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[bluflamingo]

Someone convince me that I don't want to sign up to write Cam Mitchell instead of Sam Carter taking over leadership of Atlantis for sgabigbang. I could totally do it. I have a 'Cam on Atlantis' file on my computer. I could write 40,000 words of that by July. I could.

Except that it would have to be gen or John/Rodney.

I don't have that much will-power!

Unless... I wonder if background pairings are allowed in a gen story...

No! Someone stop me!

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[dracotelitha.livejournal.com]

You know you could. In your spare time that is. If you're not writing anything else already and you do already have a file on your computer sooooooo....

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

You know, I think I remember the concept of spare time. I don't think I remember what it's like to have any though :)

[dracotelitha.livejournal.com]

You could do what I do, carry around a little notebook with you and write down whatever comes into your head. I was actually surprised at how very little difference between writing and drawing there was when it came to the initial idea. Once you start to build on it, it's totally different though. Its kind of funny when you look at my school notes though. There will be stuff about English, history, and math then suddenly in the middle of it there's a boxed out area with notes for whatever story I was working on at the time.

I mean you could suddenly have a scene pop into your head where Cam is looking around the meeting table where everybody is just pinging off each other and he'd just be like "My god. You're all insane...I like it." And of course when confronted with Rodney he'd be like "I left SG-1, why?" Seriously you have to at least make an outline for this. I could run with an outline and be totally satisfied because I could imagine it in my head.

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

I've had a notebook that I carry around for as long as I can remember (well, a series of notebooks - the current one was a gift from my sister, and is a recycled juice carton) - the cover is usually covered in notes, as are the margins of whatever I'm writing in it at the time. Plus, if I'm writing something directly on my laptop, there's always a page at the end full of notes for what comes next, and things that people might say and reminders to myself.

All of which is a long way of saying - I don't ever plot before I start, I always start and plot as I go, otherwise I get bored.

Seriously you have to at least make an outline for this

Sadly, in trying to talk myself out of this, I talked myself into it instead, so it's going to be written, just as soon as I finish my fics for the gen ficathon and for gate women. The first of which is half-done, and which I really really want to talk about but can't.

[dracotelitha.livejournal.com]

See I learned my lesson. Never tell other people about the idea, they generally always want you to do it. If you hide it away no one can find it and make it grow. I'm looking forward to you writing though.

I have also sworn to myself and now to you that as soon as I'm done with this supergirl fic I'm going to do nothing but type the rest of the stargate fic. I'm on part 4 at the moment and I'm really really hoping it'll end at part 7 but it's looking more and more like a 10 parter everyday. I'm torn between finishing it and killing myself just to escape. How do you cope with so much to do listing?! I'm so used to having an idea putting it down and then moving on to the next thing really quickly. This is driving me crazy.

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm really looking forward to this story (it's the one with the space ship, and Ba'al taking over the world, right?)

[dracotelitha.livejournal.com]

Oh not just the world the universe man. He knows the asgard can't stop him cause they're busy with replicators so he's like "Tra lalalalala gonna conquer that world and that world and that one!" He's very mean about it actually.