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[mithen]

--How easy is your current WIP to write?

So not just "how is your writing lately," but specifically how hard is this particular WiP to write. For me it should be easy, but I'm having increasing problems writing non-gen fic for my OTP, which is so frustrating! It's led to a general block on all fic writing, too, since it's so hard to write what I really want to that nothing else is coming easy either. I'm debating signing up for Yuletide, since I feel like it could either break me out of my stasis... or I could possibly end up defaulting on Yuletide for the first time. I hope you're doing better than I am and aren't feeling so blocked!

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[me_ya_ri]

It's a new Matriarchies of Muirin novel so it's both very easy and very hard.

It's easy because I KNOW this world. I've written a bunch of novels in it, know the timeline like the back of my hand and the characters slip into my mind easily.

It's hard because this is the most complicated story I've told in this series, yet. There's politics and social issue and echoes to current political events that I'm having to handle carefully lest it feel dated very, very quickly. And the sheer sequence of events / emotional responses to them is just... overwhelmingly big. It's a challenge to my writing skills in many ways.

Which means that I'm having fun and biting my nails at the same time, which is weird. *rueful smile*

Man, I hope you break past your block! Maybe write some silly little fluff piece for Bruce and Clark or a PWP for wrestling? Just for the pure fun of doing something fun. Might help get you unblocked since there's no pressure to do well or even finish the thing.

[mithen]

It's hard because this is the most complicated story I've told in this series, yet.

I always love tackling something I've never done before, something really ambitious--but I know what you mean, it's also really nail-bitey , if that's a word! I hope it turned out great for you!