At the moment I am writing a collab. fic too. [Outside of Saiyuki.] How we met was similar too. We admired each other's writing and decided to write a very short piece together and that experimental one went fine. We did one earlier that did not quite work out but I think we trusted each other enough to admit.
[IM is a godsend with collab fic.]
We are now into 10 chapters and it is really the most I have ever written having only ever attempted one-shots before. We did a mix of the
1) "it often worked out that one of us would write the end of one chapter and the beginning of another, say about 1.5k words. So then the other would pick it up and write the end of that chapter and the beginning of the next." and also
2) How we'd each write one chapter .... also finding it that it helped that if we got stuck it was fine to take a step back and let the other take over. I think trust is a huge part of the equation too.
and yes getting a third eye has been useful.
The fic is almost done and I don't know about sparkly magic..but I hope for at least some of our readers that they enjoy reading it! (So far so good, although of course the self critic in me is convinced that they are only there because they see her name on the fic. Hee!)
I did find the first part helpful too but the first stumbling block I have to get over is being comfortable with me writing it! I've written before both het and m/m sex. I did struggle and I was uncertain of myself I think. So I guess faith in oneself is a help. *wry smile*
ANyway I uhh... mmmm ramble and spam your journal space. I apologise.
Thank you dear for sharing these insights with us.
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At the moment I am writing a collab. fic too. [Outside of Saiyuki.] How we met was similar too. We admired each other's writing and decided to write a very short piece together and that experimental one went fine. We did one earlier that did not quite work out but I think we trusted each other enough to admit.
[IM is a godsend with collab fic.]
We are now into 10 chapters and it is really the most I have ever written having only ever attempted one-shots before. We did a mix of the
1) "it often worked out that one of us would write the end of one chapter and the beginning of another, say about 1.5k words. So then the other would pick it up and write the end of that chapter and the beginning of the next." and also
2) How we'd each write one chapter .... also finding it that it helped that if we got stuck it was fine to take a step back and let the other take over. I think trust is a huge part of the equation too.
and yes getting a third eye has been useful.
The fic is almost done and I don't know about sparkly magic..but I hope for at least some of our readers that they enjoy reading it! (So far so good, although of course the self critic in me is convinced that they are only there because they see her name on the fic. Hee!)
I did find the first part helpful too but the first stumbling block I have to get over is being comfortable with me writing it! I've written before both het and m/m sex. I did struggle and I was uncertain of myself I think. So I guess faith in oneself is a help. *wry smile*
ANyway I uhh... mmmm ramble and spam your journal space. I apologise.
Thank you dear for sharing these insights with us.
Edited for some mistakes sorry