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Writer's Block >_
May. 8th, 2005 06:11 pm...I really need a writer's block icon. Or, to be more precise, space so I can use a writer's block icon. But whatever. Maybe when I get a job.
What I should be working on: Finishing chapter 14 of Communications so I can send it to be beta'd and post 13 guilt-free
What I feel like working on: That Naruto gay bar parody fic.
For those of you who aren't familiar with the story behind me writing the second one, it is as follows: There exists in slash/yaoi fic a certain cliche. Really,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
harukami explains it much better than I could in her YnM fic, Cliche, which is how I learned about it in the first place. Basically, two characters (between which there is much UST) are assigned to go to a gay bar for one reason or another. Both are in the closet-ish. They end up playing the part of a couple for, again, one reason or another--sometimes the fic will have a good reason, sometimes it won't. Usually it'll be 'to fit in better,' or some such. (My feelings on this will be expressed when I actually write the damn fic in question and post it, thank you very much.) Anyway, very, uh, prevelant cliche. And wherever there is cliche, I wish to stomp it out of existance defy it. That's probably where all my teenage rebellion ended up, actually; the urge to defy convention. Harukami pulls this off rather well in her own fic, but I thought of a rather... different way to handle it. As I have taken so long to write the damn fic in question, I have decided to break down and share the joke. (Whited-out, in case some people don't want to be spoiled.)
See, what I thought would be really funny for a change is if the characters in question go to a bar that one of them actually visits regularly. It's like this:
[characters A and B walk into a bar]
Bar-person: Hey, good to see you, A!
Char A: *wince*
Char B: *eyebrows go up*
I mean, come on! You can try to tell me that wouldn't be funny, but I won't believe you.
Anyway, have been having problems with the fic =_= For a while, I thought it was just an urgency question, but now I think it's actually a POV issue. Which means I have to go back through and re-write everything I've got down so far -_- Which I do not like to do. At all. I think I might be able to pull it off if I just typed it straight up onto the computer, but Dad doesn't like letting me use it during odd-numbered hours, even if I wouldn't be tying up the phone line. Nine times out of ten, I'd rather be using my computer time to read fic than write it--especially since I usually write the first draft on paper. Still, I may have to make an exception in this case. *sigh*
I also keep wanting to add little side-thought comments that would completely ruin theterribly predictable second joke/punchline/whatever, and/or would turn the fic into a more serious/romantic fic. And I can do that, really; I just don't want to with this fic.
So, that's my problem. With any luck, writing about it will have solved the damn thing. Without any luck, I'll be stuck having to pass the bunny on to someone else to write ;_; And I really want to write this one, too! Still....
Challenge: Pick a fanfic cliche. Any fanfic cliche (except this one, in this way. This one in other ways is fine). Defy it >D
Randomly: Whenever I see the tag '.com', I instantly think '.communist' o_O
What I should be working on: Finishing chapter 14 of Communications so I can send it to be beta'd and post 13 guilt-free
What I feel like working on: That Naruto gay bar parody fic.
For those of you who aren't familiar with the story behind me writing the second one, it is as follows: There exists in slash/yaoi fic a certain cliche. Really,
harukami explains it much better than I could in her YnM fic, Cliche, which is how I learned about it in the first place. Basically, two characters (between which there is much UST) are assigned to go to a gay bar for one reason or another. Both are in the closet-ish. They end up playing the part of a couple for, again, one reason or another--sometimes the fic will have a good reason, sometimes it won't. Usually it'll be 'to fit in better,' or some such. (My feelings on this will be expressed when I actually write the damn fic in question and post it, thank you very much.) Anyway, very, uh, prevelant cliche. And wherever there is cliche, I wish to See, what I thought would be really funny for a change is if the characters in question go to a bar that one of them actually visits regularly. It's like this:
[characters A and B walk into a bar]
Bar-person: Hey, good to see you, A!
Char A: *wince*
Char B: *eyebrows go up*
I mean, come on! You can try to tell me that wouldn't be funny, but I won't believe you.
Anyway, have been having problems with the fic =_= For a while, I thought it was just an urgency question, but now I think it's actually a POV issue. Which means I have to go back through and re-write everything I've got down so far -_- Which I do not like to do. At all. I think I might be able to pull it off if I just typed it straight up onto the computer, but Dad doesn't like letting me use it during odd-numbered hours, even if I wouldn't be tying up the phone line. Nine times out of ten, I'd rather be using my computer time to read fic than write it--especially since I usually write the first draft on paper. Still, I may have to make an exception in this case. *sigh*
I also keep wanting to add little side-thought comments that would completely ruin the
So, that's my problem. With any luck, writing about it will have solved the damn thing. Without any luck, I'll be stuck having to pass the bunny on to someone else to write ;_; And I really want to write this one, too! Still....
Challenge: Pick a fanfic cliche. Any fanfic cliche (except this one, in this way. This one in other ways is fine). Defy it >D
Randomly: Whenever I see the tag '.com', I instantly think '.communist' o_O
