going back to my plough (or: the quintessential problem of epic)

[tielan]

So, about five years ago, I came up with an SG1/SGA major AU and its working title was "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". It was EPIC. But I got through the opening scene and that was about it. (Did I mention EPIC?)

About three years ago, I came up with an MCU post-Avengers fic idea that started with Give A Girl A Moment And She'll Take You For All She's Got as the spearhead, and was to be followed up with a massive fic of EPIC that was swiftly jossed by Agents of SHIELD and the events of Iron Man 3, Thor 2, and Cap 2.

I got about 20K in and posted it as The Right Hand Knows Not, which is a permanent WIP.

Two years later, I've rejigged the whole idea - which is, once again, about to be jossed with Agents of SHIELD and Avengers: Age of Ultron - and I'm contemplating title names. It's still EPIC, and I've only just finished the opening scene - and believe me, that was an effort and a half.

And basically I'm scared that if I don't finish it within the month I'll never finish it at all. I have the time and space to write it right now, what with the daily commute, but whether I can wrench all the concepts into line and get it out? Another matter entirely.

I hate writer's block.

Comments

[wrabbit]

20K is something to be proud of! I get easily overwhelmed by the grandeur and majesty of my own Epic Ideas, to the point where I couldn't possibly do any kind of justice to them. Lately I set my sights a lot lower. I do have a few longish works in progress like I'd like to finish someday. I think when I do finally produce something very long it won't be a story that is deeply special to me, because I have such a hard time writing those stories.

[tielan]

Yeah, I get overwhelmed by the EPICNESS from time to time. But my version of 'setting my sights lower' is, oh, about 20K finished instead of 60K...

Mostly, it's just a case of pushing forward, pushing forward, pushing forward.

And catching up on Agents of SHIELD because I haven't seen S2 at all yet. *facepalm*

[everbright]

Dunno what to say. Well, good luck at least.

[tielan]

Thank you! (I think I'm going to need it.)

[beatrice_otter]

Hope you can either get it done, or just ignore the fact it's been jossed.

[tielan]

It's tricky. It depends on how badly it's been jossed and how much I like the new canon.

But yeah, jossing tends to throw my ideas into a welter for a while...