Insanity Lurks

"...and another one bites the dust..." *wanders off singing*

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You're a challenge pusher, you know that, right?

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WHERE IS YOUR LAYOUT?

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*bursts out laughing* SURPRISE! :)

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Misery loves company. **cheshire cat grin**

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Well, I said if you did it, I would. And Kei was being exceptionally encouraging.

I figure I have plenty of time to regret this. :D

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I may already regret it. **eeeep**

But I do have 600 words - just 9400 to go!

**head-->hand**

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That's 600 more words than me! How's it going now?

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Welllllll...I'm not sure. Definitely less tha 1200 words. **hides**

I have the beginning, a small snippet of the middle, and how it will end in the conflict sense. The actual physical manifestation of that resolution is still very foggy. :(

I think my main problem is that I don't normally write like this - I start at the beginning and go to the end. So I really have only the vaguest idea of where I am and where I'm going.. **cries**

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Elrond or Glorfindel? Hugely AU?

**cheers both options**

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It's RE's fault. I think either way it's going to be in that universe.

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*g*

**casts vote for Elrond, but loves Glorfindel, too**

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I have the POWER!

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Be good, dear. Be good.

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Yes, that sounds very much like the Kei we all know and love. She's an enabler.

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I am always amazed at people who can write fics that long. >_>

the not yet started Aina

... I no longer feel alone in the universe. :D Thank you.

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I used to be amazed at that - my first swap fic was 1,167 words. The minimum was 1,200. Kei had to help me put some extra words in. :D Was a short story writer. These days, I've gotten up to 13k. 25k feels absolutely humongous.

Oh we are in this boat together. I don't know how I am going to pull this one off. Do you have a story idea at least?

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Hee! I can sympathise. My SV fic from earlier this year was just over 3,000 words and the second-longest fic I've ever written. :D

I have... some vague notions. I'm still not quite 100% settled on the pairing (though I do love my choices). If I could at least do that then I could poke ideas better, likely. Oi. My brain, sometimes.

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I don't think I've written a properly short story in a long time and I miss it. The swap fics have a tendency of growing - if you keep doing it, the longer they'll get. So next year, maybe 6k?

I have a set pairing and no particular plot request. Which in theory sounds cool, but in practice means I don't have any direction to head into...

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I wouldn't mind getting used to writing longer fics. I've always kind of cursed my sparse-ass writing style that contributes toward my fics being so short. (That, and my somewhat deficient plotting skills.)

Which in theory sounds cool, but in practice means I don't have any direction to head into...

I know exactly what you mean! I'm right there with you, too. I have a choice of pairings & genres, but no starting point. And it's difficult to yank an idea out of my queue of stories-I'd-like-to-write because, well, it's for someone else and I want it to be as much just-for-them as possible.

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Do the second pairing and the genre that suits them best :) :)

Mine? Not started yet. Assignment - do not like! I feel so guilty about the recipient, I can't see this turning out well.

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I adore the second pairing. ♥ I'd just need to figure out what to do with them that isn't the same thing everyone else does with them. Hee.

Eep, that's difficult. -_- It's one thing to work with an assignment that's outside your normal writing 'thing', but another to try to wrestle with one you dislike altogether. I hope something great comes out of it regardless. ♥

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Oh, there's always an angle :D And if there isn't, then there's still the fact that everyone writes that same old thing differently.

Good luck *hugs*

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