Writing Updates
This is probably not such a big deal to some people, but the other day I passed the 25,000 word mark on my Jewel Riders fic.
I posted the last chapter over a year ago to FF.net (and that chapter was about a year after the one before it!). So obviously things have been moving at roughly the rate of frozen molasses. But I realized that I've never written anything this long before.
I started this fic in somewhere in my first year of pharmacy school (somewhere in 2008), and have basically been adding to it bit by bit ever since then. Part of me is amazed it ever even made it to the 25,000 word point, considering how hectic and brain-battering those three years were.
And yet, in a way, if I had never stated pharmacy school, I might never have started this fic.
I've always said that I wanted to write. Story ideas have been kicking around in my head ever since elementary school. Even though most of the writing during my younger years was somehow related to school projects, I always enjoyed it and learned from it. Yet somewhere between trying to always keep up my grades and never having a personal computer to write on (I hate being interrupted/distracted/people looking over my shoulder when I write), I never really actually wrote for myself.
But that changed when I got my pharm school laptop. Such freedom! I could go up to my room and write in peace. Even though I had more school work than ever, having that personal little space really opened up the door to writing again in a very tangible way.
It was also during this time that I really started RPing in the Winx fandom, which - aside from being incredibly fun and rewarding - really reminded me why I loved stories and characters. RPing is great writing practice because it forces you to think on your proverbial feet and get deep down into your character's head. The communal aspect really makes you want to stay with it as well.
Going back to my New Year's Resolution to write more, one of the three writing goals was to finish this fic. I hope to have the next chapter finished perhaps this week, and am really targeting May or June to see if I can have the entire fic finished. After that, I'd like to try my had at a short fic or two (Dragon Flyz, perhaps?) before launching into an original story I've been meaning to put down into words for over a decade.
So to close, as Holly Lisle is so fond of saying: Write With Joy.
I posted the last chapter over a year ago to FF.net (and that chapter was about a year after the one before it!). So obviously things have been moving at roughly the rate of frozen molasses. But I realized that I've never written anything this long before.
I started this fic in somewhere in my first year of pharmacy school (somewhere in 2008), and have basically been adding to it bit by bit ever since then. Part of me is amazed it ever even made it to the 25,000 word point, considering how hectic and brain-battering those three years were.
And yet, in a way, if I had never stated pharmacy school, I might never have started this fic.
I've always said that I wanted to write. Story ideas have been kicking around in my head ever since elementary school. Even though most of the writing during my younger years was somehow related to school projects, I always enjoyed it and learned from it. Yet somewhere between trying to always keep up my grades and never having a personal computer to write on (I hate being interrupted/distracted/people looking over my shoulder when I write), I never really actually wrote for myself.
But that changed when I got my pharm school laptop. Such freedom! I could go up to my room and write in peace. Even though I had more school work than ever, having that personal little space really opened up the door to writing again in a very tangible way.
It was also during this time that I really started RPing in the Winx fandom, which - aside from being incredibly fun and rewarding - really reminded me why I loved stories and characters. RPing is great writing practice because it forces you to think on your proverbial feet and get deep down into your character's head. The communal aspect really makes you want to stay with it as well.
Going back to my New Year's Resolution to write more, one of the three writing goals was to finish this fic. I hope to have the next chapter finished perhaps this week, and am really targeting May or June to see if I can have the entire fic finished. After that, I'd like to try my had at a short fic or two (Dragon Flyz, perhaps?) before launching into an original story I've been meaning to put down into words for over a decade.
So to close, as Holly Lisle is so fond of saying: Write With Joy.