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capri0mniI'm calling them unresolutions because, many cycles ago, I decided that I'll stop "shoulding" on myself, and rather than resolve to fix what I perceive is broken about me (or what Society tells me I should fix), that I will, instead, set a creative goal, where I MAKE or DO something -- and it's something fun. So, at the end of the year I can look back with fondness on the new idea or thing I brought forth into the Universe, rather than look back with regret on my failings.
Still, even though it's fun and creative, having friends know what I've set for myself, so they can occasionally prompt me with a "By the way: how's that thing going?" is helpful. So that's what this post is for.
As you'll notice, I'm using the plural, and yes, I have two unresolutions:
1) Quote-Finish-Unquote my Acorn (Eloise) Troll story -- transforming an O.C. from a decade+ old series of Doctor Who fan fiction round-robins into a wholly original character in a wholly original universe. And get her to the same plot point she was at at the end of the third Round Robin (which is the point where I began to feel jealous of her being in the D.W. universe as a side character, and started wanting her to be ALL Mine). Ideally, I'd like to get this done by Doctor Who's 50th anniversary (November 23). "Finish" is quote-unquoted because, in all honesty, her story, and the story of her "gang" will probably never be done -- it will always be possible to send them off on different random adventures.
2) Continue working on my NaNoWriMo novel from this year, such that I have a complete rough draft in a form fit to revise (will be using Camp NaNoWriMo in April and July, for this... and I will probably cheat like whoa-- but getting a complete story of this is more important to me than rules).
So there. That's them. Prod me on them occasionally, yes?
Still, even though it's fun and creative, having friends know what I've set for myself, so they can occasionally prompt me with a "By the way: how's that thing going?" is helpful. So that's what this post is for.
As you'll notice, I'm using the plural, and yes, I have two unresolutions:
1) Quote-Finish-Unquote my Acorn (Eloise) Troll story -- transforming an O.C. from a decade+ old series of Doctor Who fan fiction round-robins into a wholly original character in a wholly original universe. And get her to the same plot point she was at at the end of the third Round Robin (which is the point where I began to feel jealous of her being in the D.W. universe as a side character, and started wanting her to be ALL Mine). Ideally, I'd like to get this done by Doctor Who's 50th anniversary (November 23). "Finish" is quote-unquoted because, in all honesty, her story, and the story of her "gang" will probably never be done -- it will always be possible to send them off on different random adventures.
2) Continue working on my NaNoWriMo novel from this year, such that I have a complete rough draft in a form fit to revise (will be using Camp NaNoWriMo in April and July, for this... and I will probably cheat like whoa-- but getting a complete story of this is more important to me than rules).
So there. That's them. Prod me on them occasionally, yes?
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Date: 2013-01-03 01:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-01-03 01:56 am (UTC)Currently, with my Acorn/Eloise story, I'm starting to redraft chapter five, now that I've figured out that a sailing ship-ship isn't something I can write....
May do some doodles of the avian-legged house this week.
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Date: 2013-01-03 04:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-01-03 05:01 pm (UTC)Don't have much spoons for writing today -- spent 4+ hours trying to climb into bed, only to have to get up to pee and eat after 2 hours. But maybe tomorrow... or tonight, after a nap.
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Date: 2013-01-07 07:27 pm (UTC)Did you ever figure out how to get Eloise into the ship?
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Date: 2013-01-07 07:56 pm (UTC)Yes -- and no. I decided to change the wizard's "ship" into something else, that's easier to get into (I.E.: the entry is level with the ground): Thinking of changing the Wizard's "Ship" to a "Chicken-legged house" (on the premise that Baba Yaga's hut is not unique to her, but member of a sort of genera for magic-workers' domiciles)...
Of course, that means re-envisioning their first encounter with each other, especially with what Eloise's first (mistaken) impression of it is, and a whole new set of associations and half-remembered stories to go with that. So that means rewriting chapter 4 (5) yet again.
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Date: 2013-01-07 08:09 pm (UTC)I know that you have mentioned chicken-legged huts before—have I ever replied with the fact that I have been doodling them since I was a young thing? Something about the image is very striking to me; perhaps just because bird legs and feet are so odd, and attaching them to a witch's hut feels perfect, or else because the idea of one's house being both mobile and inaccessible on a whim is appealing.
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Date: 2013-01-07 08:20 pm (UTC)Indeed. I'm sitting here giggling at the thought of having an avian-legged house in the suburbs, and training it (as one would train a guard dog) to run away from proselytizers and door to door sales-folk.