CSRT Author Spotlight: searchingwardrobes
Today’s Captain Swan Rewrite-a-Thon spotlight features @searchingwardrobes!
How long have you been writing for the OUAT fandom? Did you write anything else (original or fan fiction) before joining the OUAT fandom? Are you writing anything non-OUAT now that the show is over?
Three years I think, and I have never written for any other fandom. I have self published an original work and am working on another.
What sort of fic do you like to write? What sort of fic do you like to read?
I honestly like a bit of everything. I prefer modern aus and canon divergence over canon, however. (To read and write). My favorite genre to write is probably Lieutenant Duckling in a modern au or canon divergence. I don’t write smut and I don’t read anything rated E.
What kind of rewrite will you be doing?
This fic was originally just a two-shot, but I continued it after readers requested it. However, I am very unhappy with chapters 3 forward and just feel stuck. It lost its mood and tone somehow and want to get it back!
Tell us about your Rewrite-a-Thon story! What’s it about, and why did you decide to rewrite it?
I wrote the story originally as a two shot that was supposed to be a one shot before it got too long. It was based on a prompt I gave my kids in a creative writing class I taught: “A child is kidnapped and the monster under the bed is pissed.” Instead of a monster under the bed, it’s little Killy in a magical wardrobe that allows him to travel across realms and time to visit little Emma. Instead of a kidnapping, Emma is almost raped a couple of years after getting out of jail and adult Captain Hook comes to her rescue. She then goes through the wardrobe with him to the EF. My two shot ended just as the story caught up with canon, and readers begged for more to see how it changed things. I had some ideas, so I started writing more, but somehow I lost the original feel and tone of the story and now I am stuck!
What are you most excited about when it comes to rewriting your story?
I LOVED the original first two chapters of this story and am really proud of it, and I am tired of feeling disappointed in the rest. I am excited about achieving the same feel for the rest of the MC. At the moment, I’m only continuing it because I feel I have to, and I hate that feeling! I look forward to feeling excited about this story again!
Check out @searchingwardrobes on Tumblr and AO3!