Rudolph the red-nosed dentist

[heavensqueen]

Writing post : http://yuletide-coal.dreamwidth.org/6728.html

Other useful links:
2016 Timeline : https://yuletide-admin.dreamwidth.org/28822.html
Collection: http://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2016

 

Letters post: http://yuletide.livejournal.com/1274815.html
Letters DB: http://www.dennis-sellers.com/yuletide/index.html
Treat spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10Bv9vJXykH9BUgn6q5DIBliBgMWzlVpXiB9d1lNoub4/edit?usp=sharing

Yuleporn: http://yuletide.livejournal.com/1276881.html
Crueltide: http://yuletide.livejournal.com/1274987.html
Two for One: http://yuletide.livejournal.com/1278973.html

Comments

Re: 42

[(Anonymous)]

I am already in the "post a short fic that passes the bus test" stage, because this longfic will almost certainly not be done in the next twelve hours. What I need is an opening scene of about 1500-2000 words that can set the stage for the story to come, but also stand on its own as an answer to my recip's TOTALLY REASONABLE AND EXCELLENT requests.

Instead, all I have are about 6k of plot-dependent scenes and long strings of dialogue that happen much later in the story, and cannot be made to stand alone.

So this is fun.

Re: 42

[(Anonymous)]

Ooof, my sympathies. I can never write chronologically, so I always end up with this kind of mess right up until the end.

Re: 42

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you! I think there were only two years I managed to write things mostly in order; everything else happens like this.

I got the opening scene finished and posted, and it stands nicely on its own. Somebody could read it through right now and think it was finished, so that's a relief.

I'm almost tempted to leave it as is, since it feels so snug, but my recip specified a love of casefic and I do have all these shiny pieces of casefic started for her [some assembly yet required] so . . . onward!