heaven help me

[fahye]

Remember when I said I wasn't going to talk about this fic until it was finished?

OH THE NAIVETY.

It's good I have a handful of people to email about it, because I want to talk about it all the time, it's taken over my head that much. I want to talk about how I feel like I'm remixing a story that aleady exists, because so many of the important things occur offscreen, as it were, between two people who are not the narrator. I'm writing a story that has to have the shape of a romance, from the point of view of someone who honest-to-God thinks it's a different sort of story. Allowing for his compartmentalisation AND trying to keep an eye on the bigger picture is exhausting.

Fandom is not going to have a clue what to do with this story. There's no porn and no action-hero plot, just -- ideas, and people.

And 15,000 words might have been a conservative estimate.

Comments

[ashen_key]

It sounds just LOVELY. No lie. I love fics that are full of ideas and people.

[inknose.livejournal.com]

PREDICTION: EVERYONE WILL LOVE IT

[dejablue7.livejournal.com]

There's no porn and no action-hero plot, just -- ideas, and people.
Best kind of story, that ;)
I am also super looking forward to seeing how you explore the physical ramifications of using the PASIV devices and dream-sharing etc. in general. Saw some bits you'd posted in comments around here somewhere, and I love that extra dimension you've pulled in with your med school background--because even though Inception is about the worlds these characters have built in their heads, the heist-plots and all that--your fic bits have also pointed out this incredible and visceral layer about what happens to the body, and living with that, and I love, love, love seeing that in your writing, it's so cool \o/

[fahye.livejournal.com]

IF WE EVER GET IT FINISHED

[fahye.livejournal.com]

Oh, me too, but I was not previously aware that one could SUSTAIN ideas-and-people for epic wordcounts. All the long-long fics I've written so far have had plots.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you :) I always feel that people are shaking their head at anything medical that sneaks into my writing -- there she goes again -- so I'm glad you think it's worthwhile.

[tropes.livejournal.com]

*is super excited about it!!!!!!!!!!*

[whatimages.livejournal.com]

I LIKE IDEAS. ALSO PEOPLE.

every time I see you sent me a new email I get all !!!!

I'm pumped, is what I'm saying.