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Writing & Research
Can anyone out there recommend a site where I can do some research on stuff like head injuries, neurological disorders, brain surgery etc? I have a plot bunny nagging at me but most of my knowledge in this area comes from Chicago Hope. I've been reading up on Wikipedia but honestly I'm not sure I trust that as a source on this subject. My problem is a lot of what I'm reading is pinging my internal bullshit meter, but I don't know if I'm right or wrong about that. Psych I know; neurology I don't.
I finished the first draft of my John/Sam fic yesterday - ended up staying awake all night to get it done *yawn*. Turns out this is fic 1 in a series (meaning I got to what I thought was the end of a chapter and the story so far felt complete. I didn't reach my ending yet). I think it will be three or four fics before I get to the end, this is just the initial setup. So now I'm dithering over how to handle this one 'cause it just doesn't feel right to post it alone.
With Predator/Perspective/Protector I was fine with posting as I went along, because a) I knew what the ultimate ending was going to be; b) because Predator works as a stand-alone so I didn't feel like I was "cheating" readers and c) I started dark and knew I'd end up with a happy ending. Ish.
This one isn't like that. I know where the story is going, but I don't know, yet, how it will end. Nor even if all major characters will survive to the end. This story can be read as a stand-alone but it's very much "episode one": works better as part of the whole. And, perhaps most troubling, this series starts with the good news and is gonna get a whole lot darker as we go along. So much so that I'm honestly not sure if I'll end up killing one or more of the characters. (I already said that, didn't I?)
*sigh* I guess what I need is a fresh pair of eyes on this one. There's still some stuff to fix in my draft - details mostly, and making sure the monster stuff makes sense - so it's not really ready for a beta. But. Anyone out there feel like helping me out?
I finished the first draft of my John/Sam fic yesterday - ended up staying awake all night to get it done *yawn*. Turns out this is fic 1 in a series (meaning I got to what I thought was the end of a chapter and the story so far felt complete. I didn't reach my ending yet). I think it will be three or four fics before I get to the end, this is just the initial setup. So now I'm dithering over how to handle this one 'cause it just doesn't feel right to post it alone.
With Predator/Perspective/Protector I was fine with posting as I went along, because a) I knew what the ultimate ending was going to be; b) because Predator works as a stand-alone so I didn't feel like I was "cheating" readers and c) I started dark and knew I'd end up with a happy ending. Ish.
This one isn't like that. I know where the story is going, but I don't know, yet, how it will end. Nor even if all major characters will survive to the end. This story can be read as a stand-alone but it's very much "episode one": works better as part of the whole. And, perhaps most troubling, this series starts with the good news and is gonna get a whole lot darker as we go along. So much so that I'm honestly not sure if I'll end up killing one or more of the characters. (I already said that, didn't I?)
*sigh* I guess what I need is a fresh pair of eyes on this one. There's still some stuff to fix in my draft - details mostly, and making sure the monster stuff makes sense - so it's not really ready for a beta. But. Anyone out there feel like helping me out?