I have a confession to make
Oct. 17th, 2012 08:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kadollanI'm worried that I've lost my mojo. Such as it was.
I'm doing NaNo in two weeks and I haven't the least clue what I'm writing. I asked for prompts two weeks ago and my brain just freezes up whenever I go to write one.
WTF is the matter with me?
MOJO WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?!
(I apparently have not lost the ability to be melodramatic.)
GRRR.
Okay, anyway, right now I have two major contenders for my NaNo novel.
Option #1 is an idea I first came up with in 2010, I think. To wit: Harry Potter Post Epilogue (Next Gen) story. James has cast a spell that prohibits Lily from dating until after Albus does (ala 10 Things I Hate About You/Taming of the Shrew). James thinks he's terribly clever because he knows Albus is too shy to date. Lily actually IS very clever, and knows that Albus isn't just shy -- he is also in love with his best friend Scorpius. I initially thought that this story would be from Albus' POV (as is traditional in the other versions, where Albus = Kate)... but this is totally Lily's story.
OBSTACLES: I need the boy that Lily wants to date. He needs to be an OC, and worthy of our girl. Also, I'm in the middle of a different Lily-centric story, and I want to not cross my streams (neither of these are really obstacles. I'm such a whiner).
Option #2: Avengers fandom. I talked about this a little bit when I wrote my Steve Rogers character study. Steve/Bucky. Steve and Bucky never got together before the war -- there was some interest from both parties, but neither of them realized that the other one would be open to the idea, so unrequited UST of a fairly sweet nature. Then Bucky ships out, and gets captured and Steve changes before they find each other again. In the months that they are raiding together as Howling Commandoes they very nearly have a Moment, but end up having a fight instead. Then Bucky dies. Then Steve dies. And that's really where my story would start. (The story would be mostly in the "now" of story time, modern day after the Winter Soldier is found. The rest is told as flashbacks and memories.)
So, tell me Oh Wise Flist -- which should I write? Please to cast your votes in the comments (preferably with a word or two saying why you'd suggest one over the other). Please bear in mind that I have to date written only about 1500 words of Avengers fic. I've done 4 NaNoWriMos worth of Harry Potter fic (plus some). One could argue that fact in favor of either option above, depending on which way it was spun.
I'm doing NaNo in two weeks and I haven't the least clue what I'm writing. I asked for prompts two weeks ago and my brain just freezes up whenever I go to write one.
WTF is the matter with me?
MOJO WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?!
(I apparently have not lost the ability to be melodramatic.)
GRRR.
Okay, anyway, right now I have two major contenders for my NaNo novel.
Option #1 is an idea I first came up with in 2010, I think. To wit: Harry Potter Post Epilogue (Next Gen) story. James has cast a spell that prohibits Lily from dating until after Albus does (ala 10 Things I Hate About You/Taming of the Shrew). James thinks he's terribly clever because he knows Albus is too shy to date. Lily actually IS very clever, and knows that Albus isn't just shy -- he is also in love with his best friend Scorpius. I initially thought that this story would be from Albus' POV (as is traditional in the other versions, where Albus = Kate)... but this is totally Lily's story.
OBSTACLES: I need the boy that Lily wants to date. He needs to be an OC, and worthy of our girl. Also, I'm in the middle of a different Lily-centric story, and I want to not cross my streams (neither of these are really obstacles. I'm such a whiner).
Option #2: Avengers fandom. I talked about this a little bit when I wrote my Steve Rogers character study. Steve/Bucky. Steve and Bucky never got together before the war -- there was some interest from both parties, but neither of them realized that the other one would be open to the idea, so unrequited UST of a fairly sweet nature. Then Bucky ships out, and gets captured and Steve changes before they find each other again. In the months that they are raiding together as Howling Commandoes they very nearly have a Moment, but end up having a fight instead. Then Bucky dies. Then Steve dies. And that's really where my story would start. (The story would be mostly in the "now" of story time, modern day after the Winter Soldier is found. The rest is told as flashbacks and memories.)
So, tell me Oh Wise Flist -- which should I write? Please to cast your votes in the comments (preferably with a word or two saying why you'd suggest one over the other). Please bear in mind that I have to date written only about 1500 words of Avengers fic. I've done 4 NaNoWriMos worth of Harry Potter fic (plus some). One could argue that fact in favor of either option above, depending on which way it was spun.
