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lebateleur) wrote2012-02-15 05:59 am
lebateleur) wrote2012-02-15 05:59 am
You know, I paid enough for my education...
...it's a shame I'm trying to undo it.
When I write for ficathons or challenges, I produce good fics--sometimes more than what I'm obligated to write because I'm often left over with spare ideas after I've fulfilled my prompt. When I write fics sans challenge, I rarely produce anything beyond a paragraph or two.
I have realised that this is likely the result of close to two decades of writing-intensive schooling (and to a lesser extent, work experience), where I am obligated to produce a finished product of X pages on Y topic in Z amount of time. When I'm writing to an assignment with a deadline, I can write. Granted, the process may not pretty, but I will most definitely produce a finished product.
When I am not writing to a deadline, I don't write, and I think it's largely due to the fact that no matter how intriguing my ideas may be, I have no idea when I'm through--potentially, the little inkling I have could go on forever. Without topic, page limit, or deadline, how do I know if I'm doing a good job, and how do I know if what I'm writing is "ready?"
I used to really love writing things when I was a little kid, when writing was amazing because I could put ideas on a piece of paper and they would be preserved there. I didn't worry about whether they met or exceeded page limit or went off topic or even stopped halfway through a concrete train of thought. It was fun, which writing has not been for me for quite some time; rather, the relief of finishing has been playing that role instead.
So I have been experimenting with just putting ideas on a piece of paper--every day--without worrying how good they are or even if they are connected to the ideas that come before and after. I am not writing much of anything that is any good at all, but it is more fun than writing has been for a long, long time. The goal is to see if I can't blend the best of both approaches. I am cautiously optimistic that this will be possible.
これで以上です。
When I write for ficathons or challenges, I produce good fics--sometimes more than what I'm obligated to write because I'm often left over with spare ideas after I've fulfilled my prompt. When I write fics sans challenge, I rarely produce anything beyond a paragraph or two.
I have realised that this is likely the result of close to two decades of writing-intensive schooling (and to a lesser extent, work experience), where I am obligated to produce a finished product of X pages on Y topic in Z amount of time. When I'm writing to an assignment with a deadline, I can write. Granted, the process may not pretty, but I will most definitely produce a finished product.
When I am not writing to a deadline, I don't write, and I think it's largely due to the fact that no matter how intriguing my ideas may be, I have no idea when I'm through--potentially, the little inkling I have could go on forever. Without topic, page limit, or deadline, how do I know if I'm doing a good job, and how do I know if what I'm writing is "ready?"
I used to really love writing things when I was a little kid, when writing was amazing because I could put ideas on a piece of paper and they would be preserved there. I didn't worry about whether they met or exceeded page limit or went off topic or even stopped halfway through a concrete train of thought. It was fun, which writing has not been for me for quite some time; rather, the relief of finishing has been playing that role instead.
So I have been experimenting with just putting ideas on a piece of paper--every day--without worrying how good they are or even if they are connected to the ideas that come before and after. I am not writing much of anything that is any good at all, but it is more fun than writing has been for a long, long time. The goal is to see if I can't blend the best of both approaches. I am cautiously optimistic that this will be possible.
これで以上です。
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I do like your bonus pool concept though--that might be something for me to try.
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(Tonight I'm all a-squee at seeing Yumichika in one panel in the latest chapter of Bleach in I don't know how long. Such a small thing, yet so happy!)
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And I, err, sorta fell into a new fandom. Completely by accident. I don't have time for a new fandom; certainly not one as with as huge a canon as The Avengers. Until two days ago I wasn't aware of the Ironman/Captain America lovefest (all subtext, 'cept when it's not) happening in the comics (titles I haven't read in forever and stories I don't know). If I hadn't watched Captain America or seen RDJ onscreen with CA I wouldn't be in this mess. I'd seen recs and finally tried one. *cries* I am still in READ ALL THE FIC mode and it hurts 'cause I need to learn many universes canon too. I NEED
FEWER FANDOMSMORE HOURS IN A DAY.edited for html!fail. Damn you LJ for removing the preview function!
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As for your new fandom, congratulations, but no, you do not have the time for it
because you need to be betaing/meting out judicious proddingsaren't you too busy with work? Also, how does RDJ manage to ghei up everything he appears in is this really coincidental? And more to the point WHY ARE YOU NOT ALL OVER HIM GHEING IT UP IN SHERLOCKVERSE LIKE I TOLD YOU AND TOLD YOU HE DOES. ???!