IRL is cancelled, better write fic

[extrapenguin]

Writing a fic (Every Door a Death) and thinkiung about the pacing by chapters is kinda wild, after an eternity writing the whole fic and slapping chapter breaks onto it in post. I have chapter one written, and chapters 2 and n planned. There'll need to be at least two chapters of connective tissue in there, hopefully more, but at my 4-5k chapters, this looks to be at least 20-25k but definitely under 50k. (This is a good thing! For No Cradle Lasts Forever at its 75k is a nice feather on the cap, but 75k a) takes forever to write, and b) is impossible to edit in one sitting, so the juggling act is much wobblier.) It also feels like a tighter drive than my previous longer projects have been – let's see how it ends up being.

Out of curiosity, if you came across a Guardian fic titled Every Door a Death (Weilan, E, casefic, Choose Not to Warn), what sort of fic would you expect?

In unrelated news, someone compiled a compendium of Xiao Zhan's (and his fans') behavior that led to AO3 getting banned in China. Mostly untranslated Chinese, but some highlights have been translated into English. As someone unconnected with any idol fandoms and whose Chinese isn't good enough to understand, idk about the veracity, but it was a nice enough thing to popcorn about.

IRL ... well. My main social outlet is cancelled for the rest of the month. (With good reason, as the main organizers are in risk groups.) I've also been doing mainly stuff I need to be physically present for at work, so I can save the stuff that doesn't require my presence for working from home. I'm in no risk group, so I can still go to work without fear, but at this point I'm waiting for the inevitable quarantine in a week or two. And before Worldcon, I have stuff abroad scheduled for May and June; I have no idea if either of them is actually going to happen at this point. This means I'm eyeing fandom5k – I may not be able to plan my RL, but I can plan my exchange participation!

Comments

[china_shop]

Out of curiosity, if you came across a Guardian fic titled Every Door a Death (Weilan, E, casefic, Choose Not to Warn), what sort of fic would you expect?

Maybe a five-times (or n-times) fic, or a Groundhog Day type thing, in which the first n-1 chapters end in one or both of them dying, and the final chapter somehow transcends that? That's my first reaction/assumption.

I have no idea if either of them is actually going to happen at this point.

Yeah, it'll be interesting to see how it pans out. We're expecting more travel limits today.

*cheers on your writing*

[extrapenguin]

Okay, yeah, people seem to be taking it more literally than I expected. I guess I'll have to brainstorm some more. Expect an equivalent quiz with more title options later!

Travel limits! Why listen to the WHO when you can close the borders! Sigh. Hopefully it'll be over by Worldcon? I'd like to have at least something from this year's travel schedule stay intact...

[lannamichaels]

Out of curiosity, if you came across a Guardian fic titled Every Door a Death (Weilan, E, casefic, Choose Not to Warn), what sort of fic would you expect?

There are doors and they kill people. I'm pretty sure Doctor Who has done at least five plots like that, so why not. ;)

[extrapenguin]

That is ... not at all what the fic is and considerably more literal than I intended. I guess I'll have to go back to the drawing board when the fic is almost-done and return with a wider variety of titles to ask about.

[lannamichaels]

Well, titles don't have to be literal ;) But going on the title, that's all I had to go on. But summaries and tags also help, and sometimes titles are an illusion, and all that.

[extrapenguin]

Both of my sample points interpreted it differently than intended, so I want to think about it a bit later. Though at least I have a title of sorts for this one already, instead of scrambling for phrases in the New Work window...

[tinny]

That presentation about Xiao Zhan is very interesting. Thank you!

[extrapenguin]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! As I said, I have little idea of how accurate any of it is, but the popcorning is entertaining.