Time for the Daily Exorcism!

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In an idea ganked from lexcorp_hope, and by extension glockgal, today we are going to exorcise some demons and neuroses. Doesn't that sound fun, kids?

Step 1: Tell me what you don't like about your writing, your art. What are your fears? Your neuroses? What freaks you out? What are you so afraid of?*

Step 2: Screw that bullshit. Tell me why you rock. What do you do better that any other bitch out there? You love yourself, right? Good remind yourself why you are so fucking good.

* You can do this anonymously if you like, but fandom related only as I only have so much room in the Freudian chair.



Step 1:

- I'm a one trick-pony; the pony just happens to change color by fandom. I can't do long-form (TA being the notable exception for better and worse). I can't do plot. I write these little blurbs, but nothing that has meaning. I don't change lives. I don't have people thinking about my stuff once they move on. I'm not memorable, I just happen to be good at catching the fandom wave.

- I promote my characters to the exclusion of their faults. If I love you, I love you and if I can't stand you, you'll never get a fair shake.

- I worry that my stuff is shit and nobody's telling me.

- I worry that I just keep writing anyway.

- I worry that nobody's reading.

- Everyone else is doing it better than me.

- I'll never be great.

- People think that my stories are all that I am.

- I worry that if I'm not constantly producing stuff that everyone will forget about me and I'll just become That Writer That Everyone Forgot.

- I worry that nobody cares.

Step 2:

- I like trying new things. I will always be willing to try out another fandom and another pairing. I will always be willing to toss over the favored pairing for something new and different. I remember when there wasn't any Harry/Neville at all! I remember saying Lex/Adam and hearing 'eh?' Entourage, Ocean's 11, X-overs, what have you, I do them for me (unless I get a special request I can’t say no to)

- I don't write long stories that's true, but you can never accuse me of being covered in purple prose. I say what I think should be said and I'm done.

- Good, bad or indifferent, I'll keep writing anyway, because I do it for me.

Comments

giving it a try.

[dorrie6.livejournal.com]

Step 1: I can't write a plot to save my life. Or at least I'm afraid I can't, so I shut myself down whenever I really try. In an effort to avoid flowery writing, I think my writing has gotten so sparse that it has no real life to it. I write short pieces that mean a lot to me but nobody else. Half the time, people can't understand what the hell I'm trying to get at, and this must be my fault. I have only written one long story, and I can't seem to write another. The first story I wrote in my current fandom is still by far the most widely read and recommended of all my writing, and I feel like I can never live up to that, despite the fact that I think I'm a better writer now than I was then. I fear that I'm wrong about that, and that my current writing is actually crap. I fear that I'm a one-hit wonder. When my close friends don't comment on my current work, I again fear it is crap. I fear that it will always be crap and that I am wasting my time thinking I'm any good at it, when really I am not, and that my friends are afraid to tell me this. I fear that people are disappointed in my writing now, and that they keep me friended only for recs and wish that I'd stop torturing them with my own fic.

Step 2: I write short, sparse stories that let characters be as complicated as they really are. I don't write sap. I love my characters, warts and all, and I think I manage to write them both compassionately and in-character. I think I write one hell of a 100-word drabble, at least most of the time. I think I write great dialogue. I think that I work well outside my OTPs. I think I am able to write my OTPs as though they aren't. I think I am able to create something effective while leaving a lot left unsaid. I think I write with confidence, even when I'm not feeling that way otherwise.

God, I'm neurotic. I think this was a good idea, though. Thank you for the outlet.