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Overcoming writers block
Then, I got Jossed and never got started on the third volume of the Trilogy. (the first two novels do complete some plot arcs, so you're not left dangling too badly on all fronts)
However, I did make a lot of notes for it, and I recently did the Stargate Alphabet Soup challenge in the hope that it would get me writing again, and it seems to be working, as I'm near the end of a brand new chapter.
What I need is encouragement as I have a whole novel to get through. And it's an old fandom, so I know I won't pick up many new readers.
Here's how you can help...
If anyone has the patience to read the first two volumes (they're relatively short by novel standards) and leaves a comment at the end, then I undertake to write a minimum of 200 words (and 500 if it's a really interesting comment) on the third volume for each comment. People who have read it before, still get to claim their words if they haven't previously left a comment.
It's Stargate SG-1, set around the end of season 5, at the time when the team consisted of Jack, Daniel, Sam and Teal'c. It's gen fic, though it does contain some relationships. My aim was to give all the team a strong role to play and to make good use of many minor characters from the series. It's also AU and will resolve many plot lines in a different way (and to my mind more aesthetically pleasing) than the route taken in the series.
The first volume is here - https://archiveofourown.org/works/392002/chapters/643582
Jack O'Neill and Harry Maybourne have very different approaches to ethics. Jack believes in honour and honesty. Harry believes the ends justify the means.
When Jack's daughter from a parallel reality comes through the stargate, both Jack and Harry find that their past (canonical) decisions have unforeseen consequences. What price are they willing to pay to put things right again? Can they work together? How far can Maybourne be trusted?
Jack and Sam have many difficult decisions to face. Can they maintain the careful balance of their working relationship while juggling with their feelings for one another?
How will Cassandra cope with tragedy, guilt, and the strangest friendship of her life?
This novel starts 3/4 of the way through the fifth season, shortly before Meridian and takes its own course through history after the events of 'Last Stand'.
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If you're willing to try the first chapter and see if it makes sense, I'd say there are a few things you need to know.
1. Several years after the movie they went back to Abydos. The Air Force formed a team to explore a vast network of stargates. Daniel joined this team. Very early on, they met Teal'c, a Jaffa (servant of the goa'uld) who came over to their side and is very loyal.
2. Jack O'Neill has a much stronger sense of humour in the series than in the movie.
3. Tok'ra are friendly goa'uld who live symbiotically with their human hosts, rather than taking them over as the goa'uld do.
4. General Hammond is in charge of the Stargate programme. SGC stands for Stargate Command.
5. There are a couple of canonical ways to reach alternative realities.
6. Samantha Carter joined the SGC for the trip back to Abydos. She is now a member of SG-1 along with O'Neill, Daniel and Teal'c.
7. O'Neil and Carter are in love, but rules about fraternisation between ranks means that they don't even speak about this, let alone act on it. (Basically, they respect the rule.)
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(I say, as I am trying to work my way through a novel length fic that I started 10 years ago. You can do it!!)
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I dug out my notes from back then (because I had proper notes), made an outline, and am on course! It feels v good. :)
May check out yours in the holidays, I see you have made very useful notes above.
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Oddly enough, the main original character in the novel started out as Classic Trek.
She was originally the daughter of Kirk and Mirmanee. Which is why she has a name that sounds Red Indian. "Sunlight on Water"
I think you're right about getting the text down first and refining it later.
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It really helped me to let go of the idea of writing the perfect sentence and just get down the ideas. I didn't worry about typos, word repetitions, anything - just wrote those 300+ words every day. Oddly enough, it made the editing job easier once it was complete because I had the whole work to look at and lots of ideas on what needed to be fixed. Good luck! Did SG1 have Classic Trek references? That would make your OC's tie to that series an even better "backstory" connection.
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