possibly I'm overthinking this

[pellucid]

Recently I decided that as something of a fic writing experiment, I should break out of my habitual mold and try to write a sort of fic I usually do not write: fluffy ship fic. The idea was spurred primarily by running into a couple of pairings that I wanted to read fic about but whose fandoms had a dearth of the sort of thing I wanted to read. If

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[boutondor]

I adore angst. Proper angst, not melodrama. Some really good fics have made me cry in such a good way. I hate that I'm better at fluff and, to a degree, comedy. I really wish I could write angst well. Angst and UST is why I love TV series so much.

I've never written a cop show fic before so I would probably be guilty of writing those kind of interchangeable characters.

Do you find yourself only able to write for certain fandoms and not others (even if you would love to dabble in them)? There are certain TV shows that I don't think I could write a satisfactory fic for, such as Bones, sitcoms or quirky dramas like Gilmore Girls.

For Bones I think that no matter how much I adore Booth, I could not do his character justice as I truly do not empathise with his patriotism. His patriotism is such an integral part of her personality that it is impossible to ignore it, even if it's not mentioned or implied. It is a big part of who he is. Without any kind of empathy for a character, I find it difficult to write about them. I don't think I could write a Bones fic without some Booth in it.

I don't think I have ever read a sitcom fic that was any good. The genre really doesn't transcribe well in prose. Don't get me started on script fics. Those are horrible.

And my current problem is that I really want to write about this new show (only 4 eps so far) and I can't have a proper plot bunny to save my life. I think that after a year of human resources and business management, I can't come up with anything creative. Plus I am in the middle of my dissertation which makes me feel that if I don't write 'work-life balance', 'work performance' or 'job satisfaction' in a text, there must be soemthing wrong. lol.

So how do you choose which shows and characters you write about and what makes you decide to write one genre (angst, fluff, etc.) instead of another? How do you get your ideas?

I hope you don't mind my discussing this on your journal. I find thinking and analysing our writing process for fics immensily interesting and I realise that I've never properly discussed this with anyone before.

Dammit, I need some Bones icons.