Potentially Scrapping a Fic · 11:50am Jul 7th, 2013
Went to write some of DJ P0N-3 vs. Symphonia tonight, and I'm just finding that I... I just can't. It's not writer's block or anything, I'm just not feeling inspired by this idea any more. I have some ideas that I feel are very good for it, but even knowing what I can (potentially) put into the fic in the future, I'm still not really feeling it. A large part of me feels like just scrapping the whole thing, which would be the first time I've done so for a fic. I really do feel like just scrapping it, but at the same time I feel like that's a very lazy way to do things, and that means that all the time I've spent on it so far has been a massive waste.
Urgh... the only thing that would make me feel like writing it some more would be getting another spark of inspiration for it, which I don't see happening.
So, what would people think if I did scrap this? Like I said, I'm feeling really uninspired by it, and I just don't want to write for it anymore because it feels like a chore.
Hmm. That's a hard question.
First, let me apologise for letting the proofreading of your last chapter slip through my radar. You gave me the doc, but I had no commenting permissions. I was going to ask, but I forgot. Oops.
Second, maybe you should just leave it for a little. Sometimes things just seem hard to do right now, but eventually they won't be so much.
There are a couple of ways I've found to get past a scene where you know what happens, but writing it becomes really difficult, and that is to skip ahead some time, or to change the perspective that the scene is being told from. Looking at things through someone else's eyes is sometimes like adding new life to your story.
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With regards to the commenting, that was stupid of me. If you have noticed any problems post-uploading, feel free to point them out.
I'm definitely going to leave it a bit - I've started a little bit of planning for my next fic - but I'm really not sure whether I want to return to DJ P0N-3 vs. Symphonia. I'm starting to think that the concept is a bit hard to do in a setting like Equestria, and I much prefer (both reading and writing) Slice of Life stories. Also, as I mentioned, I'm really not feeling inspired by this fic. It really does feel like a chore to write, and I'm not having fun writing it. Add to the fact that it's not structured very well, and I really am over it.
Personally, I'd love to just throw the ideas I've had at someone and say "Here! You take over!", but that'd be incredibly lazy of me.
better not to abandon the idea completely but work on something else and maybe an idea for this project will come.