Started my Rushbelle marriage of convenience fic for Rumbelle Order in the Court, you know the one I’ve been desperate to write for the last couple of weeks. I thought maybe I’d earned it for finishing another WIP. Plus I can’t write smut unless I’m alone in the house, and I have the house to myself until late tomorrow so I figured make the most of it right?
Well I’m 2500 words in and Rush and Belle haven’t even met yet. I might have got a teensy little bit carried away describing the colony of Misthaven. This is not helping me get to the smut /headdesk
Oh FFS. Sorry I know I shouldn’t give commentary on the writing process, it’s probably extremely boring for everybody. It’s just I’ve got nearly 4k of this fic now, there’s still no smut and my hands are getting tired. However, Rush has just agreed to marry Belle so at least there’s progress!
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You… are kidding, right? Half the reason I joined Tumblr was to see everyone’s writing process. Half the fun of writing is knowing others struggle through it as well!
No I’m not kidding. I always feel if I make a personal post then everyone’s going to get instantly fed up with me, I’m going to be unfollowed on mass and lose the respect of everyone I like in the fandom. I know, that’s not really logical and probably not true but anxiety. Anyway, I try and restrict my rambling about writing to an occasional thing. The number of posts I write and then click ‘never mind’ instead of ‘post’ is ridiculous, and I always feel like I should apologize if I do succumb to clicking post. I’m sorry, that’s just me I’m afraid.
Anyway, the latest report on this Rushbelle fic is it now stands at 5.7k, and the nerve on my left elbow is complaining loudly but I think I might have finally reached the smut. I just wrote this:
With the dark robes they were all wearing, they’d never looked more like judges. Rush tightened his grip on Belle. This wasn’t just the council chamber for the leaders of Misthaven, as he’d always suspected this was a courtroom, but how the hell could they sit in judgment on his marriage? What possible evidence could be presented as to whether he and Belle were shagging or not? Short of pregnancy, and the lack of that was the whole reason for this little drama, there was no way to prove it.
I think you can probably guess what happens next 🙂
Edit: I lied it took another 1000 words before I reached the smut. Honestly with 6.5k of setup, is anybody even going to care at this point?
They’d never even kissed and now they had to shag in this alien courtroom, and there wasn’t even a bed.
Anyway, I think the smut might have to wait until tomorrow, my brain is fried. I’ve written nearly 8k today. I guess maybe really, really wanting to write a fic for weeks, using it as a bribe, and then finally saying ‘go for it’ has some advantages. The words have just poured out.
I’m kinda sorry though as it seems everyone else has writers block. I didn’t mean to steal all the words I swear!