The joy of writing (and a Discworld fic)
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Sometimes, life makes me feel like stabbing someone in the gut. Since that would be unprofessional, instead I have to withstand the same sensation from my own body as it gives under the stress.
At times like these, I find it calming to think that nothing lasts forever, and that I always have writing to turn to. I've been worried over the past year or so, as my creative output all but dried up and I could not even get the motivation to write on request. I'm amazingly grateful to
penknife and
mireille719 for
lgbtfest, which dealt with my fears nicely.
There's nothing like finding that a fresh issue to explore and toy with (and one that has interested me for half a lifetime - genderqueerness and gender identity). And most of all, there is nothing like writing stories for an audience that is 100% disparate from my LJ acquaintances - and getting positive reviews. It makes me believe that I can go somewhere with my writing; that apart from style, I have substance, original characters and emotional arcs.
(Plot will be the next thing I'll work on. I promise :P)
I missed two deadlines for this fic, but got it in just under the wire once I stopped fighting the characters about its direction:
(3,000 words, 2 days. Yes, I've still got it.)
At times like these, I find it calming to think that nothing lasts forever, and that I always have writing to turn to. I've been worried over the past year or so, as my creative output all but dried up and I could not even get the motivation to write on request. I'm amazingly grateful to
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There's nothing like finding that a fresh issue to explore and toy with (and one that has interested me for half a lifetime - genderqueerness and gender identity). And most of all, there is nothing like writing stories for an audience that is 100% disparate from my LJ acquaintances - and getting positive reviews. It makes me believe that I can go somewhere with my writing; that apart from style, I have substance, original characters and emotional arcs.
(Plot will be the next thing I'll work on. I promise :P)
I missed two deadlines for this fic, but got it in just under the wire once I stopped fighting the characters about its direction:
Marching Orders - Discworld, Polly and Maladicta - The next war, and where they take it
(3,000 words, 2 days. Yes, I've still got it.)