Late-night muses and musings

[allana]

I think I need to become nocturnal. My urges to write seem to crop up around about midnight and I know that if I go to bed and force myself to sleep, that I'll never remember the good stuff in the morning. So, here I am, with 500 words or so, of the final part of the Manipulation Trilogy written.



Shiner
Welt
Fracture

Can you spot the pattern there? My mind is currently a very odd place. I'm trying really hard to wrap this up in a mature way; I don't want to throw in gratuitous violence and sex for no reason and then end on a happy-clappy note. Actions have consequences and they should be shown, even if they are entirely fictional. I've drifted into the realm of writing stories that are designed to make people think. This seems to be reflected in the reviews I've received; some are very squealy superficial things which don't even get the obvious shit right, but others are much more insightful. Actually, most of that comes from chatting, but yeah. Thinking. Yay.

Huh, 726 words now. Fuck, this is just pouring out....

Anyway, it has to end right. I think I've put a decent amount of build-up and hints as to the nature of the relationship into the previous two; just enough, not a spoon-feeding amount suitable for kids. I'm terrified that I'll fuck it all up. I think this is the problem with a trilogy - you have ending anxiety and pressure too, as you've built up expectations.

Also, as I'm talking about porn and RPS quite a lot, I am contemplating setting up a filter for those kinds of posts. If you're on my friends list and you don't want this sort of thing popping up almost daily, leave me a comment and I'll set up a filter to spare your eyes. I don't want folks bleaching their brains to get rid of squicky stuff!

This ramble was brought to you courtesy of too little sleep.

Comments

[silentinflames.livejournal.com]

Yes, damn, the good ideas come at night when I am supposed to sleep--or during team meetings when I'm supposed to pay attention. Grr!

Glad to hear your trilogy is coming on well. I know what you mean by the pressure and the raised expectations *rolls eyes*.

Alas, forget about that filter thingy for me, I'd hate you for it, lol. (As if I could hate you, yeah!)

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

Heh, I think I'm giving up on the filter idea. People can always unfriend me if they don't want Hot Sex showing up in their friends list.

I've discovered that good ideas also turn up when you've got both hands full of shopping and can't stop and write. I walked home this afternoon muttering dialogue under my breath!

[silentinflames.livejournal.com]

Hehe, did the same this afternoon. My advantage is that, as I even map out my stories in English(!), people in the supermarket may shoot me pityfull looks, but they won't understand my mumbling.