'Cerulean' liner notes · 3:24pm Mar 7th, 2014
Various (debatably) fun facts about the creative process behind Cerulean.
- This whole fic began as a series of warm-up exercises, designed to get me back into writing after about seven years out of the game. I wanted to write one chapter a night for roughly two weeks, then start work on a different fic idea I had at the time. Instead, that other idea died, and this took me about nine months of on-and-off work, wouldja believe it.
- Plea was the first chapter I wrote, the first draft being frantically typed up at 3am on the night I had the idea for the fic. This might be why it ties in the most literally with its song's lyrics. Humble beginnings.
- My first drafts of Apologetic Shoulder Blades and You're My Excuse to Travel were just grammarless, stream-of-consciousness walls of snarky dialogue, barely even in character. I think I typed them out late at night and left to them to my future self to refine. I hope I'm not the only one who does this.
- Pre-reading pal ATR roasted my final draft of Aminals for its inaccurate portrayal of chickens. A final final draft was completed minutes before publishing the fic. I think it makes more sense now, but I'm fearful I still haven't done them justice. We need more and better chicken representation in our media.
- In my initial notes for Aminals, I had taken care to underline the phrase, "doesn't have to be shipping!!" Hmm.
- Hall has basically no connection to the song whatsoever. I just really, really wanted to write this scene. Sue me.
- Rafting Starlit Everglades was the last chapter I wrote. While reading the Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock (dreamy sigh), I was inspired to make something poetic, and prioritise imagery over meaning. The ending is very tongue-in-cheek.
