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"i'll deal with it in january"
Jan. 9th, 2024 08:50 pmso far: I have written a... brief summary? certainly not an outline! of the nano revision rewrite. currently avoiding writing the actual outline by writing kink negotiation fic (?!) instead which was the most ridiculous choice I could've made in terms of productivity because I've just been staring at the screen for three days asking myself why, but I've definitely succeeded in procrastinating.
also I think the plot has circled all the way back around to the prophecy story I started drafting while I was moving across the country on the fail train, which amuses me to no end.
my problem is that I am so. bad. at plot? but on the other hand, I used to be terrible at dialogue too, and I think I am good at that now? (read it out loud! or at least out loud in your head!)
... actually, maybe this is something that an outline will help with? okay I figured it out, January's goal is to outline this story! and then we will deal with it in February, lol.
(... can I trick myself into writing the entire story this way? WE WILL SEE.)
also I think the plot has circled all the way back around to the prophecy story I started drafting while I was moving across the country on the fail train, which amuses me to no end.
my problem is that I am so. bad. at plot? but on the other hand, I used to be terrible at dialogue too, and I think I am good at that now? (read it out loud! or at least out loud in your head!)
... actually, maybe this is something that an outline will help with? okay I figured it out, January's goal is to outline this story! and then we will deal with it in February, lol.
(... can I trick myself into writing the entire story this way? WE WILL SEE.)
It's January, which means it's time to deal with all of the things that I was putting off until January! (Next year we will put them off until February, lol)
My resolution is to write every day. So far I'm crushing that goal. (I've actually written every day since November, even if it's just a few sentences, and... turns out, it's way easier this way? Feels like I probably already knew this.)
Still debating what I want write that isn't OT3 domestic fluff (sidetone, but I've noticed that all of my one shots are sweet and adorable even if there's some darker things under the surface, and all of my long-form stuff is just super fucked up but I don't like sad endings so it has to get better somehow, and for some reason this is so funny to me), but I thiiiink I landed on revising my NaNo thing because the Disaster Queers are hilarious and also I really like the mom and the magic system that I started to work out but not until 40k words. It still feels daunting, but less so than it did on November 30!
My resolution is to write every day. So far I'm crushing that goal. (I've actually written every day since November, even if it's just a few sentences, and... turns out, it's way easier this way? Feels like I probably already knew this.)
Still debating what I want write that isn't OT3 domestic fluff (sidetone, but I've noticed that all of my one shots are sweet and adorable even if there's some darker things under the surface, and all of my long-form stuff is just super fucked up but I don't like sad endings so it has to get better somehow, and for some reason this is so funny to me), but I thiiiink I landed on revising my NaNo thing because the Disaster Queers are hilarious and also I really like the mom and the magic system that I started to work out but not until 40k words. It still feels daunting, but less so than it did on November 30!
still in a mood lol
Dec. 24th, 2023 06:41 pmdark and stormy night (2033 words) by rosabelle
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Power Rangers in Space
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Andros/Ashley Hammond/Zhane
Characters: Ashley Hammond, Zhane (Power Rangers), Andros (Power Rangers)
Additional Tags: Cuddling & Snuggling, Tickling, Making Out, Sex
Summary:
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Power Rangers in Space
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Andros/Ashley Hammond/Zhane
Characters: Ashley Hammond, Zhane (Power Rangers), Andros (Power Rangers)
Additional Tags: Cuddling & Snuggling, Tickling, Making Out, Sex
Summary:
"What if we kiss you until morning?"
still ignoring my novel til January!
Dec. 11th, 2023 10:21 pmStill editing all the Power Rangers stories I wrote in November! 😅 This one is... idk, it's not NOT cute, but it's heavy.
Twins (3396 words) by rosabelle
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Power Rangers in Space
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Andros & Astronema | Karone
Characters: Ashley Hammond, Andros (Power Rangers), Astronema | Karone
Additional Tags: Sibling Bonding, Bittersweet, Backstory, Long Lost/Secret Relatives, Childhood Trauma, Background Poly
Summary:
Twins (3396 words) by rosabelle
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Power Rangers in Space
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Andros & Astronema | Karone
Characters: Ashley Hammond, Andros (Power Rangers), Astronema | Karone
Additional Tags: Sibling Bonding, Bittersweet, Backstory, Long Lost/Secret Relatives, Childhood Trauma, Background Poly
Summary:
Andros never talked to her like this, never shared all of his worries and insecurities. Karone liked him so much better this way.
I'm telling you
Dec. 7th, 2023 08:45 pmThis is the cutest fucking thing I've ever written in my liiiife.
(I love it so much I'm almost tempted to write the actual sex so they can keep being adorable, and I hate writing sex scenes.)
(Attempting to finish all of the things I wrote during NaNo to avoid doing NaNo.)
(I love it so much I'm almost tempted to write the actual sex so they can keep being adorable, and I hate writing sex scenes.)
(Attempting to finish all of the things I wrote during NaNo to avoid doing NaNo.)
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Dec. 6th, 2023 09:57 amI'm writing the cutest story I've ever written in my life, and on the one hand I can't stop smiling at it because it's so adorable and on the other hand I'm so annoyed at myself that I wasted all the years I was active in this fandom writing such nonsense when I could've been writing adorable things instead. 😂
my kid: can I read your stories
me: [obvious external panic] uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
my kid: what
(I let him read one of the cute Major Crimes stories. I did not let him read any of the Power Ranger stories, because... listennnn I'mma need to skim those first.)
me: [obvious external panic] uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
my kid: what
(I let him read one of the cute Major Crimes stories. I did not let him read any of the Power Ranger stories, because... listennnn I'mma need to skim those first.)
63,838 \0/
45k of the actual novel, and 18k of absolute nonsense Power Rangers fanfic.
I... listen, I had no plans to do NaNo and then I just kind of decided on a whim, hey, let's do it! I can quit on day two if I want! And then the words just... kept coming???
I didn't think I still had it in me tbh.
45k of the actual novel, and 18k of absolute nonsense Power Rangers fanfic.
I... listen, I had no plans to do NaNo and then I just kind of decided on a whim, hey, let's do it! I can quit on day two if I want! And then the words just... kept coming???
I didn't think I still had it in me tbh.
I am both 12,000 words ahead and 5,000 words behind, which is a weird place to be in--on the one hand, I don't think I'm gonna finish the novel regardless because I'm estimating it needs 65,000 words to be "complete" and yet on the other hand, I have technically already won!
... fuck it, the point was to write?
... fuck it, the point was to write?
... so if we count all of the Power Rangers fanfic that I inexplicably decided to write this month, I have already exceeded 50,000 words.
But we are not counting it yet! (... nor will I be posting it, probably, because lolololno, although I guess I could do some specific scenes as one shots but I'm getting ahead of myself because this is 100% a problem for December rosabelle. November rosabelle has other problems.)
Anyway! We have reached the point where I have to figure out the plot or else it's less "I can fix this in editing" and more "this story is wildly unfinished," so that's... happening, with varying degrees of success. It's fine. We can fix this in editing, right?
My friend promised me that there is a market for this. Did she only say that so that I'd write it? Only time will tell!
But we are not counting it yet! (... nor will I be posting it, probably, because lolololno, although I guess I could do some specific scenes as one shots but I'm getting ahead of myself because this is 100% a problem for December rosabelle. November rosabelle has other problems.)
Anyway! We have reached the point where I have to figure out the plot or else it's less "I can fix this in editing" and more "this story is wildly unfinished," so that's... happening, with varying degrees of success. It's fine. We can fix this in editing, right?
My friend promised me that there is a market for this. Did she only say that so that I'd write it? Only time will tell!
Almost halfway there! Is it good? Absolutely not! Coherent? Hell no! But it's written. Tbh I'm just shocked that I made it this far because I have had zeroooooo inspiration so this entire time has basically been just me gritting my teeth and powering through.
... also this is gonna be hella long in the end because mostly I am just writing dialogue, which always amuses me because of how much I used to hate it and now it is 10000% the easiest part of the process for me.
Anyway, I think Theo just got kidnapped, so that'll motivate me for the next few days. Or maybe we can drag that out for the rest of the month.
( excerpt from yesterday, wasn't kidding about the dialogue )
... also this is gonna be hella long in the end because mostly I am just writing dialogue, which always amuses me because of how much I used to hate it and now it is 10000% the easiest part of the process for me.
Anyway, I think Theo just got kidnapped, so that'll motivate me for the next few days. Or maybe we can drag that out for the rest of the month.
( excerpt from yesterday, wasn't kidding about the dialogue )
Is this the plot arriving??
This is, for the record, not the plot that I had planned on, but you know, whatever.
They're all in love with each other now, here we gooooooo.
Edit: ... lol, as a reward for pushing myself through all that, I was like, "now I can write some completely self-indulgent nonsense as a reward" except then that was like, six thousand words?! So... that's probably the most I've written in a single day since I was literally fifteen and writing a complete story every week because I had no idea it was terrible, lmao. I'm not counting it rn because I don't want to mess up my stats but I'll throw it on at the end or maybe save it if I get real behind.
This is, for the record, not the plot that I had planned on, but you know, whatever.
They're all in love with each other now, here we gooooooo.
Edit: ... lol, as a reward for pushing myself through all that, I was like, "now I can write some completely self-indulgent nonsense as a reward" except then that was like, six thousand words?! So... that's probably the most I've written in a single day since I was literally fifteen and writing a complete story every week because I had no idea it was terrible, lmao. I'm not counting it rn because I don't want to mess up my stats but I'll throw it on at the end or maybe save it if I get real behind.
10K!! I have now written more in the last five days than I have in two years (by the end of next week it'll be more than in the last five years, if I maintain my current pace.)
I am exhausted, but it's getting... easier, I will admit.
I forgot they were supposed to have magic powers, but I can edit that in later, lol. There is also none of the generational trauma that I expected to be writing about, but there sure is a lot of unplanned romantic nonsense (whyyyyyyy)
Is any of this marketable? probably not!
I am exhausted, but it's getting... easier, I will admit.
I forgot they were supposed to have magic powers, but I can edit that in later, lol. There is also none of the generational trauma that I expected to be writing about, but there sure is a lot of unplanned romantic nonsense (whyyyyyyy)
Is any of this marketable? probably not!
Ughhhhhhh what do you mean I have to write again
Chapter three is a wedding and I hate weddings, so we're just gonna skip that for now, and I'll edit that in later or maybe never if I can get away with it.
Disaster Queers are gonna be spectacularly disastrous in a few chapters, I think.
... you know what, Serafina can be queer too, why tf not.
I can fix all of this in editing.
Chapter three is a wedding and I hate weddings, so we're just gonna skip that for now, and I'll edit that in later or maybe never if I can get away with it.
Disaster Queers are gonna be spectacularly disastrous in a few chapters, I think.
... you know what, Serafina can be queer too, why tf not.
I can fix all of this in editing.
... whoops, you were not supposed to be my favorite character
... or have that particular plotline
... or be obviously in love with your best friend
In hindsight, it was probably over the moment my friend suggested Flick as a nickname for Felix because c'mon, you can't tell me that's not adorable, and then things just... happened.
Why am I writing about teenagers? And are all these people still cousins, because I really need for them to... not be related, if this is how things are gonna play out.
... or have that particular plotline
... or be obviously in love with your best friend
In hindsight, it was probably over the moment my friend suggested Flick as a nickname for Felix because c'mon, you can't tell me that's not adorable, and then things just... happened.
Why am I writing about teenagers? And are all these people still cousins, because I really need for them to... not be related, if this is how things are gonna play out.
