SGA/Pern Big Bang fic progress
Jul. 20th, 2010 11:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icarusJohn has met the feral dragon. The writing in this first draft is really loose, much less finished that I usually do in a first pass.
I also am trying to finish the first draft before I give it to any betas. Kind of how I wrote Primer to the Dark Arts.
27435 / 40000 words. 69% done!
In reality, I have 19 more scenes to do. I average between 800-1,000 words a scene, so I have roughly 15k left. I think this story will end up being around 45k.
What I find myself flailing for in this story is the theme. I like my stories to have a point, though I usually wait for a theme to emerge and then tie all future scenes to that theme. I thought the theme was going to be one of culture clash, but it seems to really be one of nobility. An unwilling nobleman having to face whether his life is all that noble. He has to conform to the rules of two different worlds. Which one makes him a better person? What does that mean about each world?
I think.
I also am trying to finish the first draft before I give it to any betas. Kind of how I wrote Primer to the Dark Arts.
In reality, I have 19 more scenes to do. I average between 800-1,000 words a scene, so I have roughly 15k left. I think this story will end up being around 45k.
What I find myself flailing for in this story is the theme. I like my stories to have a point, though I usually wait for a theme to emerge and then tie all future scenes to that theme. I thought the theme was going to be one of culture clash, but it seems to really be one of nobility. An unwilling nobleman having to face whether his life is all that noble. He has to conform to the rules of two different worlds. Which one makes him a better person? What does that mean about each world?
I think.
