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

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

This is an excellent idea.

Step 1:

- I can't write plot. When I try, it doesn't make sense.

- I can't write funny. It always ends up painful, yet I keep trying anyway.

- I worry that I sacrifice reading comprehension for poetic phrasing that isn't nearly as beautiful or moving as I think it is.

- I worry that I bring nothing new to the fandom. When it looks like I do, it's only because the fandom is so small no one who could do it better has gotten there yet.

- I worry that the unusual metaphors I think are strokes of genius really just have people wondering what I'm smoking.

- I worry that my blatant character biases negatively impact my writing in ways that I just don't see.

- I worry that I write talking heads and floating bodies, though my betas are very good for catching those times when I have no setting.

Step 2:

- My stories may not be remembered for new ideas, but I've had chat conversations that confirmed I hit character insights other people don't. I've also had chat conversations in which people have quoted lines of my fic they read at least a year ago. So not all those poetic phrases are a waste.

- When I write in first-person, I nail the characterization.

- My dialogue sounds like the characters.

- I have a talent for understated angst that will tear your heart out as elegantly as possible.

- My style is spare and lyrical, which is what I've always wanted it to be.

- If I believe it, I can take a pairing that would never have occurred to you and make you believe it.

- I have it on good authority that I can make unsympathetic characters both comprehensible and sympathetic without warping the characterization.

- I write what I love, and it shows.