Yikes, *you* are one of the two people in this fandom...hmpfMay 2 2007, 12:40:37 UTC
who's *giving* me this thing! *g* If even *you* feel like that, I'm not sure I even want to know who that writer is who's giving *you* this feeling...
(I haven't read your latest yet, either...)
(The other fic I couldn't read was Lozenger's 'Palimpsest'.)
Oddly enough I'm fine with great fic as long as it doesn't get too close to exactly the things I'm trying to do in my own fic. There are many different ways of writing well, and I can enjoy most of them.
Unfortunately I don't have any real solution - the only thing that really helps, in my experience, is concentrating on my own writing and writing *one* 'perfect' story in the fandom in question. I.e. one story that does exactly what I want a fic in that fandom to do, in exactly the way I want it to do it. I know that I'm capable of this, more or less, but I also know that it takes me several years, normally. Which means that for several years, I won't feel comfortable reading brilliant fic, and that's a shame.
You know what's weird?hmpfMay 2 2007, 13:27:58 UTC
Pro fiction, i.e. 'real literature', never gives me this feeling. Also, with original, professionally published fiction - which should *by definition* be 'better' than fanfic, shouldn't it? ;-) - I rarely feel like 'OMG, I could *never* do this'. Most pro fiction is good in ways that I feel are more achievable, to me, than some of the best fanfic I've read. How strange is that? My beta reader thinks fanfic is easier than original fic because it comes with prefabricated parts and emotions, so to speak, but I think it's also harder, in some ways - you have to be able to disappear completely into someone else's characters and world. That doesn't come easy to everyone
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DAMMIT! Beaten to it on the flibbusk! And here I was thinking my random Farscape audio-byte memory was going to come in handy...
I am so glad for you that you're coming out of your funk. And I really do understand how amazing cleaning shit up can be. I hate tidying, but I did it about two weeks ago. Bought two huge plastic crates for storage since mold ate away my bookcase and almost took some books with it and my GOD it's an incredibly empowering feeling to know where all your stuff it and exactly what you ownI wouldn't worry too much about what'll happen when your resolve disappears - if it does - take time to enjoy this moment. This proves that when you're not in the grips of exhaustion and depression, you're fully capable of approaching your life positively and with the intention to take charge of it as opposed to feeling overwhelmed - even if it's honestly overwhelming. And if you do find yourself in the grip of depression/exhausion again, instead of beating yourself up about falling behind, take it as a sign you need
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It's a Farscape critter - I think D'Argo(?) (Rygel?) insulted Crichton by comparing him to a flibbusk, and that was the definition given.
Crikey, the fannish trivia I have stored in my brain! *G*
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(I haven't read your latest yet, either...)
(The other fic I couldn't read was Lozenger's 'Palimpsest'.)
Oddly enough I'm fine with great fic as long as it doesn't get too close to exactly the things I'm trying to do in my own fic. There are many different ways of writing well, and I can enjoy most of them.
Unfortunately I don't have any real solution - the only thing that really helps, in my experience, is concentrating on my own writing and writing *one* 'perfect' story in the fandom in question. I.e. one story that does exactly what I want a fic in that fandom to do, in exactly the way I want it to do it. I know that I'm capable of this, more or less, but I also know that it takes me several years, normally. Which means that for several years, I won't feel comfortable reading brilliant fic, and that's a shame.
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I am so glad for you that you're coming out of your funk. And I really do understand how amazing cleaning shit up can be. I hate tidying, but I did it about two weeks ago. Bought two huge plastic crates for storage since mold ate away my bookcase and almost took some books with it and my GOD it's an incredibly empowering feeling to know where all your stuff it and exactly what you ownI wouldn't worry too much about what'll happen when your resolve disappears - if it does - take time to enjoy this moment. This proves that when you're not in the grips of exhaustion and depression, you're fully capable of approaching your life positively and with the intention to take charge of it as opposed to feeling overwhelmed - even if it's honestly overwhelming. And if you do find yourself in the grip of depression/exhausion again, instead of beating yourself up about falling behind, take it as a sign you need ( ... )
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