So I wrote something...
It's been years, actually more close to a decade since I last wrote anything (and posted it). Hikaru no Go is my most "prolific" period and that's three stories? Fullmetal Alchemist didn't really make me write (although I did read fanfiction) and Doctor Who made me write, but I never finished any of it. With Sherlock there's so much extremely well-written stuff out there that I never really felt the need to contribute anything on one side and didn't really think anything I could write would really add to what's out there.
I guess I have to thank Neil Gaiman in part for actually writing something. He always says that it's important to write, even if no one will ever read it. Only with practice you can get better. Makes sense really.
So I woke up one night with this vivid Sherlock dream in my mind, just a scene really, but I wrote it down. Next night, I dream a very AU-style story around that scene and my mind goes into over-drive. I write it all down (well the basics). And there it sits. But that's still more than I've written in a long, long time.
And suddenly there's "Let's write Sherlock" on tumblr and it's such a cheesy prompt. It's like an invitation to write something cliché and potentially very bad. Which was just what I needed really, because it took the pressure off of me to perform and told me to just have fun with it. So I wrote this story in 2-3 days and then let it sit for a bit. And thanks to ladyprydian agreeing to beta-read it actually became a real thing instead of just a lark. Yes, it's cheesy and cliché, but I was able to do my little surprise at the end and I think I pulled it off :)
You can take a look at it on Ao3, if you'd like.
So now there's all those ideas floating around in my head and they want to get out, to be written down. I think I enjoy it. Well not the "writing in my head" when it's 3am and I'm in my bed and have nothing to write it down on. But they sound so damn good in my head and the prose flows and I try to remember in the morning, but usually nothing but the general idea stays. That part sucks.
Truth is though: I can't really do it on my own. I need someone to look it over, not just for grammar (I refrain from "not a native speaker" remarks nowadays, either let a native speaker check it or you're confident enough to plough on alone), but also for content. Only because I know what I want to convey doesn't mean that it's actually conveyed when written down. This kind of feedback is what really makes you work harder, because what's the point if your letter does not arrive at its destination?
So basically thank you ladyseishou and ladyprydian (notice how my beta-readers are both ladys? I didn't notice it until I wrote it down just now) for making me strive to be better. I really, really appreciate it.
And FY Sherlock for taking so long until series three.
I guess I have to thank Neil Gaiman in part for actually writing something. He always says that it's important to write, even if no one will ever read it. Only with practice you can get better. Makes sense really.
So I woke up one night with this vivid Sherlock dream in my mind, just a scene really, but I wrote it down. Next night, I dream a very AU-style story around that scene and my mind goes into over-drive. I write it all down (well the basics). And there it sits. But that's still more than I've written in a long, long time.
And suddenly there's "Let's write Sherlock" on tumblr and it's such a cheesy prompt. It's like an invitation to write something cliché and potentially very bad. Which was just what I needed really, because it took the pressure off of me to perform and told me to just have fun with it. So I wrote this story in 2-3 days and then let it sit for a bit. And thanks to ladyprydian agreeing to beta-read it actually became a real thing instead of just a lark. Yes, it's cheesy and cliché, but I was able to do my little surprise at the end and I think I pulled it off :)
You can take a look at it on Ao3, if you'd like.
So now there's all those ideas floating around in my head and they want to get out, to be written down. I think I enjoy it. Well not the "writing in my head" when it's 3am and I'm in my bed and have nothing to write it down on. But they sound so damn good in my head and the prose flows and I try to remember in the morning, but usually nothing but the general idea stays. That part sucks.
Truth is though: I can't really do it on my own. I need someone to look it over, not just for grammar (I refrain from "not a native speaker" remarks nowadays, either let a native speaker check it or you're confident enough to plough on alone), but also for content. Only because I know what I want to convey doesn't mean that it's actually conveyed when written down. This kind of feedback is what really makes you work harder, because what's the point if your letter does not arrive at its destination?
So basically thank you ladyseishou and ladyprydian (notice how my beta-readers are both ladys? I didn't notice it until I wrote it down just now) for making me strive to be better. I really, really appreciate it.
And FY Sherlock for taking so long until series three.