Writing

[uscathena]

I have trouble completing stories. So a lot of times I'll force myself to ignore other bunnies until I finish my current fics. Problem comes when that doesn't motivate me to finish the fics in question, but just to end up not writing anything at all.

Thoughts? Not just for my situation specifically, but yours as well, or even just generally.

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[bel_baggins]

To be honest Atty, I think you're such a good writer than you don't need to stress over needing a witty or insightful line or being interesting ... your stuff will just come out good. I worship at the Altar of Atty. (Okay, I'm joking about the altar - it's really just a small figurine - but I do think this about your writing.)

I have an inspirational note up on my wall, to read when I get stuck. It pretty much says something along the lines that I need to stop stressing about the first draft, of course it won't be perfect, but I can't edit anything and can't decide what needs improving if I don't have a draft finished to look over. It sort of gives me permission to write past my insecurities and incertainities so I can just Get It Done. I did finish my first draft using that philosophy, so it might work for you. If you get stalled over something, just force yourself to push through it, that way you'll be able to view the part you were uncertain of as part of a whole later and see if it does work or not.

And that is so sweet what you said about my NaNo stuff. And you know, I don't work at the zoo anymore, so I can't get fired for publishing anything ... mwahahaha!!!

[uscathena]

Aw, thanks, Bel *hugs* I just find writing so stressful sometimes. There's very few things that I've written that I can look back on and say that it turned out exactly the way I hoped it would. I think Mi, maybe?, had a quote somewhere like, "writing was so much easier when I sucked at it." It's so true! I'm always concerned about character development and making stuff mean something, I can't just seem to have fun with it :p

You need to write more! I haven't seen anything in a while from you :p

You should at least try. It's of publishable quality, imho, and I've read things by publishing-hopefuls that weren't nearly so good. *will stop bugging you, I swear*