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Hello, new LJ friends!
This is not an introduction post, don't worry.
I have been thinking a lot about writing recently. I re-read my nanowrimo failed attempt, and decided that, while yes it is bloody awful, the idea really isn't. My pacing was terrible and I had no real characterization and very little development, but if I scrap that, and go back and re-outline and actually pre-write, I could probably make it work. I need to write and finish something if only to affirm myself as a writer with some merit. Not that I ever go around calling myself 'a writer.' I write, but in the same way that I sing and play guitar. I do it, and I practice and study, but I don't make money doing it and haven't done it in front of people for real, so I can't honestly claim any sort of title. If I go back and re-do the story, though, my impulsive slash might have to go. I need more characters and a better world and a stronger plot, so my first instinct to avoid slashing the two mains was probably my best bet.
I have also been thinking about LotR fandom! I know that maybe one or two people on this flist saw--and probably have long forgotten--the singular chapter I posted from a WIP and promptly abandoned. Well, I haven't totally abandoned it. I got distracted by other fandoms, and now have to go back and find my notes again, or else remember and create new ones, and I do plan on picking it back up. I also actually have a long standalone that is in progress, which I really do want to finish and post someday, but the writing just goes so slowly.
I don't know. Lately, I have been feeling rather intellectually dead. I have been reading, but not so much writing, and all the creativity in my soul is sucked out of my eye sockets by my employer, leaving me drained and lazy. I think maybe getting back involved in a fandom like LotR will help me, but I have such bad fandom ADD that I can never stay in any one very long. I guess maybe if I become more intricately involved, and make a few active friends, then it'll help me keep my mind on it? Does this fandom even still exist? I have such a hard time finding it. Most people I remember from back in the day seems to have moved on to bigger and better things, like other fandoms or publishing novels or procreating.
I don't know. This entry is so boring. Sorry.
This is not an introduction post, don't worry.
I have been thinking a lot about writing recently. I re-read my nanowrimo failed attempt, and decided that, while yes it is bloody awful, the idea really isn't. My pacing was terrible and I had no real characterization and very little development, but if I scrap that, and go back and re-outline and actually pre-write, I could probably make it work. I need to write and finish something if only to affirm myself as a writer with some merit. Not that I ever go around calling myself 'a writer.' I write, but in the same way that I sing and play guitar. I do it, and I practice and study, but I don't make money doing it and haven't done it in front of people for real, so I can't honestly claim any sort of title. If I go back and re-do the story, though, my impulsive slash might have to go. I need more characters and a better world and a stronger plot, so my first instinct to avoid slashing the two mains was probably my best bet.
I have also been thinking about LotR fandom! I know that maybe one or two people on this flist saw--and probably have long forgotten--the singular chapter I posted from a WIP and promptly abandoned. Well, I haven't totally abandoned it. I got distracted by other fandoms, and now have to go back and find my notes again, or else remember and create new ones, and I do plan on picking it back up. I also actually have a long standalone that is in progress, which I really do want to finish and post someday, but the writing just goes so slowly.
I don't know. Lately, I have been feeling rather intellectually dead. I have been reading, but not so much writing, and all the creativity in my soul is sucked out of my eye sockets by my employer, leaving me drained and lazy. I think maybe getting back involved in a fandom like LotR will help me, but I have such bad fandom ADD that I can never stay in any one very long. I guess maybe if I become more intricately involved, and make a few active friends, then it'll help me keep my mind on it? Does this fandom even still exist? I have such a hard time finding it. Most people I remember from back in the day seems to have moved on to bigger and better things, like other fandoms or publishing novels or procreating.
I don't know. This entry is so boring. Sorry.