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

[poor-choices.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Sounds like fun.

1.
-I am listening to "Ice, Ice, Baby." While not fandom related, I feel it shows some sort of serious problem.

-I too cannot write plot. I have conversations thusly.
Person: What are you doing?
Chash: Writing a story.
Person: Oh really, what about?
Chash: ...I don't know.
Person: How does that work?
Chash: ...I don't know.

-I am crap at endings. And when I am not crap at endings, I am crap at middles. I cannot write long fiction because I can't supply a plot and/or middle and/or ending.

-When I try to write long stuff, it doesn't come out in order, and then I refuse to put them in order so they are incomprehensible if you aren't me.

-I worry that I am writing the same characters over and over.

-I cannot write established relationships. I can barely write relationships.

-I cannot write genres. I have no genres. It is not angst or comedy or fluff, it is angomeluff and obviously some kind of freak of nature.

2.
-Now I am listening to Bob Dylan.

-I can hear the character's voices. I like to think that this means I am writing in character.

-I write really obscure fandoms, filling an important void on the internet. I like to call that void "My Fair Lady slash," and I try not to think about it late at night.

-I sometimes get lines that I think really work and are awesome, and a lot of the time people say the same thing. That makes me happy.

Now I have to go shopping, but I feel cleansed. And, for the record, I keep thinking about your fic, because it is awesome, and TA got me to read OC fic, even though I do not watch the show because I never remember.