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Oct. 11th, 2012 06:33 pmI'm 1200 words into my Kaleidoscope story and I really like most of those words. I feel like at least 900 of those words are in final form. I don't anticipate many cuts or edits. (People I've passed drafts to have mostly agreed, so far.) So yay, I'm at the required length!
But Kaleidoscope also requires a finished story, and this might be as little as 1/3 done, and it might be closer to 1/2 done, from that perspective. And when I realize that I have barely more than a week left, I get scared about that. I feel unprepared to finish this story.
It's not canon review that's sticking me, but secondary source review. I only recently reviewed the canon, and it's pretty fresh, but I'm trying to pin down cultural details for the specific time period my story is set in and trying to figure out if I can justify fudging stuff based on information in books that are off by five or ten years. Kaleidoscope is tricky that way, since cultural sensitivity is so central to its mission. I don't want to fuck up details on any story, but I especially don't want to do it when I'm writing about a minority culture that isn't my own. And the overriding message of virtually all of the things I've read are "Do not simplify! YOU WILL BE WRONG!" There's a part of me that keeps whispering that I should default. I don't like to listen to that voice.
But Kaleidoscope also requires a finished story, and this might be as little as 1/3 done, and it might be closer to 1/2 done, from that perspective. And when I realize that I have barely more than a week left, I get scared about that. I feel unprepared to finish this story.
It's not canon review that's sticking me, but secondary source review. I only recently reviewed the canon, and it's pretty fresh, but I'm trying to pin down cultural details for the specific time period my story is set in and trying to figure out if I can justify fudging stuff based on information in books that are off by five or ten years. Kaleidoscope is tricky that way, since cultural sensitivity is so central to its mission. I don't want to fuck up details on any story, but I especially don't want to do it when I'm writing about a minority culture that isn't my own. And the overriding message of virtually all of the things I've read are "Do not simplify! YOU WILL BE WRONG!" There's a part of me that keeps whispering that I should default. I don't like to listen to that voice.