Life is just trundling along. I haven't written original fiction in a while, or looked at any of my Word docs for my manuscript in months, but I've been writing fanfic like crazy.
I'm glad that life is trundling along! That implies forward momentum. Forward momentum is very good! I have always 100% been in the camp that believes fanfiction or original fiction, it's all worth it! Creativity!! HUZZAH!
I am writing not fanfiction, but I miss it so much. There was a low stakes, navel gaze-y, disinterest in how my writing fit into the fandom discourse as a whole that allowed me to write all the things just because I wanted to. Working on original fiction has been a whirlwind because the question of audience always pops up and I find that question utterly exhausting. I miss talking craft and theory and fandom interpretation. I think that perhaps changes in social media may have made fandom very different these days, but I miss those long-winded essays about characters, etc. Both writing them and reading them.
Anyway, starting notes on my next MS. The current MS is maybe 75-80% done. I broke some things on purpose in this most recent revision pass, and now I'm trying to fix them. In retrospect, that struggle has everything to do with me managing other people's imagined expectations. I am now back to writing what I want to write and not what I think people will want to read.
Interesting how very different those two things are.
Work is trash. But then work is always trash. Trying to not let that get in the way of my writing goals!! I want to announce on here how I got a publishing deal one day!
I feel more like I'm circling in place. Ah, well, such is life.
Writing fanfiction does feel so low stakes in comparison to original fiction. I have never cared if my fic was cool or popular or what the people wanted, but when I was trying to write original fiction and submitting it I was constantly aware of how bad I was at writing things that were mainstream or marketable. It was exhausting!
I'm hoping for the best for you! You can knock that MS out of the park! (I'm not sure if that metaphor makes sense 😂) I believe you can get that publishing deal!
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Date: 2024-04-10 08:47 pm (UTC)From:I am writing not fanfiction, but I miss it so much. There was a low stakes, navel gaze-y, disinterest in how my writing fit into the fandom discourse as a whole that allowed me to write all the things just because I wanted to. Working on original fiction has been a whirlwind because the question of audience always pops up and I find that question utterly exhausting. I miss talking craft and theory and fandom interpretation. I think that perhaps changes in social media may have made fandom very different these days, but I miss those long-winded essays about characters, etc. Both writing them and reading them.
Anyway, starting notes on my next MS. The current MS is maybe 75-80% done. I broke some things on purpose in this most recent revision pass, and now I'm trying to fix them. In retrospect, that struggle has everything to do with me managing other people's imagined expectations. I am now back to writing what I want to write and not what I think people will want to read.
Interesting how very different those two things are.
Work is trash. But then work is always trash. Trying to not let that get in the way of my writing goals!! I want to announce on here how I got a publishing deal one day!
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Date: 2024-04-11 10:26 pm (UTC)From:Writing fanfiction does feel so low stakes in comparison to original fiction. I have never cared if my fic was cool or popular or what the people wanted, but when I was trying to write original fiction and submitting it I was constantly aware of how bad I was at writing things that were mainstream or marketable. It was exhausting!
I'm hoping for the best for you! You can knock that MS out of the park! (I'm not sure if that metaphor makes sense 😂) I believe you can get that publishing deal!