flouncing seems to be the hardest word
So I wasn't entirely expecting to write this so soon. But sigh, here we go.
Yes, I have taken down my completed fics from FFnet, ADF, and livejournal. No, they are not going back up again. I'm at a point in my life now where it feels like the right time to move on, and I couldn't do that if my stuff was still up. Not that it was an easy decision at all. People say stuff all the time like "it's just fanfic" or "it's not a big deal", but this has been a big deal for me. When I first started reading Twilight fic, I was a premed student who needed a break from the stress of finals at the end of her freshman year. Now I am an English major about to enter my senior year of college.
For almost two years now I've been writing fic for the Twilight fandom, and I completely fell in love with all of it. I loved the characters, the writing, the fandom itself. I was amazed and so astounded by the fact that someone like me, who for her entire life had not found a single creative bone in her body, could write something--even if it was fanfic--that people would actually read. I'm not deluded enough to think that having people enjoy my fics necessary means they would like anything else I wrote, but if I hadn't had this time here, this practice writing with characters that aren't my own, I would never have even had the confidence to try.
I need to thank every single one of you who read whatever version of Edward and Bella (and occasionally the others) I was writing at the time. I really cannot think of the words right now to explain just how much that meant, means, will always mean to me. I don't think those words exist. So just thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. You've made me smile and laugh and cry and some of you became friends to me that I've come to rely on so much.
I may be moving on from the writing aspect, but I'll still be around. I'll still be reading fic as well. This fandom and the people I've met in it mean too much to me to leave completely, at least not yet. I just know myself, and if I didn't do this, I would be writing fic for the Twilight fandom until the fandom is defunct, and I just don't think I can do that anymore. So for now, I'll see you guys on twitter or LJ, and I can't wait to see what fics come around as the hot mess that will be Breaking Dawn approaches.
ETA 2/15/11: I AM NO LONGER RESPONDING TO REQUESTS FOR MY FICS. Enough people have them. Just ask around.
I love you guys x infinity.
Rachel
Yes, I have taken down my completed fics from FFnet, ADF, and livejournal. No, they are not going back up again. I'm at a point in my life now where it feels like the right time to move on, and I couldn't do that if my stuff was still up. Not that it was an easy decision at all. People say stuff all the time like "it's just fanfic" or "it's not a big deal", but this has been a big deal for me. When I first started reading Twilight fic, I was a premed student who needed a break from the stress of finals at the end of her freshman year. Now I am an English major about to enter my senior year of college.
For almost two years now I've been writing fic for the Twilight fandom, and I completely fell in love with all of it. I loved the characters, the writing, the fandom itself. I was amazed and so astounded by the fact that someone like me, who for her entire life had not found a single creative bone in her body, could write something--even if it was fanfic--that people would actually read. I'm not deluded enough to think that having people enjoy my fics necessary means they would like anything else I wrote, but if I hadn't had this time here, this practice writing with characters that aren't my own, I would never have even had the confidence to try.
I need to thank every single one of you who read whatever version of Edward and Bella (and occasionally the others) I was writing at the time. I really cannot think of the words right now to explain just how much that meant, means, will always mean to me. I don't think those words exist. So just thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. You've made me smile and laugh and cry and some of you became friends to me that I've come to rely on so much.
I may be moving on from the writing aspect, but I'll still be around. I'll still be reading fic as well. This fandom and the people I've met in it mean too much to me to leave completely, at least not yet. I just know myself, and if I didn't do this, I would be writing fic for the Twilight fandom until the fandom is defunct, and I just don't think I can do that anymore. So for now, I'll see you guys on twitter or LJ, and I can't wait to see what fics come around as the hot mess that will be Breaking Dawn approaches.
ETA 2/15/11: I AM NO LONGER RESPONDING TO REQUESTS FOR MY FICS. Enough people have them. Just ask around.
I love you guys x infinity.
Rachel