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[salixbabylon]

So far my writing goals have not been working out. BUT - new month = new plan.

I am so thoroughly stuck on the steampunk thing, frustrated trying to plot out novel-length plots. So I think going back to the basics and writing some vignettes, flexing the writing muscles that are stiff and sore, getting *something* done rather than beating my head against a brick wall is the way to go.

Prompts, anyone? Comment fics? (Not necessarily fandom, but I won't turn it down outright. I'm just not *in* any fandoms at the moment.)

Sample - Yesterday I went to get my oil changed. The guy at the autoshop is my age. The guy at the desk is very femme. What if they were a couple....?

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[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

I'm mostly just thinking of writing vignettes, drabbbles, 100-5000 words. Anything at all. Anything random to get me flexing that muscle again, since it seems to have atrophied. :(

I don't feel like overplotting is the problem, although I certianly see your point. It's more the opposite - I have no IDEA who these two guys are or what their story is. I like to have a roadmap, but the muses aren't talking at all. I think the problem is that I have never written anything but contemporary and this dramatic shift is just siphoning all my creativity into visualising their world, not them or their story. And no one gives a flying fuck about the world. *shrug*

I'll keep trying though... I just need a break and a distraction. And to write some sex scenes. ;)