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starrylizard) wrote2009-08-25 10:53 pm
starrylizard) wrote2009-08-25 10:53 pm
If I put it out in public, will it make me write more?
Okay, so here's the deal. I have two longer Supernatural case fic WIPs that are sitting about on my hard drive and I'd like to finish them. They're both set during the early seasons of Supernatural... pre-deal.
The first one is called virtual Sacrifice and has a plot. Actual plot, I know! My issue is I get bogged down in the geographical stuff, because it is set in actual American places and I've never been to them. So, if I concentrate on it, I will require help from Americans friends and no doubt bitch about my lack of knowledge.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
erinrua, this is the one we made that nice map for... you know with the linky lines and the computer game. :) This one has a rather geeky plot, so it excites me more and I really want to write it, but I keep getting stuck on the geography aspect. How hot would it be? What kind of houses are there in city X? Is there a university nearby? etc. *facepalm*
Excerpt:
The address they drove to was in the middle of a white-picket-fence suburb, all neat lawns and happy families. It was the kind of place that Dean claimed to despise, and where Sam longed to belong. The house was smaller than the ones around it, like the other houses had all been renovated or rebuilt, but this one had stood the test of time. It had to be at least four bedrooms, yet it looked like a cottage wedged between the family palaces that had sprung up around it, winter roses creeping across lattice and brickwork alike.
Sam walked up the stairs to the front stoop, his footsteps causing the old wooden slats to creak and groan with each move he made. At the door, Dean leaned casually against the doorbell for just that bit longer than was polite, and Sam looked at him, rolling his eyes.
“What?” Dean asked, shrugging further into his suit jacket as if to hide from the slight chill in the breeze.
The door opened before Sam could answer and they both turned to face the old woman that was now peering out at them from behind the safety of a security door.
The other one was originally started for a prompt that went: Character(s): Dean, Sam, any others characters; Timeline: Season 1; I'd like it to fit in after 'Hellhouse' (1.17); Prompts- soap, highlighter, gas station; I'd love to see a case file out of this! and so it has all that stuff in it. Seriously, it does! It is actually a case file wrapped up in a case file. Yep, it also has a plot, although not an ending as yet. I'm a little vague on the ending, but it should be fine. It also has a heavy hurt!Dean and protective!Sam aspect to it.
Excerpt:
A sudden draft of cold air had him bringing his head up slowly, water dripping off his face as he forced his eyes to focus.
There on the mirror, in highlighter pink, were the words:
You’re next.
“Fuck!” Dean spun around, crouching low as the knife blade narrowly missed his throat, instead slicing a gash through his shoulder.
Anyway, I've decided to try to finish them both. It'll probably be that I write them in whatever order the muse ends up demanding, but hey can't hurt to ask and see right?!
So, click the poll below if you feel in the mood. After all, it'll be you guys that end up listening to me whine while I write. :P
[Poll #1448670]
The first one is called virtual Sacrifice and has a plot. Actual plot, I know! My issue is I get bogged down in the geographical stuff, because it is set in actual American places and I've never been to them. So, if I concentrate on it, I will require help from Americans friends and no doubt bitch about my lack of knowledge.
erinrua, this is the one we made that nice map for... you know with the linky lines and the computer game. :) This one has a rather geeky plot, so it excites me more and I really want to write it, but I keep getting stuck on the geography aspect. How hot would it be? What kind of houses are there in city X? Is there a university nearby? etc. *facepalm*Excerpt:
The address they drove to was in the middle of a white-picket-fence suburb, all neat lawns and happy families. It was the kind of place that Dean claimed to despise, and where Sam longed to belong. The house was smaller than the ones around it, like the other houses had all been renovated or rebuilt, but this one had stood the test of time. It had to be at least four bedrooms, yet it looked like a cottage wedged between the family palaces that had sprung up around it, winter roses creeping across lattice and brickwork alike.
Sam walked up the stairs to the front stoop, his footsteps causing the old wooden slats to creak and groan with each move he made. At the door, Dean leaned casually against the doorbell for just that bit longer than was polite, and Sam looked at him, rolling his eyes.
“What?” Dean asked, shrugging further into his suit jacket as if to hide from the slight chill in the breeze.
The door opened before Sam could answer and they both turned to face the old woman that was now peering out at them from behind the safety of a security door.
The other one was originally started for a prompt that went: Character(s): Dean, Sam, any others characters; Timeline: Season 1; I'd like it to fit in after 'Hellhouse' (1.17); Prompts- soap, highlighter, gas station; I'd love to see a case file out of this! and so it has all that stuff in it. Seriously, it does! It is actually a case file wrapped up in a case file. Yep, it also has a plot, although not an ending as yet. I'm a little vague on the ending, but it should be fine. It also has a heavy hurt!Dean and protective!Sam aspect to it.
Excerpt:
A sudden draft of cold air had him bringing his head up slowly, water dripping off his face as he forced his eyes to focus.
There on the mirror, in highlighter pink, were the words:
You’re next.
“Fuck!” Dean spun around, crouching low as the knife blade narrowly missed his throat, instead slicing a gash through his shoulder.
Anyway, I've decided to try to finish them both. It'll probably be that I write them in whatever order the muse ends up demanding, but hey can't hurt to ask and see right?!
So, click the poll below if you feel in the mood. After all, it'll be you guys that end up listening to me whine while I write. :P
[Poll #1448670]
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