Fic update
Mar. 23rd, 2014 12:35 pm I'm working on a Sai side story to Hikaru no Joe and it's completely wringing me out. I'm on my third rewrite at this point, after scrapping about 1500 words, changing the tense, and switching the narration style. It hurts to have to throw out a lot of solid words because they don't ultimately fit with the tone and pacing of the story I really want to tell. I tell myself it's necessary surgery, but I still save them in a separate text file like a memorial.
Ironically, I wanted to write this story as a small break from the coffeeshop antics of HnJ, but it's taking me a lot longer than any of the other chapters. The tone and feel are completely different and I wanted to explore Sai's history and character as I've constructed him in my story, as well as delve more deeply into the world of 1950s Italy, since![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
caminante and I have been doing SO much research for the sake of this fic.
It's been about a month since Chapter 3, but I'm hoping to crank out this side story now that I'm on the right track. After this, there's blind go and the Young Roaster's Tournament to finish by May!
Ironically, I wanted to write this story as a small break from the coffeeshop antics of HnJ, but it's taking me a lot longer than any of the other chapters. The tone and feel are completely different and I wanted to explore Sai's history and character as I've constructed him in my story, as well as delve more deeply into the world of 1950s Italy, since
caminante and I have been doing SO much research for the sake of this fic.It's been about a month since Chapter 3, but I'm hoping to crank out this side story now that I'm on the right track. After this, there's blind go and the Young Roaster's Tournament to finish by May!
