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mistressofmuses) wrote2022-02-23 10:38 pm
mistressofmuses) wrote2022-02-23 10:38 pm
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Hit the point where I was making more mistakes than good choices on my NaMo model, so that's that for the night. Got the branches and leaves painted - tomorrow, flowers.
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I think that last night I finally finished the rough draft of my current fic WIP! *confetti* This damn story has been fighting me every step of the way, so I am SO GLAD to have the rough draft done. I'm going to start on the second draft/rewrite next. I enjoy the rewrite stage the most, which is apparently mildly weird. (Though again, I usually do relatively soft rewrites - not the hardcore "cut at least 80% and completely redo it" kind.)
I have the feeling that even after a second draft, this will be one of those "eh, good enough" projects. It was a bit out of my comfort zone in terms of genre... not totally dissimilar, but a bit, with a relatively straightforward romance as the A-plot, and written to follow a pre-existing summary. I don't regret writing it, but if it hadn't been for a challenge that I'd promised to complete, (and if I hadn't posted part of it already), I would almost certainly have dropped it. :P
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So uh... how about the bombings in Kyiv (and elsewhere in Ukraine)? Alex is listening to coverage. I know it's been a known threat, but it seemed like an awful lot of people were very insistent that of course Russia and Ukraine wouldn't go to war... surprise. I don't have any great or insightful commentary on it, just... yikes, wish it hadn't come to this.
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I think that last night I finally finished the rough draft of my current fic WIP! *confetti* This damn story has been fighting me every step of the way, so I am SO GLAD to have the rough draft done. I'm going to start on the second draft/rewrite next. I enjoy the rewrite stage the most, which is apparently mildly weird. (Though again, I usually do relatively soft rewrites - not the hardcore "cut at least 80% and completely redo it" kind.)
I have the feeling that even after a second draft, this will be one of those "eh, good enough" projects. It was a bit out of my comfort zone in terms of genre... not totally dissimilar, but a bit, with a relatively straightforward romance as the A-plot, and written to follow a pre-existing summary. I don't regret writing it, but if it hadn't been for a challenge that I'd promised to complete, (and if I hadn't posted part of it already), I would almost certainly have dropped it. :P
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So uh... how about the bombings in Kyiv (and elsewhere in Ukraine)? Alex is listening to coverage. I know it's been a known threat, but it seemed like an awful lot of people were very insistent that of course Russia and Ukraine wouldn't go to war... surprise. I don't have any great or insightful commentary on it, just... yikes, wish it hadn't come to this.
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What's happening in Ukraine is terrible, but it feels like it's been building for years. I feel bad for not being more shocked like other people are.
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But kind of the same. It felt... inevitable, even as I hoped it wasn't going to happen. So it's not a shocked upset, it's a resigned upset.
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As for the situation in Ukraine, just... fuck... It's hard to know just what to say or what to make of it because it's so mindbogglingly fucked for that matter regardless of the buildup or past events in Crimea/east Ukraine leading up to today.
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"Fuck" pretty much sums it up. I'm not *shocked* it happened, even though I'd hoped it wouldn't, but... it's still really awful to have it happening, and the whole thing is fucked.