The attack of the plotbunnies

[wiseheart]

Apparently, my muses sold their fickle souls to the dark side. No, seriously. They're evil.

Here I am, wanting nothing more than find some time to finish at least one or two of my never-ending WIPs, and what happens? Do I get the necessary inspiration? No, I don't. Instead, the frigging stories start spawning wildly eclectic plotbunnies, so that I can have even more unfinished WIPs for the next two hundred or so years.

You remember my new Criminal Minds story, the one that I've only posted to my Insane Journal for a test run? I intended to finish that one in, oh, six to eight chapters. I got so far as Chapter 4, with extensive fragments already written for later chapters.

Then the plotbunny went into hibernation. But not before spawning another Criminal Minds crossover bunny. This time with Startgate: Atlantis. Set after the first season of SGA, contemplating the "what if" possibility of Dr. Spencer Reid getting hired for the Atlantis expedition. As he's canonically graduated from CalTech - the very same place where I had Kavanagh study, and later work, in all my Atlantis stories. From that realization on, there was no more way back. I've already worked the whole frigging story out in my head, up to "Critical Mass", in which Reid would put his years as an FBI profiler to good use to clear Kavanagh from suspicion.

Yeah, I'm clearly insane. I know.

And if that wasn't enough, my current reading of Marcus/Neroon fanfic has finally nudged the long-hibernating plotbunny for the Still Not in Kansas sequel. After four and a half frigging years!

How am I going to ever finish anything at this rate?

Comments

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Well, I'd be happy to discuss plot ideas with you. That's what I'm missing most since most of my friends have fallen out of the fandom. Discussions always helped me with stories I was stuck.

[lethe-lloyd.livejournal.com]

Thank-you. I am not stuck now, in fact I have a lot of threads to tie together, but now, I am not able to work on more than one story at a time. Some people can and I really do envy them. I used to, but now I concentrate on one story only.

Thank-you for the offer. I did used to brainstorm with a couple of people a few years back, and I think it did help, so I may take you up on that. :)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Any time. I've got my fair share of unfinished Silmfics, too, perhaps my hibernating Tokien bunnies begin to thaw as well.

[lethe-lloyd.livejournal.com]

I've got my fair share of unfinished Silmfics, too, perhaps my hibernating Tokien bunnies begin to thaw as well.

I hope so! Any more plot bunnies however, and you may need an earth mover :)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

What I'd need is an early retirement, with enough cash to live comfortably and have all the time to write. *g*

Alas, it's not likely to happen...

[lethe-lloyd.livejournal.com]

What I'd need is an early retirement, with enough cash to live comfortably and have all the time to write. *g*

That is also a good option. I wish all my fave authors had a massive windfall so they could all do that.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Amen to that.