Motivation, where are you?

[icarus]

I have great story bunnies, plots sketched all the way out, only need the details filled in. I have energy and time. Yet every time I set down to type, I can't get started.

Takes off head. Rattles it. Really can't figure out what's wrong.

But I did write the NC-17 verion of the 'Midnight' chapter from Primer to the Dark Arts for Walking the Plank. Ah... now I have to find if it's actually better than the R version. Anyone wanna vote?

Remember, place filthy, over the top outrageous... or sentive and wonderful... NC-17 fic recommendations here! And be sure to click on the comments from two days. Awesome fics, folks, just awesome.

Comments

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

So, um, where do I find the NC17 version of the Primer to the Dark Arts?

This week's contribution to the porn drive, which I'm going to pimp in my own journal as well because they are just so damn good, are the Snape/Black fics by Fabula Rasa, available at the restricted section and snitchfiction.net. In-character characters, bits of actual plot, excellent writing, and hot hot hot sex.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Hi Isis, my email has temporarily bitten the dust. But I did get your comments, and have incorporated the changes. CLS insists that we redo the R-rated version to incorporate most of the NC-17, and agrees with you - there's a lot of character development in it.

The silver-stuff... hm. I intended for everyone to get the image of Snape struggling with and spilling it on the way out to the clearing. But it is in the subtext and there's no real way to bring that out without messing with the suspense and pacing. While Snape is very impressed himself with his talent for the Dark Arts, the way he loses control of it on the way there, and loses track of Harry, tells the real story. Never believe a man who's bragging. *wink*

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

I'll reply here in case you're still having email troubles. How about having Harry make the connection a little more explicitly, in noticing that the stuff in the cauldron appears to be the same as the stuff he'd been avoiding on the way in? He doesn't even have to explicitly think anything about Snape's loss of control, although it might be amusing for him to do so.

Of course, it's possible that everyone else who reads it will be less dense than I am and figure it out immediately.

NC-17 Version of Primer to the Dark Arts

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I've promised an NC-17 version to Telanu for a while, and I'm thinking of unveiling it first on 'Walking the Plank', once the entire 'Primer to the Dark Arts' has been beta'd. The NC-17 stuff doesn't start until chapter 14. But if you give me your email, I'll send you both the R and the NC-17 preview for your opinion.

How 'bout it?

~Icarus

[tinderblast.livejournal.com]

I've promised an NC-17 version to Telanu for a while, and I'm thinking of unveiling it first on 'Walking the Plank'

*purrs*
You don't know how happy that makes me --- both the promise, and that you'll archive it at one of my favourite sites.

Is there anything else you could do rather than write that might spur you into action? Any related things, like note-taking, re-reading canon, reading other people's stories (well, this might lead to more recommendations, lol), revision of other work.

Or do you work best under pressure? Sometimes I'm like that, and wish that I could break this habit.

[tinderblast.livejournal.com]

Not to pre-empt my e-mail, but I only just started looking for Wild Bill 'Whiplash' Weasley fics a few minute ago and have 3 candidates. The only one I'd read before featuring him was

http://www.witchfics.org/ce/doors.html

A birthday present for someone from different writers, so it's a nice idea, but very patchy in parts and not really coherent as a story.

A google search located this:
http://www26.brinkster.com/laulja/sw/stories/bill/burning.html

which looked very welcomely pwp-y (are those words? Though, I skimmed it and the last line was a little overdone).

Who even knew that there was a Snape/Weasley archive? There's probably more Winsome William Weasley Wanton-ness there, no doubt.

The other story was, well, cringe-worthy. Is there a proper term for something not recomended?

[somniesperus.livejournal.com]

*G* The Snape/Weasley archive is part of the Snape Slash Fleet webring. There's Snape/Weasley, Snape/Malfoy(s), Snape/Harry, Snape/Lupin...what fun!

[somniesperus.livejournal.com]

All right! Will look forward to getting it :-)