temve wrote a super hot Bruce/Ducard fic A Long Way to the Top and then challenged us commentators to write the sequel. I couldn't resist and started the first half hour immediately. Reposted here for my own reference.

Warnings: It's Bruce/Ducard slash, people, and I guess all the parts together range from R to NC-17.

Nine Hours of Sweet Torture - Part I

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May I pass the baton? There are still 17 parts to be written.

Edit: Several people met the challenge.

Nine Hours of Sweet Torture - Part 2 by walksbyherself
Nine Hours of Sweet Torture - Part 3 by phurie_dae
Nine Hours of Sweet Torture - Part 4 by meletor_et_al
Nine Hours of Sweet Torture - Part 5 by shrieking_ell
Nine Hours of Sweet Torture - Part 6 by imadra_blue
Nine Hours of Sweet Torture - Part 7 by lady_elina

(421 words)

Tags: b/d

Btw, I went and signed up for NaNoWriMo. I'm not certain if it was sleep-deprivation induced madness or not. In any case, if I want to make any visible progress in November I need to remind myself of a few facts:

NaNoWriMo Rules

These are based on my own, known weaknesses.

• You have permission to write utter crap. Bash your Inner Editor over the head, put up the headphones and ignore everything she mumbles.
  
  
• You may use your native language instead of English. If your thoughts come in a multilingual mix write them down no matter what. You can sort out the babel confusion in December.
  
  
• Don't go back to change anything. Just move on. You can sort out continuity errors in December. Or write a short subplot to explain them.
  
  
• Don't re-read at all. You may read your whole draft and groan about its utter crappiness in December.
  
  
• Your outline is a guide not a straitjacket. It will give you ideas but don't be afraid to explore the absurdest plot twist.
  
  
• Don't worry about info-dump, exposition and show-don't-tell. Write on. If one of your characters turns philosophical or starts to wax poetically about the sexual attractiveness of his mortal enemy, write it down. He will thank you for listening by cooperating with the intended plot or give you nice plot twists when he acts on his *cough* desires. You can turn almost everything into something useful in December.
  
  
• You may consult every and any book about writing before NaNo but in November you won't waste your time with them. You will write and look up how many rules you have broken later in December.
  
  
• Try to count words only once per day, before you drop into bed or at midnight, whatever comes first. Compulsively starting the word count feature every ten minutes won't help you finishing. Instead write on!
  
  
• You may believe that you are a bad, bad person to do that to your characters, to even think such things - write them down nonetheless. First, it is better to face your own Darkside than to turn a blind eye toward it. Second, it is only fiction and you can rewrite it in December.
  
  
• Force yourself to keep awake an extra hour and write over midnight. Your brain might mistake your tired state and switch into the everything-is-allowed-in-dreams mode.
  
  
• Even if you doubt yourself, if you think the novel is stuck under a mountain - write on. Change radically the direction and the type of the story but write on.

(437 words)

Tags: nanowrimo