Welp

[potentiality_26]

Do you guys ever have one of those days where you have insomnia like woah, so you give up on sleep and crack open the computer-  and then instead of anything helpful you write 4K of angsty smut for a pairing you don't even like, and you're thinking, "Nice going, brain.  None of this was on the agenda.  None of it."  Especially when you go back over it and you think it's maybe even sort of good, in an I don't think this would happen but if it did it would be like this sort of way, and it just rolled out of your fingers like you were taking dictation while all this while you've been struggling with that one scene from that one fic for your OTP for weeks and now this story- THIS story- got roughed out in maybe three hours and you look up to the writing gods and say, "Seriously?"

Or is that just me?  Today.  Just me today.
  

Comments

[cathica.livejournal.com]

Nope, it's not just you. I call it "blindsiding," and it can be wonderful--and then, it can be...well, kind of "wtf?" On the other hand, you wrote 4K, which is a huge accomplishment, even if you didn't see it coming. Deep breathing exercises will help you get over the shock. And chocolate couldn't hurt. 8)

[liliannabelle.livejournal.com]

What she said! Blindsiding is such a good word for it.

[potentiality-26.livejournal.com]

:) Indeed it is.

[potentiality-26.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, much deep breathing and chocolate is in order. I mean, I am proud, because a) it's 4k and I wrote it really quickly and b) it's pretty much done now and I just need a little distance before I can edit it and move on, but at the same time I'm- well, blindsided really is the perfect word.