On Writing Yourself Into A Corner, Job Applications, and More · 4:15pm Mar 26th, 2015
Finnicky little details. Stupid finnicky little details.
So I've been basically stalled on that last chapter, because I'm having some serious trouble characterizing correctly. How James reacted, how Octavia is supposed to react, how to get Vinyl to agree to whatever they have in store... Blech. Although I think I just figured that last one out... Either way, rushing this kind of thing leads to emotional whiplash, poor characterization, bad pacing, and a whole buncha stuff I'm not going to have the last chapter of my clopfic be associated with. Hence: me being stuck. I'm slowly figuring it out, don't worry - you'll get your last chapter. But I've written myself into a corner, and my opponent is locking me down with a Cold Star and - you know, what this metaphor doesn't work and Marvel is dead, so I'll drop it. The point is, I made some choices in earlier chapters I didn't think through very well and now I'm dealing with the consequences thereof.
But then there's the other slight problem: jobs. I am spending a lot of time writing job applications, because right now I'm unemployed, living off my savings, and I'd like to change that ASAP. So that's cutting into a whole lot of my "write horse erotica" time budget.
Tonight I have a solid hour each way on the train to and from an engagement that I can spend figuring this crap out. For the moment, I'm sorry, but this one is a doozy. Don't get your hopes up, it'll be a while. 
oh man it totally sucks when you write yourself in a corner
hopefully you can get past it. worse case you might have to extend the story or rewrite a few chapters?
Marvel isn't dead. Age of Ultron was absolutely great.