Writing is hard work. June 21, 2006 ~ 10:36 am
Posted by Julie in : Pseudo-dim , trackback
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I am in the process of lining up what may be the busiest weekend of the summer for me. If the last event comes through, it might also be the coolest/most bizarre. I’ll let you know when everything is finalized. In the meantime, Happy Solstice (or Midsummer, or Litha, whichever you prefer)!
Aside from that, I’m keeping busy. I should be finishing my mom’s present, since tomorrow is her birthday, and by god I will work on it at lunch, but something else has most of my interest and attention at the moment. Writing. I actually wrote a short story on Sunday - so short that I believe the technical term is “fic-let” - a scene between two characters who aren’t mine. (Technically, yes, that qualifies it as fanfiction. I wrote fanfiction, SUCK IT.) I posted it to Fanfiction.net, and within 14 hours I had 9 really positive reviews from fanfiction writers I admire, and 8 of those reviewers had listed my story as a favorite.I really wasn’t expecting that kind of a response. It was a scene that had been kicking around in my head for a while, and I didn’t think other people would be as amused by it as I was. I guess I was wrong. And since I now have a built-in audience over there who are waiting for my next story, the pressure is on. I have amazing empathy for J.K. Rowling right now, when last week I was cursing that she should just finish the damn seventh Harry Potter book.
I spent three hours last night working on my next short piece, deliberating over word choice, was it in character, where did I want it to go. During that time, I remembered that good writing isn’t easy. Somehow characters will take on a life of their own and do something completely opposite of what you had intended. One wrong word choice takes the piece in another random direction. And you’re left trying to corral everything back to the way you had envisioned, or at least get it all going in the same direction, even if it wasn’t the one you’d planned.
Blogging is so much easier than writing about the space-time continuum.
Comments
It’s not about the Doctor, is it?
Oh my gosh! This site had “My Two Dads” fanfic!
My life has finally been validated.
Retro~It is about the Doctor. Winna, winna, winna! 900-year-old aliens are such a bitch to write.
I won’t even touch that second comment.
I wanna read it!!!
I went looking for you girl! Where you hiding!
I’ve tried my hand at fiction. I SUCK at it. I’m good at coming up with characters and even some situations, but actually writing it down? Faggedaboutit!
Oh, all right. You guys would never find me if I didn’t tell you, since my pen name is hard to figure out.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2998932/1/
(clap, clap, clap).
Bravo!! Very nice. I could actaully see the interaction, the characters expressions, and hear their voices in my head. You did a great job!
Is it the Doctor that looks like me, or a different one?
Vince~Thanks.
That’s what I’m going for, believablity. And humor. But mostly trying to stay in character. This will help for when Jordana and I start writing our book next week.
Retro~If you look like the 9th Doctor, the one with the big ears and the daft grin, this is the one who looks like you. If you look like Barty Crouch Jr. in the 4th Harry Potter movie, then no. I don’t write 10th Doctor.
Yeah, I’m ninth Doctor. I think. This is totally unconfirmed by anyone else.
Yes, good writing is tough. You actually have to make everything make sense. I hate that.
Dang! I didn’t realize the new Doctor was him! Of course, I just saw the movie for the first time last week.
Vince~The funny part is that when I was watching HP4, I thought “It’s a shame that’s a bad guy, he’s kinda cute” when I saw David Tennant. Now he’s the Doctor. Hey, did you hear that Billie Piper is leaving the series?
Nanner~It makes everything so damn much work, doesn’t it?
Retro~Well if you would show us a *real* picture…