Comments | izhilzha: Personal perspectives on writing

izhilzha

Personal perspectives on writing

Jul 21, 2008 11:08

It's odd to watch one's perspective change in response to experience. Or maybe it's not so much a change as a realization.

( Telling stories and having something to say )

real life, writing, tv, the industry, film, godstuff, contemplative

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kalquessa July 21 2008, 20:11:02 UTC

See, you post about being lonely, and make me want to call you and hug you over the phone, but then I will talk for three hours and that will make you not write and that will make you miss your deadline and aaaaagh! *dies*

Ahem. Sorry.

I guess I can hug you just as well over the internets. *does so* I'm so proud of you and how hard you're working on this, and how earnestly you're taking on the challenges and changes you're dealing with right now. Everything will come together.

Also: no reason why you can't write all kinds of stories for all kinds of formats. And I'm not just saying that because I love your fic and hope there will be more at some point.

izhilzha July 22 2008, 05:24:29 UTC

Aw! You make me feel all warm and fuzzy!

Don't worry too hard. A lot of this is just, as you say, challenges and changes. I hope to God I'm doing okay, in terms of my priorities--it's a fine line to walk, it sometimes seems.

Also: no reason why you can't write all kinds of stories for all kinds of formats.

Of course not. *g* I still have fic and some incipient original novels waiting in the wings.

whitemartyr July 21 2008, 20:19:32 UTC

I've been thinking about similar things. Wondering if I should be writing features instead of wanting to write a series. Then again I am not wanting to write for existing series (except Dr. Who), but rather to create my own (how daft am I?)... but I do have lots to say. Ugh.

:P

and HUGS. I miss you and love you and am praying for you and hoping with you along the journey.

izhilzha July 22 2008, 05:22:15 UTC

Yeah, you have a lot to say, and you already know some of it! Way ahead of me, in that sense. :-)

*hugs* Praying for you, too.

feliciakw July 21 2008, 20:37:30 UTC

Two words: Second Sight.

Okay, four words: Second Sight, The Movie.

izhilzha July 22 2008, 04:58:28 UTC

Yes, I know. Did I tell you that after the spec, Second Sight: The Movie is the next project on the "serious" list? *cracks knuckles* I can't wait to work on that, actually. It's starting to spin new threads and directions out in the back of my brain.

(and if you have free time, that's one I hope to still be able to bounce ideas off you for. you helped so much at the beginning, and your experience of fandom is broader than mine.)

feliciakw July 22 2008, 15:00:02 UTC

Yes, indeedy, you did tell me that was next up ( ... )

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izhilzha July 22 2008, 05:32:40 UTC

but it seems to me that in the end, writing for TV would be practically a performance art, a very public display of your triumphs (and failures).

Indeed. The key phrase there (right now) being "in the end." All the efforts and steps leading up to actually having scripts produced is the lonely bit. :-)

And I do have a writer's group. A local bunch of Christian screenwriters who are working towards similar goals; we give each other notes and cheer each other on. But it's not as immediate as fandom. And we do try to be (while being supportive) fairly ruthless in our feedback, given the standard of work that we want to be producing. (Notwithstanding my pastor's favorite comment about Hollywood: "The question is not 'why do the wicked prosper.' It's more like 'why do the stupid prosper?'" *g*)

But thank you for the encouraging comment!

kerravonsen July 21 2008, 21:47:04 UTC

Writing fan fiction, as I've done for quite a while, is different. It feels like community service. I'm not separated from other fans even while I'm working alone on a story, because we all share this world, and because you will all be willing to enter my corner of it once I finish the story and put it where you can read it.

The sense of the built-in audience isn't compelling just because I know I'll get feedback.

Yessssss.

I was trying to explain to my brother the other day why I felt that writing reviews was a duty. But, yes, it's the community.

izhilzha July 22 2008, 05:00:36 UTC

Yeah, writing fanfic is the largest way that I participate in the community of fandom. It's a give and take between us all. With iting and reading/reviewing/reccing...missing out on that stuff is like not showing up at church (or wherever) for weeks at a time.