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Do you ever get so fed up that you're tempted to post a story with a note that says, "There's supposed to be a scene here which does this, that, and the other thing" instead of continuing to struggle with the damn thing?

Also I'm worried that my paragraphs are too long.

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I think I've actually done that.

Which doesn't mean I would recommend it. But I wouldn't judge!

Sadly, I do not think it would suit the aesthetic of this story. But it is very tempting!

I'm tempted to post vids with big blank spaces that say, "Imagine there was a scene where...." Is that the same thing?

Only if the scenes could be kluged together from existing footage and you were too damn tired of trying to vid them.

I've actually sent stories to beta that way. Only for "note" read "hysterical all-caps remark in brackets." As in, [AND THEN THEY FUCK BUT I JUST CANNOT EVEN GET THEM TO OH GOD I WANT TO DIE.]

This is just more proof that my betas deserve a medal. Particularly the one who fixed the story with that particular "note" in it.

WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR THEM TO FUCK? WHY? ::cries::

In a word? Yes.

Indeed, I think I can go you one better. I've been tempted to post, like, four paragraphs with a note following them that says, "There's a story that's supposed to be here that does this, that, and the other thing."

But if I were a betting woman, I'd bet that your paragraphs are not too long. You're probably just in that place where you hate the sound of your own voice, and have trouble wrapping your brain around the fact that your readers don't.

Isn't that what WiP Absolution Day is for?

I think about breaking them, but I don't want to break them. I guess I will see what betas say, when I have enough paragraphs for a beta.

Yes. Over and over again lately. It's miserable.

I've tried skipping to the next bit I actually can write and then coming back, but ended up with a pathetic Swiss cheese thing just hanging there limply. The only comfort I can offer is the lie I keep telling myself: this can't last forever. At the very least, I can look forward to dying at some point and being released from this ridiculous impulse to make words into things. ;)

...and, for what it's worth, having read some of your fic before, I can't imagine your gorgeous, minimalist style ever producing paragraphs that are too long. Not at all.

Aww, thank you! Minimalist, huh?

Ha. I already did that. That is why I am working on Part 3, instead of Parts 4 or 5, which are done. Done and now I hate them because I have read them over too many times, but my betas said they were sexy and not in fact the dead and mechanical so I will assume they can be LEFT ALONE while Part 3 and I try to BATTER EACH OTHER TO DEATH.

Oh yes. Yes I do.

At this point I just want to finish the story so I can stop whining about it.

Only always.

//More stuff happens. Blah blah blah, crisis of faith. Words are spoken.//

More paragraphs of actual story.

//blah blah blah. Resolution.//

(//stuff// is my notation when writing that I need to, err, write that stuff. Often, I wish to just leave the //stuff// in place, as the writing of it rarely goes smoothly.)

I have now proceeded writing the fucking scene BACKWARDS, which at least means words are getting PUT DOWN.

::cough:: It's been an hour. This is my breaktime.

I wrote almost all of my Shuldig/Omi

yaoi_challenge backward, then flipped it for the actual fic, because the backward perspective added nothing-- it must made it easier for me to write it.

Whether that's an incentive or a warning I'm not sure.

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