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The Problem: Part 2
Oct. 26th, 2022 08:52 pmSo, after realizing I really strongly disliked the opening chapter of the fic I'd intended to work on, I sort of started to make peace with the idea that maybe it was time to just let it go. 15 years is a long time to hold onto an idea, but if I couldn't really capture what I wanted the story to be, perhaps it was time to just let it stay an idea.
But regrettably... The next couple chapters were much better, imo. (It's been a couple years since I read through them, and there's stuff I'd fix, but they DO capture the feel and tone I wanted, and really are at least approaching telling the story I wanted to be telling.) Minus a few details that the mediocre chapter 1 set up, chapter 2 would almost be a respectable start to the fic, even.
BUT I'D JUST MADE PEACE WITH IT. :( Now I'm back to seeing what kept my interest over a decade and a half, and why I wanted to tell this story, and what I found fun about it... which makes it hard to decide to put it away (maybe) for good.
( Cut for some minor whinging: )
So... basically, I feel like I have talked myself out of this one as a current project. I'm not sure that really feels... freeing or anything. A bit sad. I'm not going to delete what I have done or anything like that, so I can always go back to it later if I change my mind again. Or maybe I can reconceptualize it as something that is more of a complete AU, or just pilfer some of the parts I do like for a new project.
But regrettably... The next couple chapters were much better, imo. (It's been a couple years since I read through them, and there's stuff I'd fix, but they DO capture the feel and tone I wanted, and really are at least approaching telling the story I wanted to be telling.) Minus a few details that the mediocre chapter 1 set up, chapter 2 would almost be a respectable start to the fic, even.
BUT I'D JUST MADE PEACE WITH IT. :( Now I'm back to seeing what kept my interest over a decade and a half, and why I wanted to tell this story, and what I found fun about it... which makes it hard to decide to put it away (maybe) for good.
( Cut for some minor whinging: )
So... basically, I feel like I have talked myself out of this one as a current project. I'm not sure that really feels... freeing or anything. A bit sad. I'm not going to delete what I have done or anything like that, so I can always go back to it later if I change my mind again. Or maybe I can reconceptualize it as something that is more of a complete AU, or just pilfer some of the parts I do like for a new project.
