Well, I'm Glad That's Done!

[rusty_armour]

By some minor miracle, I finally finished the rough draft for my David Hewlett MSF/DWB Charity Auction fic! I had promised a minimum of 2500-3000 words, so, naturally, I wrote just over 10,000. Uh, this number might go down to a slightly more reasonable figure once the story has been fixed up. I have a feeling that some trimming might be necessary. The fic certainly needs some serious revision. I'm going to go through it once each day, for the next four days, in the hope that I might be able to whip it into some kind of shape. My plan is to deliver it to my kind and patient bidder on Canada Day, which probably won't mean much to her as I think she's British...

A week ago, I was seriously questioning whether I'd be able to meet my self-imposed deadline for the rough draft, which is June 30th. For several days, I was finding it a challenge to get individual words on the page, never mind full sentences! Then, on Thursday night, who should show up but my AWOL muse.

Muse: Hey, there! Would you like some help?

rusty_armour: Where the fuck have you been, you selfish little bitch?

Okay, I didn't actually say that because I was so frickin' happy to see her, but I was definitely thinking it.

Uh...I believe there was a point to this entry when I first started writing it. I've just forgotten what it is. Oh, yeah! I finished the fic! Thank Herne I finished the fic! Now, I just have to hope my bidder likes it because it would seriously suck if she didn't!

Comments

[njc2007.livejournal.com]

Muses like to hang around when we don't need the distraction (i.e. at work); but then disappear when we sit down to write. What's up with that?

I can't believe how prolific you are. I bow in awe.

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

Muses like to hang around when we don't need the distraction (i.e. at work); but then disappear when we sit down to write. What's up with that?

That is so true! I can't tell you the number of times when my muse has shown up at work! She seems to prefer to offer her services when I'm supposed to be focusing on something else. Like you, if I sit down specifically to write, she seems to get bored and wanders off. I'd like to know what's up with that too!

I can't believe how prolific you are. I bow in awe.

I'm not usually this prolific. Usually, it would take me longer than two months to write 10,000 words. Of course, saying that, I wrote Gatecrasher (http://rusty-armour.livejournal.com/39083.html) in about a week and that was about 6,000 words. However, it's a parody and I seem to be able to write those pretty quickly for some reason. Anywaaaaay, I'm usually a very slow writer and I hadn't intended to write 10,000 words when I began this project.

[njc2007.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean about parodies. They almost write themselves.