Must be funny.

[apollinav]

I must be funny.  Brilliant happy funny.

How the hell am I going to manage this?

It started with the realization that Ch 23 is absurdly short.  Then realizing that four straight moody/broody and slightly depressing chapters wear heavily on the fic.  Funny needs to be thrown in there.  A little levity to break things up. 

I can do funny.  I think I can do funny.  Emphasis on the 'think.'    But funny usually takes place when I'm not trying to be funny.  Monday I sat down to remedy the problem... and wrote something decidedly NOT funny.  Fuck.  It's still short.  I have to try harder to be funny.  Yes, that's it.

Damn it.

At least I have a prompt already written in the chapter to bounce off of : Snape with a Slinky.  That ought to be funny, but I haven't been able to manage anything even close.

My one consolation is that if I can't manage funny I might be able to throw in some decent limes.  It seems at any point in time, smut is always appreciated.



Oh... and the chapter needs to be posted by Friday.  No pressure.  No, none at all.


I can only imagine I'll be asking Christev20, my beta, to look at something last minute.  She is going to kill me.  No, she probably won't because she's a ridiculously nice person.  But she really ought to kill me.


Does anyone have any thoughts/advice?  How 'bout ideas for Snape with a Slinky?

Comments

[dressagegrrrl.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... I overcaffeinate myself in order to reach the manic/crazy phase where I convince myself I'm funny. Have you tried that yet?

And, although self-imposed deadlines are great, don't push yourself so hard it sucks all your creativity out. The fandom is important, but I'm sure we'll all forgive you if you want your next chapter to be the best it can possibly be. :)

Here's a funny icon to inspire you.

[apollinav.livejournal.com]

You know, I did get a Hookah for Chanukah. Tobacco only m'dear, but if I surround myself in a fog of Vanilla tobacco I get giddy. It might be good. Or could suck. Maybe I'm looking for an excuse to play with my Chanukah-hookah.

Stop tentacle porn? Fantabulous. Not nearly as ridonkulous as stopclownpornnow(dot)com