I think I've figured out the problem . . .

[dbskyler]

I've been working on my second ficlet for 50ficlets and it's going fairly well, actually -- in fact, I think it might be ready to post tomorrow. But in the course of creating this (currently) 512-word ficlet, I have written an additional 1,134 words. That's what's in my scratch file right now.

I think I may have just figured out why I'm a slow writer . . .

Comments

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Yay, fic!! \O/

Um, there's quite a difference between 512 words and 1134 words - as in the latter's more than double the former... :D

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

I know! I always write more than what ends up in the fic, but I don't usually have a 2-1 ratio . . .

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Ah well - at least you're writing!

Can't wait to start reading them...

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

I'll be batch posting them here once I've got a decent set together, but if you want to read now, I just posted the latest one here: http://community.livejournal.com/50ficlets/123681.html Only 497 words in the final version -- somewhere in the final tweaking I lost another 15 words! Please don't feel obligated to go read it, though -- in fact, you should never feel obligated to read any of them (or anything else I write).

But yes, I do feel like this challenge has been getting me back into the writing "swing," which is a very good thing!

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Silly! I *always* want to read what you write!!

But yes, I do feel like this challenge has been getting me back into the writing "swing," which is a very good thing!

Good news!!

[thisbluespirit]

:lol:

I mean, keeping things down can be a problem sometimes. Luckily, I chose a show that's ideal for short, random scenes, but I do Blake's 7 ficlets sometimes too, and trying to keep them from growing over the requisite 500 words is tough!

Aw. Still, if you mean to turn it all into one story one day, will the excess words come in handy then?

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wouldn't mind at all if the extra words were there because I was keeping the word count down, but that's not it. The scratch file contains all the pieces of writing that I took out because I didn't like them -- snippets and phrases and entire paragraphs of sucky writing, or writing that sometimes is fine but for one reason or another I decided didn't "go" with the direction of the fic.

But yes, some of it might be usable for the longer story . . . we'll see!

[thisbluespirit]

... And this is probably why you're such a good writer. ;-)

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Aw, that's nice of you to say. I wish I could prevent myself from producing the suck in the first place, but at least I recognize it when I see it . . . or some of it, anyway. ; )

[pitry.livejournal.com]

You can always go for the short and long version of the same story! That would be quite fun, actually.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

It might just work out that way if I spin the ficlets into a longer story . . .