#writingreflection

I'm currently writing a fanfic that seems to be writing itself.

Even though I'm incredibly busy right now and have much less free time than I'd like, the story keeps flowing almost effortlessly whenever I sit down to work on it. And honestly, that's been surprisingly reassuring.

It's helping me understand that the problems I've been having with the Clark-Centric Prompt Meme! aren't necessarily my problems as a writer. Sometimes it's just the story. Sometimes a project is harder to wrestle into shape than another, apparently..

This experience is teaching me more about myself as a writer: what I enjoy writing, what comes naturally to me, and what kinds of stories feel manageable and sustainable over the long term. That's been especially helpful while dealing with the pressure I feel working on the outline for the sequel to Dark Days and Lost Suns.

I'm really looking forward to finishing and posting this fic. It's not a Superbat story (though they do make a brief appearance, of course), but that's part of what I've been enjoying about it. It's giving me a chance to explore new characters and new dynamics (not as deeply as DDaLS haha). Sometimes comic book relationships and characterizations can stay in the same place for so long that I start struggling to connect with the characters. Working on they has been refreshing, and I think it's helping me understand them.

So I'm happy right now and I hope we'll talk again soon ^^

Have a great weekend, darlings!!

That moment when you realize you’re close to finishing a story... Alegrata’s Beloved has 10 chapters remaining to be written. I have written up ‘till chapter 55, and just planned out the remaining chapters and epilogue. 

It’s kinda weird to think that in a few months time I won’t be writing anymore for this project that took four long years to complete. On one hand I’m glad to finish it, but on the other hand I’m always reluctant to do so for some strange reason.

This story has brought me so much joy in the form of awesome readers and feedback and frustration because of writer’s blocks (and that time when FOSFF went down, along with the 150+ something reviews I had for it, and I then had to upload it all again on GOTVG). 

This story is certainly not my best work, and in between the lines you can see my (sometimes) detachment from the story here and there, and other times you can tell I was completely into writing it. Nevertheless it’s my baby, and the biggest project I’ve ever taken on.