Oh, hell yeah, it really works doesn't it, and I don't know bout you but I'm grinning LOL. It's so freeing to just dive in one something unrelated and new. I hope in the end it does give me the motivation to finish the others but for now at least I've done something new!
Yup. It feels good to be writing something... anything! I keep resisting starting new fics cos I feel I should finish ongoing works first... but sometimes I think you need that fresh start to get you motivated and inspired again...
I think what it is is that we get jaded by the fics we feel we "have" to do that the muses and bunnies get worn out. I think by writing what you want instead of what you have to frees you up enough to eventually get back to the things you have to write. I know it's helped with me. The moment I start feeling jaded toward a current WIP I'm working on, I step back, do something else, and after a while find the motivation to continue that WIP.
Sometimes you just have to break away and remind yourself - I'm doing this because I want to, not because I have to.
Definitely. I don't feel like writing the fics I know I should be writing and I put off starting new fic because I feel I have too much on the go already. I think that's where I've made the mistake.. as you say, I think it helps to just write something new and then go back to the ongoing projects feeling revitalised (hopefully!)
I know just how you feel...I have all these bits of paper full of plot bunnies, but it's so hard to actually sit down and write lately. I wish you luck! And 'Son et Lumiere' turned out beautifully.
And I'll keep an eye out for your Doctor Who fic - that's a wonderful 10th Doctor icon, btw.
I see Harry Dresden up there on your banner, too - are you trying to write any Dresden files fic?
Oh god that's what I've been like for MONTHS! I've a head full of ideas but I can't seem to get motivated to sit down and write - and even when I try to I end up procrastinating and playing computer games instead! :lol:
I think it's partly that I haven't been letting myself start new fic cos I've felt I really should finish WIPs first. But that's not happening either which means NO writing is happening! So I figure.. any writing is better than none. And I do actually, for once, feel enthused about writing again atm... long may it last! :)
I love my Dr Who icon.. I could do with more than one ideally but there's so many pretty icons I need to have in my list... and I try to have at least one for each fandom... and that pic of the Doctor is just so beautiful and angsty and.. *sighs
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Yes, that's it exactly - only I get caught up in reading fanfic, which only provides more de-incentive to write: I read a wonderful story and think "why bother? I can't possibly write anything even half as good as that."
And then, of course, there's all the household stuff that needs doing during the summer...and all the books I'm reading...and 101 other things that get in the way.
What I've been doing is bouncing back and forth between several stories and writing a snippet here and a snippet there. But I also got caught up writing an episode tag for the new show Blood Ties on Lifetime TV, based on Tanya Huff's 'Blood Books'. A tiny little one shot ep tag has multiplied, and now I'm working on chapter 3 with a suspicion that there may be a chapter 4.
I suppose I should consider that encouraging - like you said, at least I'm writing something.
I'll go check out your Dresden story. Did you post it on dresdenfic?
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Sometimes you just have to break away and remind yourself - I'm doing this because I want to, not because I have to.
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And I'll keep an eye out for your Doctor Who fic - that's a wonderful 10th Doctor icon, btw.
I see Harry Dresden up there on your banner, too - are you trying to write any Dresden files fic?
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I think it's partly that I haven't been letting myself start new fic cos I've felt I really should finish WIPs first. But that's not happening either which means NO writing is happening! So I figure.. any writing is better than none. And I do actually, for once, feel enthused about writing again atm... long may it last! :)
I love my Dr Who icon.. I could do with more than one ideally but there's so many pretty icons I need to have in my list... and I try to have at least one for each fandom... and that pic of the Doctor is just so beautiful and angsty and.. *sighs ( ... )
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And then, of course, there's all the household stuff that needs doing during the summer...and all the books I'm reading...and 101 other things that get in the way.
What I've been doing is bouncing back and forth between several stories and writing a snippet here and a snippet there. But I also got caught up writing an episode tag for the new show Blood Ties on Lifetime TV, based on Tanya Huff's 'Blood Books'. A tiny little one shot ep tag has multiplied, and now I'm working on chapter 3 with a suspicion that there may be a chapter 4.
I suppose I should consider that encouraging - like you said, at least I'm writing something.
I'll go check out your Dresden story. Did you post it on dresdenfic?
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