LOL East/West's theme was a complete accident. I had no idea that's what it was about for about, oh 65,000 words, which is one of those cases where I set it aside for abut 4 months and thought about what it really meant in terms of the character development, and then change the ending about 60 bazillion times as I progressed.
I was going to say that I found it difficult to write from a theme, but now that I think about it, almost all of my older stories were derived strictly from a theme, and I struggled to make a plot out of it. Now, I have plot and have to go dredging it up. Fascinating! I'll say that I was a lot more prolific during that period, at least in comparison. Maybe it's the fandom itself, that SGA/SG1 screams NEED PLOT to me, or that so many others do it so much better, and I'm just trying to squeeze out my own little niche.
And yay for the 2000 words! If you want to bounce anything off of me, or need a second beta, I'm more than pleased to help.
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I was going to say that I found it difficult to write from a theme, but now that I think about it, almost all of my older stories were derived strictly from a theme, and I struggled to make a plot out of it. Now, I have plot and have to go dredging it up. Fascinating! I'll say that I was a lot more prolific during that period, at least in comparison. Maybe it's the fandom itself, that SGA/SG1 screams NEED PLOT to me, or that so many others do it so much better, and I'm just trying to squeeze out my own little niche.
And yay for the 2000 words! If you want to bounce anything off of me, or need a second beta, I'm more than pleased to help.