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Not a lot of progress this week, but some is still miles better than none.
Priority Fics:
Grimm Reflections: Made a little bit of progress on Chapter 3. Mostly I worked on the changes to chapter four that had to happen when the plot shifted slightly. Originally, Nick and Monroe were going to be a supplemental ship in the story (to the obligatory Kevin/Javi that I always write).
See, I missed season one of Grimm when it aired, and when I was just reading fic I shipped Nick and Monroe pretty hard. I also started writing this story just after Nick moved in with Monroe during Juliette's amnesia episode. But over the past couple seasons, Rosalee and Juliette have both grown on me as characters.
Plus I've just gotten good at using the magical slash eraser that other authors use to disappear inconvenient girlfriends. I can explain one out of a given story, but use two (who, unlike Jenny, I actually care about), and it gets harder.
TL;DR: I changed some stuff, so that instead of Monroe and Javier bonding over being wesen in love with Grimms, they bond over other wesen stuff, and also Grimms, and also Juliette and Rosalee don't appear in the story, but at least their existences are acknowledged alongside Jenny, to whom I'm nicer than I feel I have to be in general, and nicer too in this story than in most.
P.S. I fail at succinctness forever.
Wordcount: ~6k
Outline: ~5k
I Am Sworn: Finished my "research" into the main quest line up to the end of "A Cornered Rat", which is where this story ends, more or less. We're into sequel territory after that. Now I just have to copy down all these notes...
I don't remember getting much actual work done after patching the gap mentioned in last week's post. But I must have, because the outline is 2k longer than it was...
Oh, I've also finally broken down and begun breaking the story down into chapters, because otherwise it would have become even more unmanageable than it already is. Of which currently two and a half are written.
Wordcount: ~13k
Outline: ~6k (Before long this will bloat insanely due to notes being copied into the outline.)
Secondary Fics:
Concept of Mind: Some progress, mostly with details and specifics for scenes that already existed. Which is not really what I want, at this point I need raw plot. I also find that in my fretting about minor ensemble characters, I've kind of been neglecting Dorian's POV on things. Which...I really need not to do. I'll meditate on this angle and hope it nets me something concrete.
Outline: ~3k
In Cold Blood: Had a little bit of inspiration on this one spring off after reading another vampire-themed fic.
Prior Wordcount: ~700
Prior Outline: ~6k
Outline: ~6.8k
Whiterun: Working title. This is the direct sequel to Vasa Jijri, which I had jotted down brief notes for in the past, but which, like "I Am Sworn", I didn't have access to the game needed to expand on it, or really come up with any plot. I may not any time soon, but this fic is constantly tempting. Because, as I learned back when writing "Trick or Treat", kid!fic is awfully freeing and fun to write. Also, Khajiit.
Outline: ~500
Wtfics:
Castles in the Clouds: I've gotten a lot more into the outline on this. The beginning is pretty solid, but the middle and ending keep swinging back and forth like a metronome. But I do like the new direction it's taking, because Kate and Castle actually play a part. And that...doesn't always come easy with me.
It also resulted in this (slightly spoilerish) gem of an exchange, though not so spoilery that I can't share it with you now, with actual spoilers redacted:
The Castle crew winds up going to Avalon to ██████████████████. That isn't the plan, mind, but Castle isn't about to let Kevin and Javier go to Avalon without him, and Kate comes along out of solidarity and to keep him in line.
Castle: "Avalon. Like from King Arthur?"
Kevin: "King Arthur's not there anymore. But... Basically? Yeah."
Castle: "Uh, yeah...I'm going. ████████████████████████████████████████████████."
Kate: "I hate to say it, but he's got a point. You two...might need back up."
Kevin doesn't argue.
Kevin: "Fine. How's your Latin?"
Castle: "Better than my Mandarin. Why?"
-=-
Because I. Just. Couldn't. Help. It.
Wordcount: ~1k
Outline: ~7k
Priority Fics:
Grimm Reflections: Made a little bit of progress on Chapter 3. Mostly I worked on the changes to chapter four that had to happen when the plot shifted slightly. Originally, Nick and Monroe were going to be a supplemental ship in the story (to the obligatory Kevin/Javi that I always write).
See, I missed season one of Grimm when it aired, and when I was just reading fic I shipped Nick and Monroe pretty hard. I also started writing this story just after Nick moved in with Monroe during Juliette's amnesia episode. But over the past couple seasons, Rosalee and Juliette have both grown on me as characters.
Plus I've just gotten good at using the magical slash eraser that other authors use to disappear inconvenient girlfriends. I can explain one out of a given story, but use two (who, unlike Jenny, I actually care about), and it gets harder.
TL;DR: I changed some stuff, so that instead of Monroe and Javier bonding over being wesen in love with Grimms, they bond over other wesen stuff, and also Grimms, and also Juliette and Rosalee don't appear in the story, but at least their existences are acknowledged alongside Jenny, to whom I'm nicer than I feel I have to be in general, and nicer too in this story than in most.
P.S. I fail at succinctness forever.
Wordcount: ~6k
Outline: ~5k
I Am Sworn: Finished my "research" into the main quest line up to the end of "A Cornered Rat", which is where this story ends, more or less. We're into sequel territory after that. Now I just have to copy down all these notes...
I don't remember getting much actual work done after patching the gap mentioned in last week's post. But I must have, because the outline is 2k longer than it was...
Oh, I've also finally broken down and begun breaking the story down into chapters, because otherwise it would have become even more unmanageable than it already is. Of which currently two and a half are written.
Wordcount: ~13k
Outline: ~6k (Before long this will bloat insanely due to notes being copied into the outline.)
Secondary Fics:
Concept of Mind: Some progress, mostly with details and specifics for scenes that already existed. Which is not really what I want, at this point I need raw plot. I also find that in my fretting about minor ensemble characters, I've kind of been neglecting Dorian's POV on things. Which...I really need not to do. I'll meditate on this angle and hope it nets me something concrete.
Outline: ~3k
In Cold Blood: Had a little bit of inspiration on this one spring off after reading another vampire-themed fic.
Prior Wordcount: ~700
Prior Outline: ~6k
Outline: ~6.8k
Whiterun: Working title. This is the direct sequel to Vasa Jijri, which I had jotted down brief notes for in the past, but which, like "I Am Sworn", I didn't have access to the game needed to expand on it, or really come up with any plot. I may not any time soon, but this fic is constantly tempting. Because, as I learned back when writing "Trick or Treat", kid!fic is awfully freeing and fun to write. Also, Khajiit.
Outline: ~500
Wtfics:
Castles in the Clouds: I've gotten a lot more into the outline on this. The beginning is pretty solid, but the middle and ending keep swinging back and forth like a metronome. But I do like the new direction it's taking, because Kate and Castle actually play a part. And that...doesn't always come easy with me.
It also resulted in this (slightly spoilerish) gem of an exchange, though not so spoilery that I can't share it with you now, with actual spoilers redacted:
The Castle crew winds up going to Avalon to ██████████████████. That isn't the plan, mind, but Castle isn't about to let Kevin and Javier go to Avalon without him, and Kate comes along out of solidarity and to keep him in line.
Castle: "Avalon. Like from King Arthur?"
Kevin: "King Arthur's not there anymore. But... Basically? Yeah."
Castle: "Uh, yeah...I'm going. ████████████████████████████████████████████████."
Kate: "I hate to say it, but he's got a point. You two...might need back up."
Kevin doesn't argue.
Kevin: "Fine. How's your Latin?"
Castle: "Better than my Mandarin. Why?"
-=-
Because I. Just. Couldn't. Help. It.
Wordcount: ~1k
Outline: ~7k
