More revising
Oct. 6th, 2023 07:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sgatazmy I am having so much fun with SGA and Halloween. I finished posting Dreary Night and it was so exciting to see my neighbor excitedly leaving comments all over the google doc. It made my day and I think it helped me being okay just writing for myself and not worrying as much about light receptions to my fic. I’ve been at this for decades now and writing truly is happiness to me. Writing with community? That’s the best.
I am thinking of revising Among the Dead next since that is a very dark, ghost fic it is perfect for Halloween season. It needs so much revision though. So here are my thoughts
(1) I was lazy on the medical front with that fic and it needs so much revising to help this part make sense. Especially Lorne. Carson is unknowingly (even to himself) compromised and not exactly making great medical decisions so a lot can be explained from that, but reading it I cringe so much through the story. Lornes injury makes no sense whatsoever.
(2) I really love the fic overall, but the dialogue doesn’t read right to me in several places.
(3) The world building in this fic I think is my best. I can leave most of that as is. I like the premise and the dark as a character.
(4) Ronon has a large part in the story and I love how he is instant protective of Rodney mode once everything is revealed.
(5) That ending was so dark. I might need to write an epilogue to help lighten it some.
This fic needs so much help though, I might be better starting from scratch. I’m tempted to migrate the fic as it is. It did, after all, have a good reception its first run through, but I’m kinda embarrassed by the fic, too, and not sure I can stomach it being out there. So it’s either revise or not migrate. But again, soooo much work.
I am thinking of revising Among the Dead next since that is a very dark, ghost fic it is perfect for Halloween season. It needs so much revision though. So here are my thoughts
(1) I was lazy on the medical front with that fic and it needs so much revising to help this part make sense. Especially Lorne. Carson is unknowingly (even to himself) compromised and not exactly making great medical decisions so a lot can be explained from that, but reading it I cringe so much through the story. Lornes injury makes no sense whatsoever.
(2) I really love the fic overall, but the dialogue doesn’t read right to me in several places.
(3) The world building in this fic I think is my best. I can leave most of that as is. I like the premise and the dark as a character.
(4) Ronon has a large part in the story and I love how he is instant protective of Rodney mode once everything is revealed.
(5) That ending was so dark. I might need to write an epilogue to help lighten it some.
This fic needs so much help though, I might be better starting from scratch. I’m tempted to migrate the fic as it is. It did, after all, have a good reception its first run through, but I’m kinda embarrassed by the fic, too, and not sure I can stomach it being out there. So it’s either revise or not migrate. But again, soooo much work.
