A FIT OF IMPATIENCE

[justira]

OKAY.

So. I dropped a class and now have more free time. Instead of using ALL of it to write my thesis, I have been siphoning off INAPPROPRIATE AMOUNTS of it into writing.

Specifically, Clarion, an FFX story about Braska. I started that story for ff_exchange and got the first part done and posted for that round. This winter break, I picked up writing again after a school-eats-my-free-time hiatus.

Then! Then this last week bottle_of_shine urged me into joining ff_kissbattle and then owlmoose awesomely filled one of my FFX requests and now OH MY GOD I WANT TO DO FANDOM AGAIN. I want to draaaaaaw. I want to wriiiiite.

I WANT TO FINISH CLARION.

Here's the deal guys. Clarion has three parts. Part I is what I did two years ago. When I picked up Clarion again two months ago, I gave it a small face-lift. Then I wrote the other two parts. The story is 32,000 words at last count. And it still missing about 3,000 that need to be fleshed out in the final edit. And who knows what will happen to it in beta!

The first draft is done. The beta draft is almost there. The first part is completely done. The second part is done minus final spellcheck. The third part's big edit is about 3/4 done.

The story is... all gen. It's about Braska. Not quite pilgrimage fic, I think, though it covers that period; it's too much centered on Braska. And aeons. Boy are there aeons! I didn't think I had that much aeon meta in me! (Why would I think a silly thing like that? I always have meta in me, shouldn't I know that?) Anyway, um. It's going to be 35,000 frikkin' words about Braska. I THINK I HAVE A PROBLEM. (Okay, Yuna and Auron and Jecht are involved of course but you read it and tell me it's not ALL ABOUT BRASKA. And Bahamut. Boy Bahamut, you've been a laugh a minute, I tell you what! And Shiva you are a riot. We should go bowling.)

I AM SO IMPATIENT TO FINISH AND POST.

That is pretty much my reason for posting. Haha, I really needed to um. Vent some enthusiasm. Yeah, enthusiasm.

God why does editing take forever? Maybe because it's the length of a novella, hm, hm???

Comments

[chaosraven.livejournal.com]

On the plus side, this means we might have time to hang out once my midterm project is done!

Also, if you want any editing help, I'm all over that. ^_^

[justira.livejournal.com]

This is a possibility! We'll see; I have a chapter of my thesis due this weekend and after that maybe there will be a lull? My workload here is not very predictable =\

When is your midterm project due?

[chaosraven.livejournal.com]

It was due last week. ^_^ I have some end of the term stuff to finish, but nothing crushing right now. If you have some time, that would be rad. I am free a lot during the week, too. I dunno what your schedule is like.

[justira.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty free between 2pm and 4pm every day, and almost anytime except noon-2pm on Thursdays and Fridays. So! Let me know? Also if you want, you can continue this on email, address in my profile should be the right one =D

[chaosraven.livejournal.com]

I attempted to e-mail you! Tragically, the only address there is your lj.com one and it failed.

[not-cynical.livejournal.com]

OH HEY, I REMEMBER THAT FIC! It was awesome and full of meta and I think I was too busy flailing over it and how real it felt to actually comment on it. Shit. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FINISH AND POST WHENEVER YOU LIKE BECAUSE LHSNDLKGHSNDKLGNSD THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS POST THAT DOESN'T MAKE ME WANT TO READ 35,000 WORDS OF BRASKA FIC LIKE YESTERDAY.

[justira.livejournal.com]

What what what! This is news! Did- did my profile preferences secretly change? I WILL GO FIX THEM! But anyway, my email is the same username, just at gmail.

[justira.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, your comment is like half in capslock XD

But! Thank you so much for letting me know you remember Clarion and want to see it done! That's-- really really heartening; I'd kind of given up on any kind of fandom response to it before I took up writing it again, and just wanted the story to be done.

BUT. Guss what. IT IS DONE! It's now in beta. Unfortunately both Sev and Nay got HELLA sick, so the beta process stalled a bit to wait for them to STOP DYING. Also the finished beta draft was, uh, actually more like 40,000 words, so I have to wait some humanly reasonable time for them to WADE THROUGH all that XD