Writing things
So I say I'm gonna post more often and the I don't. Which is just me being lazy and distracted because I am actually writing lately. Holy crap. Months of not putting a single word on paper and then I end up writing three stories at once and it's glorious. ^_^
I got my assignment for sga_santa and it's awesome. It's so awesome in fact that I have so many ideas I have no clue which one I should finish because the prompts are so amazing. ^_^ This accounts for the two stories I've started. The third one is in a fndom I haven't written in a long, long time and it's a late birthday present for my best friend in2lalaland.
I just feel so relieved that I'm writing. It wasn't a problem of not having ideas or actually having the will to write, but when I started thinking about it really hard I kind of realized I was scared because other people's opinions on my stories matter and I tend tor write in older fandoms because I don't have access to newer stuff which kind of makes the feedback almost non-existent and I always set up too many goals for myself and end up freaking myself out. I realized I haven't been writing for myself for a long, long time. Before I would have tried to write a story for my sga_santa recipient that incorporates all of the prompts in the assignment and I would end up hating the story, hating that person and hating myself by the time it was done. I tried to prioritize and go with what I want to write because that's the best way I'm gonna make that person happy. I mean, I don't even care which of the prompts my own gift is gonna have, I'm gonna be happy as hell, but I want the writer to be happy writing it, for them to be having fun with it and enjoy it as much as I'm gonna enjoy reading it. So I'm trying to take that approach and do it the other way around. Not a novel concept, but it settled something in me that has been rattled for so long. I think writing should be a bit less painful from now on. I'm actually having fun with it and being ridiculously self-indulgent at the moment. ^_^
I have been a participant in the insmallpackages exchange for the past couple of years and it's one of the most awesome, low pressure exchanges ever. I strongly believe everyone should try it and even if you don't make a wish of your own, you can make someone's day by fulfilling theirs. It's fantastic.
On that note, I'm going home now and making myself a ridiculously big mug of tea and then I'm going to write some more.
I got my assignment for sga_santa and it's awesome. It's so awesome in fact that I have so many ideas I have no clue which one I should finish because the prompts are so amazing. ^_^ This accounts for the two stories I've started. The third one is in a fndom I haven't written in a long, long time and it's a late birthday present for my best friend in2lalaland.
I just feel so relieved that I'm writing. It wasn't a problem of not having ideas or actually having the will to write, but when I started thinking about it really hard I kind of realized I was scared because other people's opinions on my stories matter and I tend tor write in older fandoms because I don't have access to newer stuff which kind of makes the feedback almost non-existent and I always set up too many goals for myself and end up freaking myself out. I realized I haven't been writing for myself for a long, long time. Before I would have tried to write a story for my sga_santa recipient that incorporates all of the prompts in the assignment and I would end up hating the story, hating that person and hating myself by the time it was done. I tried to prioritize and go with what I want to write because that's the best way I'm gonna make that person happy. I mean, I don't even care which of the prompts my own gift is gonna have, I'm gonna be happy as hell, but I want the writer to be happy writing it, for them to be having fun with it and enjoy it as much as I'm gonna enjoy reading it. So I'm trying to take that approach and do it the other way around. Not a novel concept, but it settled something in me that has been rattled for so long. I think writing should be a bit less painful from now on. I'm actually having fun with it and being ridiculously self-indulgent at the moment. ^_^
I have been a participant in the insmallpackages exchange for the past couple of years and it's one of the most awesome, low pressure exchanges ever. I strongly believe everyone should try it and even if you don't make a wish of your own, you can make someone's day by fulfilling theirs. It's fantastic.
On that note, I'm going home now and making myself a ridiculously big mug of tea and then I'm going to write some more.