State of the Asuka

I think I'm getting a better idea of why I have such a writer's block with Teamwork 3.

At first I thought it was that I like writing character interaction more than action -- I hate having to describe a fight, especially with the whole choreography and whatnot, and the next chapters are going to be nothing but. And, well, it's partly that, but mostly it's that I worry about the gap between TW2 and 3. Things happened in between, and I haven't written them down -- mostly that they settled down a bit re: romance-and-sex related worries, but also that Sakura had her first fight where she used the smashy punch (and broke her hand cause she lacked training XD), and ShikaTema things started to happen, and Sasuke had jealous moments over Naruto and Sakura that make it feel less like he's utterly asexual and just humors them because they're his teammates/friends...

I haven't written then down, and I hate flashbacks, and so it's kind of like they haven't happened. Since I never know precisely how a scene happened in detail until I actually write it down. Often it turns out completely different from my notes.

So then I go and write TW3, and... it's all teammates, fights and politics, and there's almost no space to write anything about the romance/friendship relationship since they're also professionals and they wouldn't mix it up during a friggin exam, and -- well, teammates = already pretty strong bond, but. Hn. Nrrrrgh. It doesn't mention anything much about what they did or how they resolved some interpersonal stuff and progressed about it and found other problems to worry about, and I feel like the fic is missing a dimension because of it, because it doesn't have that background of trust and love and broken fingers as a background. It feels like I'm writing a story about teammates who, and it is rarely mentioned, happen to fuck from time to time, and while it's part of it, that's not how I want to portray it.

haha. "portray". I just want some molest0ring to make the fights less dry. XD

So I think I'mma gonna go back and write that friggin trip to Sand Village after all. >_> Boy is this going to be amusing to post on FFnet. Bah! Chronology is for pussies.



also I totally want Sasuke to sulk because Gaara stares at Naruto too much. >.>

GW - newtypes, scenes 4&5

Scene 4... I don't like it. I suck at introducing OCs, I have no clue how people like that behave and interact in a professional setting, and it just rings false to me. Also the pacing seems off and I'm not sure I'm describing people's actions and the undercurrents that drive their reactions properly. But try as I may, I can't figure out how to fix it. If you have suggestions, I'm listening. This scene is going to need a lot of betaing before I'm comfortable posting it anywhere else.

Scene 5 is really just me cheating like a cheating cheater who cheats and re-using that one-shot 1+5 thing I wrote a couple of months ago. Edited it a bit to fit, and totally changed the end, but mostly it's the same. It just worked too well for me to pass up.


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