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i’d love to know about 3, 27, and 28 💕💕
thank you so much! 🥰
3. how do i feel about my current wip?
I am incredibly excited for it! I've been tossing ideas back and forth with @cchapsticck for the past few weeks and it wouldn't be half the idea it is if it weren't for him yes and'ing me the entire way. I was going to write it for the bigbang but I think I'm dropping out of it so I will give a quick rundown here:
After a series of concussions that leave him with migraines and a botched ACL surgery, Shane retires from pro/semi-pro hockey in 2018/2019 and is in now set up in rural Ontario, near where his parent's have retired to their cottage*) playing senior hockey. Things are not coming up Shane Hollander and somehow his season is off to an even worse start when their manager recruits Ilya to play (who has jumped from the NHL, to KHL, to retirement, to a stint in Jrs coaching and now he is also playing senior hockey). I can't get into the concept too deep (it's intricate and convoluted) but I swear it's solid (i.e. we have spent a lot of time researching). I's an alternative timeline of them getting together where there was the initial meeting, some hook-ups but I have Ilya drafted into the Western Conference. The rivalry thing is kind of dead in the water despite the media's rigorous attempts to keep it alive. Mostly, it's dealing with disappointment/regret, midlife stagnation, relearning who you are and how to love that version of yourself, disability, mental health, falling in love when you're old(er) and kind of fucked up in a bunch of ways; it's a near-life experience, is how we are describing it in the chats. It's all Shane POV, which is daunting but good, and it's going to be following him as he readjusts to a life post-hockey and post-pandemic while also reconciling who he thought he was going to be with who he is now. That is a major, major aspect. Ilya isn't free from the suffering, but we see it all through Shane's eyes so it's not as apparent in the start. I'm so ready to get it out into the world.
27. your favorite part of the writing process
The editing! When I have a beautiful big chunk of text in front of me and I get to tweak and refine it into what I envisioned it to be when I first set out writing it.
28. your least favorite part of the writing process
The starting. Especially for larger projects. If it's a simple one-shot, under 5k, I can kind of just start wherever and it works. But with a larger piece of work, I need to have a starting point or I feel like I flounder. Cause if I start working on something in the middle, working backwards screws me up. I'm very much a discovery writer but I do have a general plotline I try to stick to or else I will wander.
*I planned this detail before Ep6 when we see the lake they are actually staying at so I just kept it where it is originally planned for my sake
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