I tend to find the hardest to write), as well as events in the immediate succeeding chapter. After that, things are a bit fuzzy, but not panic-inducing.
By Request ~ (1/9 prompts completed). I want to apologize up front for the fact that I've only written one of the nine prompts given to me way back in April. As I stated in the original post, I'm imposing no time limit on myself, since I believe in quality over quantity, but that doesn't excuse the glacial pace I'm working on these. So...if you responded to the original entry, and you want to give me a more detailed prompt than you did before, please be my guest. I'm looking at the ones I have left and am drawing blanks at the moment; if you have a specific scenario in mind (or a prompt word, quote, or song), lay it on me. I love writing personalized gift!fics for folks, and most of what I agonize over is that it be *just right* for its intended recipient.
Now, as if I had brainspace left after all that, I HAVE MOAR IDEAS bouncing around, mostly in the form of writing exercises and oneshots:
*The darkfic I've been carrying around since the end of August is still there, waiting to be tweaked. This thing has brought me to tears a few times already, but I'm determined to get it out; it would be the perfect vessel for my negative energy, if only I could figure out how to channel it properly. Tentatively titled Bloodlust, it is a hybrid songfic/canon divergence, based in part on these three songs and revolving around the sibling relationship of Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru.
*In looking for future homes for Allegiance, I've been seeking out a few different LJ prompt comms. I've seen a few that look quite promising for future claims (
7snogs, 30_forbidden, 30_lemons), even if they have nothing to do with my never-ending serial. I'd like to write more Mir/San (sanity, I seek it), as well as focus more of my work on Sesshoumaru, by himself...*To that end, I've been looking at comms like
1character, which have sets of prompts where you write with only one character, as opposed to a pairing. Like with the sentence writing comms out there, this is a great way to work on individual characters, and explore each on their own as well as in relation to several other characters at once.*I looked back at my Sess/Kag sentence-writing exercise for
1sentence and saw what landofthekwt saw, a couple of great leads for individual stories, so there's the possibility that a couple of those could be developed further.All in all, my plate is pretty full...now I just have to find the time to whittle a few more of these down. I'd love to finish at least one WIP by the end of the year, but that's looking quite unlikely, given my RL schedule. I suppose we'll just see how things pan out, no? Wish me luck!
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Although I think it's about time for me to do this myself, so I can figure out where the heck I'm at with all my projects...
(LOL And see if there's anything people are waiting for more than others)
I angst for more Nihon Idol... AND CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER OF FLEETING *bouncebouncebounce*
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LOL! I can't say that's what drives the order in which I work on stuff, but it is always nice to know people still care about projects you've maybe neglected more than others.
I know I'm looking forward to several things you've hinted at being in the works, myself...
I angst for more Nihon Idol...
I angst for it as well - the guilt eats away at me, every time I sit down at my writing desk.
AND CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER OF FLEETING *bouncebouncebounce*
Hehe, neither can I! Whyyyyyyyy do the brothers have to have such a snippy, antagonistic relationship?! (Because it makes them awesome, that's why. But OMG it can be so hard to capture in just that right light...)
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BECAUSE YOU'RE MEAN AND YOU LIKE DANGLING IT IN FRONT OF ME!!!