Nobody Talks About the Dangers of Fanfiction

[e_goddess]

Last night I started working on my prompt for a "The Losers" fic fest and it was still flowing freely this morning. I wrote a little while I was eating my breakfast. I wrote some more on the bus on the way to work. Then, yes, even though I know it’s wrong, I continued writing AT work.

In my defense, it’s been a quiet morning and I don’t have that

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[damion_starr]

That's why I'm always so paranoid about writing on the computer around others. I'm afraid someone will look over my shoulder and be like "I don't remember THAT happening!". So I was ridiculously happy to get a laptop so I can do my writing in private. Or if I'm working on a story by hand, then I write in cursive. Little trick I started back in high school when I'd write fanfics during class.

[e_goddess]

I have learned that I have to write while I can, while I can. Sometimes I'll be deep in a story, go to work, and then come home and find it's just gone. What works best for me is to peck away at it every chance I get.

I hardly ever write longhand anymore. I keep a little notebook in my purse and another next to the bed, but those are just to jot down notes on until I can get to my computer. My netbook was definitely more of a neccesity than a luxury. I love that damn thing.

I generally don't care if strangers feel the need to look over my shoulder, but at work is a different matter. That is a meeting I don't need to have.