How do I get mself into these messes?

[krickets]

I am such a one-shot offender. I never write long fics and here I find myself like 60% through this big bang and my brain has turned to mush and I have to wonder if it's even going to be worth it. (Define "worth it?" I don't even know!) I feel like I would get just as much satisfaction from writing a shorter fic, so why bother? I don't know. I will probably feel differently once I've filled in all the holes. And the sad part is that this is not even as long as some fics I've seen. Only 10,000 words!

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[ellensmithee.livejournal.com]

It's worth it! If only so that *I* can read it. ;-) :-P Yours was one of the ones I was really looking forward to. There needs to be more Stefan/Caroline/Tyler, period. I'm also attempting them for the poly big bang so I need inspiration. *nods vigorously*

That said, I totally know where you're coming from. The TVD big bang is my first big fic on my own - I've written another big bang and a couple of fic series with my co-writer - but I've always been a one-shot writer, happy if I manage to make a fic longer than 1500 words.

With my big bang, I hit 10000 the other day, but I'm only about 4/5 done. I still have to write the climax. I'm really annoyed with myself that I didn't have the rough draft done before I watched the season premiere because it added a lot of little tidbits about Alaric that I'd addressed in my fic. So now I'm trying to figure out whether to adapt stuff to reflect that, and while I'm not planning to do anything like that till the draft is done, it's sort of blocking me at the moment.

One example was his finding Elena's necklace in his loft because it was sort of a plot point in my fic that he'd found Jenna's vervain necklace in his loft after her death and still wears it. I don't want to get rid of that bit, but now it's totally going to look like I stole the idea from the show. *sigh*

Anyhow, yeah. Long story short, I think it's worth it, if only to point and say "I made this!" even if you never do it again. ;-) It's an accomplishment.

But I do agree with the commenter above me that a fic doesn't have to be long to be good and that you shouldn't pressure yourself to write longer fic if you feel you do best with the short form. Longer =/= better. Sometimes it's just more verbose.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Oh don't worry there is no chance of me bailing out now! I literally had to promise I would get this finished in order to get my name on the list for artist claims, haha. And inspiring you to write them for another big bang is inspiration enough! Yay!

but I've always been a one-shot writer, happy if I manage to make a fic longer than 1500 words.
THIS IS ME. To a t. Really. This is pretty much my motto when it comes to fic, haha.

I know what you mean about canon stealing your ideas, haha. This has happened to me before. But if you're confident in what you've written, and it's an important part of your story you definitely shouldn't change it. And it seems to me that it's different enough not to matter anyway.

I have about 7,000 words right now. I am not anticipating going much over the 10,000 -- but we'll see! For someone who has been writing fic for a long time, I actually feel like writing a big bang is some kind of rite of passage that I have missed out. Given my difficulty with long fics, I don't anticipate repeating the process, but I'm glad I'm doing it. (If a little stressed out at the moment!)

I'm glad someone's excited about this fic! Thank you!