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Aug. 18th, 2022 05:37 pmFinished up and posted the latest chapter in my WIP - I actually had a number of other plot points that were meant to happen, but it was getting long (for me) and I decided to just cut and print what's there, and start a new chapter with a new POV for the other plot points.
I was contemplating starting a social media AU of my own the other day, but that kind of multimedia storytelling is so different from text-only writing that it's all a bit daunting. The premise would be that Stede becomes the director/curator of a very small historic house museum (with a very absent board) (or maybe it should be a state historic site so there is no board) and wants to follow the Anarchist's Guide principles of changing the way things are done. Ed runs a dangerous dive bar in town. They run into each other because Stede is trying to find unorthodox partnerships for the museum ... (It took me a LONG time to figure out how I could make a museum-centric setting work for an OFMD AU.)
On the other hand, I also had the idea of a Prohibition/speakeasy AU. Definitely less massaging to figure out: Ed is a crimelord and Stede decides to open his own speakeasy, which is of course ridiculously fancy and the alcohol is basically an afterthought. The Badmintons are Volstead Act enforcers. *vague gestures*
I could try both! What's the harm in possibly getting bored of a WIP, for real.
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I'm trying to break my habit of chewing on the inside of my cheeks and my lips, and it was going well for a few days but I fell off the wagon. :( It's so harrrrrrrd. TBH, it's picking my fingers I should probably prioritize, but mouth things felt easier. All of these habits are technically probably stims, though, so I really need to find something to replace them with to succeed, I'll bet.
I was contemplating starting a social media AU of my own the other day, but that kind of multimedia storytelling is so different from text-only writing that it's all a bit daunting. The premise would be that Stede becomes the director/curator of a very small historic house museum (with a very absent board) (or maybe it should be a state historic site so there is no board) and wants to follow the Anarchist's Guide principles of changing the way things are done. Ed runs a dangerous dive bar in town. They run into each other because Stede is trying to find unorthodox partnerships for the museum ... (It took me a LONG time to figure out how I could make a museum-centric setting work for an OFMD AU.)
On the other hand, I also had the idea of a Prohibition/speakeasy AU. Definitely less massaging to figure out: Ed is a crimelord and Stede decides to open his own speakeasy, which is of course ridiculously fancy and the alcohol is basically an afterthought. The Badmintons are Volstead Act enforcers. *vague gestures*
I could try both! What's the harm in possibly getting bored of a WIP, for real.
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I'm trying to break my habit of chewing on the inside of my cheeks and my lips, and it was going well for a few days but I fell off the wagon. :( It's so harrrrrrrd. TBH, it's picking my fingers I should probably prioritize, but mouth things felt easier. All of these habits are technically probably stims, though, so I really need to find something to replace them with to succeed, I'll bet.
