BigBangHood Writing Update
Sep. 19th, 2009 10:55 pmJust... passed... 23,000.... words. *collapses*
That means that I have 7,000 words to write if I want to have a complete draft in by the 26th. I can do that, right? RIGHT? (In all actuality, I think I can do that... and if I don't quite hit the word count or have to turn in a detailed chapter outline for the last section, I don't think anyone involved is going to kill me.)
I... can't believe I've gotten this far. In the last few days, I've learned about medieval arrow extraction techniques, herbs native to England that stop bleeding, and the length of an arrow shot from an English longbow. More research than the writers of the show probably ever did, but I'm having such fun learning these things... I'll be going over the whole thing with a fine-toothed comb once the draft is done, but on the whole, I'm pretty happy with what I have. People seem to be reasonably in character, and I'm having fun working with a very different set of relationships than the ones in canon. I don't think I've written this long of a fanfic since 2005 when I finish my Peter Pan fic and my Patriot fic. (Is it any coincidence that my next spate of writing long fic features around another gorgeous, dark-haired baddie? I don't think so.) Apparently, I just needed an extra push to get off my rear and write.
In short... I. Love. This. Challenge. Massive kudos to![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
jedi_of_urth for organizing it.
That means that I have 7,000 words to write if I want to have a complete draft in by the 26th. I can do that, right? RIGHT? (In all actuality, I think I can do that... and if I don't quite hit the word count or have to turn in a detailed chapter outline for the last section, I don't think anyone involved is going to kill me.)
I... can't believe I've gotten this far. In the last few days, I've learned about medieval arrow extraction techniques, herbs native to England that stop bleeding, and the length of an arrow shot from an English longbow. More research than the writers of the show probably ever did, but I'm having such fun learning these things... I'll be going over the whole thing with a fine-toothed comb once the draft is done, but on the whole, I'm pretty happy with what I have. People seem to be reasonably in character, and I'm having fun working with a very different set of relationships than the ones in canon. I don't think I've written this long of a fanfic since 2005 when I finish my Peter Pan fic and my Patriot fic. (Is it any coincidence that my next spate of writing long fic features around another gorgeous, dark-haired baddie? I don't think so.) Apparently, I just needed an extra push to get off my rear and write.
In short... I. Love. This. Challenge. Massive kudos to
jedi_of_urth for organizing it.