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I've been writing this story. I really hit my stride the other night and put about 2.8k on my word count.
Woke up in a panic yesterday and realized "oh no, my story is set in Boston and I'm not from Boston! What if I got details wrong?!". Now little things don't bug me that much, that's called artistic license. I can make up the location of a department store or randomly add a set of traffic lights.
But I have a scene with the characters stealing ammunition to kill zombies with. Where I come from, you can buy bullets at any gun shop or military surplus, obviously, or at any outdoors store or even Walmart. Turns out, in Boston, you need to go to very specific gun shops. That's not something I can 'artistic lisence' right over.
So the 2,000 and some odd words I wrote are basically nonsensical rambling. My epic night of extra awesome writingosity feels more like a night of epic writing failosity.
Does anyone else ever have that problem where a little detail turns out to be way more important than you thought and then you want to punch yourself in the throat for messin git up because now it means you're going to spend all day rejiggering what was supposed to be an easy, breezy plot device/angst machine?
Or is that just me, then?
Woke up in a panic yesterday and realized "oh no, my story is set in Boston and I'm not from Boston! What if I got details wrong?!". Now little things don't bug me that much, that's called artistic license. I can make up the location of a department store or randomly add a set of traffic lights.
But I have a scene with the characters stealing ammunition to kill zombies with. Where I come from, you can buy bullets at any gun shop or military surplus, obviously, or at any outdoors store or even Walmart. Turns out, in Boston, you need to go to very specific gun shops. That's not something I can 'artistic lisence' right over.
So the 2,000 and some odd words I wrote are basically nonsensical rambling. My epic night of extra awesome writingosity feels more like a night of epic writing failosity.
Does anyone else ever have that problem where a little detail turns out to be way more important than you thought and then you want to punch yourself in the throat for messin git up because now it means you're going to spend all day rejiggering what was supposed to be an easy, breezy plot device/angst machine?
Or is that just me, then?
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Date: 2010-07-16 12:20 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-07-16 01:31 am (UTC)No. I didn't forget to copy and paste. I was going to write it a bit earlier, but then my tummy got all flippy floppy and I had to lie down. It's on my to do TONIGHT list though!
Along with all of my writing for today. :P I need to stop being sick so I can write, 'cause this is getting ridiculous.
And hey, your fic is up a thousand words from what you thought? Yay! Also, you've been working on that awesome zombies fic which I just have to read.
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Date: 2010-07-16 01:59 am (UTC)... so there's that. Also, ogod, I'm pretty sure the zombie fic is way overhyped.
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Date: 2010-07-16 02:14 am (UTC)I don't care how your zombie fic is, I just want to read it. And I've not read any Leverage fic yet, so you'll impress me, don't worry. :D
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Date: 2010-07-16 02:16 am (UTC)Also WOO. It'll be the best Leverage fic you've ever read then. Now all you have to do is promise to never read another one after you've finished mine ;)