Monday, May 27, 2013
The writing bug
sometimes, the jokes write themselves
If he’s not the most adorkable thing you’ve ever seen, then I don’t know if we can be friends.
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I reread my Johnlock fan fic this morning, and I still really like it. That’s a first. Normally, after a NaNo, I’ll try to pick the story up so I can end it. I cringe at every single word in those 50K monsters. Every. Single. Word. Sometimes, I like the general idea of the story and I’ll try to rewrite it, but… Anne Lamont says you’re supposed to write a shitty first draft. That that’s completely fine. But what happens if you write something WORSE than a shitty first draft?
I am the Queen of the Worst-Than-Shitty-First-Draft.
Which is exactly why nothing I write for fun ever gets finished.
Which is exactly why I like the idea of writing for a living, but know it will never happen.
I’m OK with that. There were a lot of things I wanted to be when I grew up: a veterinarian, an Olympic gymnast, a fire man, a boy, a writer, normal.
I think it’s safe to say that I’m none of that.
Except I guess I’m technically a writer - writers write and I definitely write. Here, there, everywhere. The journals I’ve kept my entire life. My blogs. Stories. But not for profit, and I’ve always considered a writer someone who gets paid. So yeah, not a writer.
Anyhoo.
Now that I’ve actually written something I like, I want to write more.
Specifically fan fic.
It’s easier to play in someone else’s sandbox than to have to build your own. Everything you need is there: a world, characters, situations. You just need to know your characters inside and out. (Hence, the thousands of viewings of Sherlock during my leisure hours. It’s a good thing I really like the show. *grin*)
I suppose now the issue is whether or not I want to continue writing Johnlock or if I want to move on to something else.
If that’s the toughest choice I have to make right now, today, I guess that’s a good thing.
If not a little pathetic.
