alexseanchai: Alexia Fast as Emma in Supernatural 7x13 (Emma)
let me hear your voice tonight ([personal profile] alexseanchai) wrote2012-05-25 11:50 pm
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Seven thousand words. At least I won't have trouble making word count? But it's all, get acquainted with Claire, get acquainted with Emma, get Emma alive again, SHOPPING SHOPPING SHOPPING SHOPPING interspersed with Important Conversations. And still the closest I've gotten to discussion of sexuality is Emma saying her ancestors are from Crete, not Lesbos, and Claire coming out of B&N with lesbian romance, and a couple people wondering aloud if Emma and Claire are a couple. ARGH. Did I mention that it's nine months from when we meet Claire to when we meet Emma, and it hasn't even been two days since we met Emma?
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[personal profile] neotoma 2012-05-26 06:21 am (UTC)(link)
Sometimes you just have to let the characters meander for a while to get the voices and reactions right. Latter, you can go back and cut stuff out to make the plot happen at a better pace.
alexseanchai: Katsuki Yuuri wearing a blue jacket and his glasses and holding a poodle, in front of the asexual pride flag with a rainbow heart inset. (Default)

[personal profile] alexseanchai 2012-05-26 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I know. I hate cutting. I hate editing, except for the as-I-write editing. And also these Important Conversations have to happen, and Claire and Emma outfitting themselves has to happen. Not necessarily in as many words as I've got, but they have to happen.
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[personal profile] outlineofash 2012-05-26 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds like it really wants to be longer than 10,000. Some stories seem to shape up like that, unfortunately, unless they're heavily rewritten and/or given an adrenaline booster for the pacing.

(On the other hand, I'm really intrigued by the idea of a mundane activity like shopping serving as the vehicle for developing character dynamics and Important Conversations.)
alexseanchai: Katsuki Yuuri wearing a blue jacket and his glasses and holding a poodle, in front of the asexual pride flag with a rainbow heart inset. (Default)

[personal profile] alexseanchai 2012-05-26 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, definitely going to be longer than 10K. Fortunately I still have most of three weeks in which to write and I've been pretty consistently clocking over a thousand a day.
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[personal profile] snickfic 2012-05-26 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
FWIW, I'd be excited to read a Claire-and-Emma story - especially a long one! - regardless of what themes were or were not present in it. *cheerleads*
alexseanchai: Katsuki Yuuri wearing a blue jacket and his glasses and holding a poodle, in front of the asexual pride flag with a rainbow heart inset. (Default)

[personal profile] alexseanchai 2012-05-26 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Delighted to hear that, but I am writing it for [community profile] queer_bigbang, at least in theory, so queer themes do need to be a large part of the fic. Which so far hasn't been the case.
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