Snowflake #5 The Impossible Dream

[nrgburst]

Challenge #5

In your own space, talk about an idea you wish you had the time / talent / energy to do.

So I think rodo  named this aptly: The White Whale challenge. Who knows - maybe I'll find the motivation one day to throw myself back into research and get the work done on these, but LBR - I doubt it! 😁So this is probably more of a "Let it go" post! ❄️ Although! I have to admit that I actually did finish a longfic in 2020 after not writing it for 8 years, so never say never! 😅

The Original YA fantasy book - I had this all researched and roughly planned out, and wrote a few chapters, only to stop. I tried to finish this for Nano one year and still got only a little further before giving up again.

A Third Path - Anakin/Padme. This was a Canon AU diverging right at the end of AotC, and I was going to explore the idea of Anakin becoming a Grey Jedi instead of going all Darth and their little family running across the galaxy far far away to keep the twins out of Palpitine's hands. I left it on a cliffie too, oops. Sorry, totally my bad! 😅

Honestly, I think that once that kind of blazing itch inside your brain has fizzled, it's really hard to get it stoked again? What do you guys think?

Comments

[enemytosleep]

I feel you on the spark and fizzle with WIPs. I was saying on someone else's post that I wonder if a Plot Bunny Rescue community would be a worthy idea? So folks could adopt them out to maybe see an ending? I know I've read more than one WIP over the years that I probably could have written a chapter or two to complete if I'd had the thumbs up.

[rhoda_rants]

I dunno. I think it depends on the fic, and the fandom, honestly. With me, I seem to flit between different creative "modes" as I can them. When I'm in Binge-Watch Mode, like I am now, all my creative energy goes towards whatever I'm binging, whether that's making icons, writing an essay series, looking up fanvids, whatever. When I'm in Writing Mode, I can churn out a decent word count on a semi-regular basis, but that is unpredictable and very hard to get back. Or if I'm in Reading Mode, I'm just consuming book after book or fic after fic, and have a read hard time producing anything myself. It's very rare for any of those to overlap.

[rodo]

Honestly, in my experience, the blazing itch always runs out before you're done, and finishing something can only be achieved by continuously working on it like it's a job. I think that's why exchanges work for me - deadlines mean I have to finish something, even without my brain on fire.

So, if there's a way for you to get accountability going in a way that works for you, I'd go for it.

[tjs_whatnot]

I think you might be right, but sometimes the spark just needs a bit of a breeze, so maybe just blow? 🤣🤣