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I have not disappeared off the face of the earth!

So, about Unity. This year's yuletide made me realize something. That when I get near the end of a story that's longer than a thousand words or so, my brain suddenly comes to a screeching halt when it comes time to sit down and write. When I think back on it I realize that I've always done it, but I didn't realize it until I wrote three of them one after the other this past December. Every time I'd fly through writing the first three-fourths of the story after the plot solidified in my mind, but once I got to the last few scenes I'd start opening up their files, writing a sentence at best, then leaving them open all day long without adding anything else while I did other things and occasionally came back to stare at them for awhile. It was only the deadline and the knowledge that if I didn't finish up somebody out there might end up with no story after they'd written one themselves that finally made me put my nose to the grindstone and force the endings out of my head.

And Unity's just a few chapters away from being done. I've always had it planned out so it would end just after the game, and after the last part they're now past the point where the player goes into 'finishing up all the sidequests before going into the final dungeon'-mode, where Cid would be saying "The final showdown with Sin! I say let's get this show on the road!" every time Tidus wants to go somewhere until you just want to punch him in the nose. My brain has reached the point where it's started going "If I write anymore pretty soon it will be done and I won't be able to write it anymore and I want to be able to keep writing it! *traumaface*" but this time I don't have a deadline shoving me into getting on with things everywhere. I think the fact that the chapter I'm on has the scenes I've been waiting to write all story worse, even, because then they'll be over with. I've stalled out just before the first of those parts starts.

So, what's this mean?

It means that I've signed up for the next round of grindstone, and hopefully with that pushing me I'll finish the last few chapters by the end of next week! Or at least have a few more chapters done.

...But not starting to work on that now, 'cause writing while half asleep != a smart plan.

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[auronlu.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean about the Zeno's Paradox effect of getting near the end of a story.

Bah. I need to catch up on Unity. It was really great reading, but I'm juggling 3 fandoms that are totally unrelated, not to mention grad school, and I keep hopping from one to the next every few months.