Fightin' talk
Apr. 13th, 2011 09:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kfabianI am in a fight with one of my stories.
Normally when I fight with a story, it's all pointed huffs, slammed doors and refusing to speak to each other. Then, once we've both had a chance to sulk, the story might say, "This is not an apology, but did I mention I'm actually twice the length you thought I was?" or I might say, "Hey, I had an idea -- if you're not still in a mood, maybe we could check it out?" and we put it all behind us.
Not this story. This story has an inflated sense of its own importance and serious entitlement issues. (That's my side of things. Its side of things is that if I'm going to persist in not telling it right, I should just leave it alone.) We've tried five different iterations so far, and the best I can say is at least neither of us has tried to poison the other one yet.
It's a shame, because it really could be a good story if [it were possible to tell / it weren't being written by an incompetent hack]*, but, hey, these things happen.
*delete as applicable
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to see whether or not I can order arsenic online.
Normally when I fight with a story, it's all pointed huffs, slammed doors and refusing to speak to each other. Then, once we've both had a chance to sulk, the story might say, "This is not an apology, but did I mention I'm actually twice the length you thought I was?" or I might say, "Hey, I had an idea -- if you're not still in a mood, maybe we could check it out?" and we put it all behind us.
Not this story. This story has an inflated sense of its own importance and serious entitlement issues. (That's my side of things. Its side of things is that if I'm going to persist in not telling it right, I should just leave it alone.) We've tried five different iterations so far, and the best I can say is at least neither of us has tried to poison the other one yet.
It's a shame, because it really could be a good story if [it were possible to tell / it weren't being written by an incompetent hack]*, but, hey, these things happen.
*delete as applicable
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to see whether or not I can order arsenic online.
