~~ Reena's personal WIP Amnesty Day

I've been coming out of my writerly slump, and am fairly buzzing with energy, so naturally instead of working on one project, I find myself worrying over virtually every WIP I've had in the past two years, if not more. It's odd to realize which of them are now relics and which still mean enough to me to work on... it's uncomfortable to think 'maybe it's better unseen', because I'd been so proud of them at one point, merely because I rarely put -effort- into anything. Then again, I always think that the things I put more effort into will be better received, and almost the opposite is true-- the ficlets I scribble while half-asleep and barely conscious tend to be the best liked, probably because my subconscious is actually more efficient than my conscious mind.

So... I was thinking of making a journal for people who might want to see the snippets of fics I never finish... but then it seems like too much bother, and, well... it always takes me too long to come out of denial and realize I'll never finish certain fics. It's sad, really, 'cause I'm quite attached to some of them, but I look at them now, and as fond as I am, I have to shake my head at some of the things I thought were worth doing. I mean, really now. And I'm sure a year from now I'll be like this with my current endeavors; well, if nothing else, it shows I've grown as a writer? Maybe.

Basically, I decided to have my own WIP Amnesty Day, so I'll post bits of fics I'm pretty sure aren't going to get done, and good riddance. Consider it a late spring cleaning of my 'To Finish Upon Pain of Death' folder.

( Dead WIPs: if you're going to do 3, why not do 8? Gunsex and Snape wankage ahoy. Also some Harry/Neville and naturally H/D. )