The stories we tell
What does it say about you as a writer if the stories you want to write aren't your own?
Now that Avatar is back up and running again, I can't help but find myself drawn to the fandom again, in a strange way. I was never really a part of it, not like all the big fan names were. I blended in with the rest. I was lucky to make one amazing friendship out of the entire thing, so I know that my time there was worth it.
Now that I'm a little older and a little less patient, I'm able to look back and see all those brilliant people. All those artists. All those writers. All that passion and excitement for a story that isn't mine. I see it, and it excites my fingers. I feel the itch.
But there's no direction in it, you see. I don't know what story I would write there, and even worse I don't know how to write anything that anyone would read. My time in the fandom taught me that. And if I went back there now, with it having exploded with talent and raw numbers, I have no doubt that I would blend in with the rest again.
That's a waste of time. And I know it.
But how amazing, the power of their story! I can feel it drawing me in. I want to go back, even though I know it's a waste of time, a bad idea, a practice that I don't need.
I need to write a story that draws others in.
Now that Avatar is back up and running again, I can't help but find myself drawn to the fandom again, in a strange way. I was never really a part of it, not like all the big fan names were. I blended in with the rest. I was lucky to make one amazing friendship out of the entire thing, so I know that my time there was worth it.
Now that I'm a little older and a little less patient, I'm able to look back and see all those brilliant people. All those artists. All those writers. All that passion and excitement for a story that isn't mine. I see it, and it excites my fingers. I feel the itch.
But there's no direction in it, you see. I don't know what story I would write there, and even worse I don't know how to write anything that anyone would read. My time in the fandom taught me that. And if I went back there now, with it having exploded with talent and raw numbers, I have no doubt that I would blend in with the rest again.
That's a waste of time. And I know it.
But how amazing, the power of their story! I can feel it drawing me in. I want to go back, even though I know it's a waste of time, a bad idea, a practice that I don't need.
I need to write a story that draws others in.