100 Things Challenge (#1): A Chrysalis Is a Solitary Place (or How a Writer Is Born)

[dawn_felagund]

I've decided to take the 100 Things challenge. (Just what I need! Something else to add to my to-do list! Luckily I have forever to finish it, which those of you waiting for me to finish things can all attest is about how long it usually takes.)

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[myaru]

Ahahahah, true, insomnia can definitely arise from working through stories in your head! In fact, that's my problem half the time. The other half of the time I'm just thinking too much about unpleasant things, and I don't seem to know how to stop that. At least thinking through a story can eventually lull me to sleep because it's pleasant.

Whereas I don't really prefer to write about myself at all, except in this journal

Same here. I usually don't achieve catharsis of any kind through writing about my problems in fiction (LJ is another ballgame!), but even if I did, I think it'd bore me to write about myself. I see myself every day, after all. Writing about someone with different limits seems more interesting to me.

I just read your post on plot and character approaches to writing, and it reminded me of a similar post elsewhere I wanted to respond to, so the two of you will probably led me to write my third 100 Things post! When these two posts made me think about where fiction starts for me, I realized my answer is very different depending on the context.

World is important to me, though, and I'm not really sure why.