✍️📖 #LeatherboundHands back to writing this as a break from #FullofGrace -- and now I can't get back into the rhythm.
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Inspired by @sundialgirl.bsky.social, writing out weekly/bi-weekly missives on my long-form writing process as I continue to write #leatherboundhands (EomerxLothiriel novel-length fanfic set just after the war of the ring, exploring the idea of refugees in Middle Earth) and --
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So I guess Eomer is really taken by the vision of Lothiriel that he encounters in his dream (not knowing that ~it was actually Lothiriel~ at that point). Lol. Funny how characters take on a life of their own.
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That's the soul of fandom: the pleasure, maybe singular and distinct, of writing something out simply because you can. I can.
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Reminder to self about how much fun I'm having in the process of figuring out how to write this novel-length fic. It's not popular on AO3, but there's some pleasure in thinking things through, and not a lot of pressure in finding out who it will please outside of myself.
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Yeah, no, it just passed the 7K word mark, so this will be at least 10K words.
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I'm 7K words deep into chapter 6. the pleasure here is how it has brought me closer to my own ways of working, my own thinking. #leatherboundhands ✍️📖
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Story about to hit 50,000 words as i write Chapter 6! As Eomer and Lothiriel meet in this chapter, I'm excited to try my hand at writing romance?
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Every story is also a place where I can, not escape, but turn towards for comfort or for rest. Even the writing, which can be a struggle, is also a way to rest my mind against the world.
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The criticism I got that seemed to be the most serious was that the work doesn't *feel* like it belonged in Tolkien's world. Maybe game of thrones, they said. But I guess I was never aiming to sound like Tolkien.
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Received a terrible review! Trying to convince myself that the review doesn't matter. But I know that the answer is back in the work, back in the story, back to the writing.
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I have promised myself a treat after writing tonight! I get to watch Conclave. Chapter 6 feels a bit easier to navigate, and I'm finally writing more Eomer. Let's see how he feels in my brain.
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Still feel myself pulled to continue into chapter 6. The last chapter was a monster -- much too many words. i'll strive for a shorter chapter next (around 5 to 7k)
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Pleasure is difficult for me,I feel like I'm always clenched and ready for a blow. So I'm trying to find way so think against that, feel against that.
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Excited to post this tonight
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Very lightly editing this chapter before I post it to AO3 tomorrow evening. Trying to juggle finishing a book with all the rest of it.
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Almost at the end of the chapter, and then I'll spend a little time revising gently before finally posting it on ao3! I'm really excited. Longest bit of fiction I've written, and I think I can get back to my other novel easier after this.
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Tonight I get to write Lothiriel meeting Eomer! Let's gooo
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Almost at 45,000 words and this chapter isn't finished yet. i think I'll split it and write the next bulk in chapter 6.
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Worked on this paragraph last night and this afternoon. Erchirion is the first of Lothiriel's brothers home from the war, and they spend some time catching up over dinner. I try to slip in some Filipino food in each chapter ahahah
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Gently sub-questing as I write out the penultimate perspective in this chapter. I'm writing about refuge-seekers who were displaced, and traveling North, from Hârâd and trying to think about what Lothiriel would have thought of the migration.
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40,000 words! That's amazing! I want to write more tonight -- I wish I could spread out my leaves and toil hours so I can take every Friday off for the rest of the year!
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--but it feels like tweaking and revising will bring it more closely to the shape it wants to take. All of that in good time, though.
I don't know if this is good, but as i write this fanfic, the more i feel drawn to go back to #FullOfGrace, my own novella.
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The more of this novel I write, the less I can see if each individual paragraph is good, but the more the whole emerges. I know that it will take a long while for me to get to the end (it's meant to be 10 chapters long, and I'm only now finishing the halfway mark)--
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I get to write this. I get to sit here and think about these characters (and what i've done to them) and write it out. and i am afraid and terrified.
38K words.
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I'm writing Erchirion arriving in Dol Amroth after the war! And i didn't realize he would have so much he'd want to say??
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✍️📖 #LeatherboundHands But I also want to go through the process of writing it out as much as I can, and learn along the way. In Ch5, Lothiriel finally meets Eomer (across space! across time!) and by Ch6, she will likely arrive at Emyn Arnen.
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Need to set aside some time to edit the first sections of this chapter. Last night, I had a thought about what fanfic readers might expect from #lotr rarefic like Eomer/Lothiriel -- and maybe disappointing that expectation for more character instead of more worldbuilding.
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✍️📖 #LeatherboundHands 35000 words!
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