Plot bunnies have no sense of timing

[brightknightie]

It's been almost a week since all the players received their fkficfest/fkficfest prompt match slates. I hope that all the players have found their matches sufficiently compatible, and that as many players as possible find them really inspiring! Fingers crossed and all the lucky gestures for new FK twists, turns and insights!

For myself, while I have no objections at all to the prompt slate that I received, I'm actually in the unusual position — for the first time in a very long time! — of being actively dogged by a new FK story idea that I'd love to write, independently, for no fest or prompt, but just because it seems right and exciting to me, myself. It's a Les Miserables (Nick/Urs) idea that I almost included on my own sign-up, but replaced with something else so as to give as wide a variety of prompts as I could to the eventual writer. I didn't withdraw the idea from my sign-up draft with the thought of writing it myself! But once I did withdraw it and submit other prompts, the idea began asserting itself in my imagination in a way I haven't experienced in quite some time. It's really very nice! Just not optimal timing. :-)

This particular idea is incompatible with the prompt slate that I received. Nick/Urs is not my recipient's goblet o' Ribena. I can't spend time on this idea until after the ficathon (like you, I've got only just so much hobby time to go around). I hope that the idea will still insist on itself this firmly when its time comes! This post shall be my reminder, in case I forget...

Comments

[lightbird]

No sense of timing and absolutely no respect for commitments like fic fests.

[brightknightie]

Very hard to domesticate a plot bunny. Inherently feral beasts. ;-)

[senmut]

I just went back through my tags for ideas and projects... and caution you to put plenty of detail into a post. I discovered a few posts that have intriguing ideas for NaNoWriMo projects, yet what I wrote down is not jogging detail into place for actual work.

Also, have fun!

[brightknightie]

Thank you for sharing this hard-earned advice!

I look forward to this idea way on the other side of... still hunting for my FKFicFest idea. :-)