[Humility] What's Taking So Long? · 4:21am Jun 28th, 2017
I've been trying really hard to wrap up Humility over the last couple of months. I'm constantly going back to the story and trying to find the inspiration that began the whole thing, and even though I can sense it, I can't quite grasp it. What's worse? The ending is already written. I have probably three or four scenes left out of the entire story before I consider it finished, and I can't figure it out!
Needless to say, they're all dialogue scenes. Except for the final chapter, which is completely devoid of dialogue. That's why the ending is written and the middle is not. I'm trying to convey the hopelessness of all of these characters, which was so easy to capture when I began the silly thing. There's a natural order that I can follow, yet finding the words for it is proving an impossible task. How can I capture the emotions of depression across multiple characters, especially Discord, when I had to step away for so long? It's maddening.
I'm still trying to wrap this one up. The idea is too good to just fade away. I don't care that canon Discord is just as powerful as always; this one is becoming human, so to speak. And besides, being able to play with the mindset of four characters (Twi, Discord, Flutters, and a mysterious fourth...) is much easier than it was a couple of years ago. Or maybe it's not and I'm just fooling myself into thinking that.
Gah. Gahhhhh.
It's like wrapping my mind around a lemon-soaked brick.
~Leo
I face the same problem; though in my case I start writing something with an outline in my head, I lose inspiration, and when I recover it the path I've set for the story has changed, and I must adapt the fic accordingly.
Maybe you should go back to rework it; settle the points in a clear manner and build from them.
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Yeah, I think that at this point, re-drafting the project from square one will give me the best outcome. It will at least give me a chance to revisit what made the original idea so enticing. Hell, it'll let me revisit the original idea, period.
If and when that happens, I'll try to use some of the tips I got from EQD back when I tried to submit it. Hopefully it'll still be relevant enough to work.
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Good luck :D