WIPs etc

[indri]

I'm feeling a bit quiet at the moment so I'm not commenting much. I've been a little run down and finally had to take today off because of some sort of virus which made me sleep all day.

Also, I've got behind on LJ because I'm finally reading nwhepcat's Lilac City which I'm sure most of the people on my Flist read as it came out in instalments. I'm not keen on WIPs -- if it's a good story, then I get too tense about what's going to happen next -- so I'm always glad when a work like this is finally finished so I can feel comfortable reading it. (scribll posted on this recently too.) Once I'm done I'll probably go back to the original LJ posts, as I'm curious about what people commented on as it appeared.

Looking at rahirah's recent list of readable WIPs, I know it's my loss, but the tension between episodes is not something I enjoy. Given that Buffy and Angel could be considered WIPs during their production run, you'd think I'd be better with this sort of thing, but I watched most of the series on video or in its twice-a-day syndication, so it wasn't quite as bad. When I finally caught up enough to watch it week-by-week on telly, I could get actually physically nauseous prior to and whilst watching the shows. And, pathetically enough, I had a few sleepless nights over it too. As if they weren't enough real things in the world to lose sleep over.

I think my writers' block has gone. I wrote some stuff last week that looked OK at the time, but I'll need to go back to reread and edit before I can be sure that it wasn't another false start. I was stuck on a scene, so eventually I found a way to restructure the story so that the scene was no longer required. I had to go right back to the beginning though. It's this sort of late change that makes me wonder how people manage to write coherent and interesting works as WIPs at all.

Rec: azdak on death metaphors in Season Six.

Comments

[scribll.livejournal.com]

So Lilac City is done, I hadn't heard. This is one of the WIP's that I've been able to wait for. I'm not such a Xander fan, but I understand that it takes place in Spokane, Washington, a place I get to fairly often as my mother-in-law lives there (in fact, just been) so I do want to read it.

I'm only reading about half the WIP's on rahirah's list (so much for restraint). I can recommend that you read Eldorado I as it is a complete story by itself. An unusual Spike makes an appearance towards the end and if I understand correctly Eldorado II explains how he got that way, but it is not necessary to completely appreciate the first part. That small intro to Spike, however, is giving me great expectations for Eldorado II. I would be willing to say, bear their children if it would move the story along any faster.

[indri]

I'm not a big fan of Xander either -- unless he's being written by nwhepcat, witling (wiseacres) or a few others. It sounds like you might like Lilac City though, as it has a great sense of place. I think she lives near Spokane and went to scope it out a few times.

El Dorado is one of the few WIPs I've succumbed to, partly because I heard it was somewhat self-contained. I'm looking forward to the next installment, although I'm not sure that ED's version of Spike is one that I like. But I won't be able to tell until the next part...

[makd.livejournal.com]

May I recommend Rob Sorenson, whose Xander is frightening close to that of the Jossman's. His work is at http://www.soulfulspike.com, then follow the links.

His last, Trust, is something wonderful.