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Resisting the long-fic temptation (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Does anyone else have to resist the urge to turn every idea they have for a story/setting into a long-fic? Do you succeed & if you do, how?

When I started writing fanfic last year, I very foolishly allowed my teeny little idea to balloon into a series of 2 stories that's now 50-odd chapters & will probably be another dozen before I'm finished with it. I didn't mean to, the damn thing just got away from me!
In the meantime, I've started drafting an outline for a 3rd story in the series that I really want to write (must finish story #2 first!), I've written another multi-chapter story (having 1 on the go simply isn't good enough). Oh & I've written 1 single solitary one-shot (that I am half-tempted to add a sequel to just for the hell of it).

It's like not wanting to see your favourite TV show end even though you know it peaked 3 seasons back & it's all downhill from here. Halp! 🫠

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Funnily enough, I'm kind of "forcing" myself to write in order to finish my current long-fic but not in a sense that I've lost interest in it. I was really lucky for the 6 months or so after I first started it last year that my life was really stress-free. That's flipped in the past few months & lo & behold, it turns out I'm a delicate little flower who struggles to write when I've got other boring adulting stuff on my mind. But writing it has been such a good escape from that crap that it's worth forcing in my opinion & pushes me to carve out a few hours for it every week.

I found a cute little trick a couple of weeks ago where I embedded a short story into my long-fic for a couple of chapters (basically a role playing game with the POV from the characters inside the game). Not sure if my readers care for it or not but it was great from a writing perspective & I knocked out 3 whole chapters in a week! I'm starting to wonder if that just means I should take on more short-fics or one-shots when I find myself stressed as they're more self-contained & easier to initiate & wrap up to my satisfaction. 🤷‍♂️ But then again, I really want to get this long-fic done too. Agh, not enough time in the day!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I often force myself to write too. I enjoy making stories enough that creating a habit to push through even when I don’t want to is important to me. I also wanted to be a professional author, so I taught myself tricks of the trade like it was going to be a job.

Doesn’t work for everyone, but it helps me complete stories. And the feeling of completion is worth it.

I love perspective shifts like that! Of course, I also love tabletop. Seeing the perspective of a character another character has created? chef’s kiss