Me too.
Giles, help! He's going to scold me!
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Astarte - Apr 20, 2004 8:17:47 pm PDT #4139 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
Connie Neil - Apr 20, 2004 8:58:42 pm PDT #4140 of 10001
brillig
OK, I tried to catch up, but it's midnight, and there were 700 posts, so i just said, "Bugger it, I'll hop to the end."
Would someone be wonderful enough to explain the community Teppy set up? Actually, being in here at all is a bit stressful for me, because it's filled with all these people who plan to do something REAL with their writing, who are going to dare the bastions of publishing and give it a shot. I want to try, I really do, but I've got that lovely, clicheish fear thing going for me. The old "If I don't try, I won't fail".
Thing is, I finally know I'm good. I keep thinking, "If you're so all damned good, how come you're not making any money at it? If you want to improve your life, there's your skill. Have at it." And good isn't enough in this day and age. I have precious little energy for grand crusades--and I'll shut the hell up on that now, because if I'm boring myself with this shite, then the rest of you are probably laying on your desks and going, "Oh, please, god, no."
Anyway. Ignore the panic-stricken maunderings above. Tell me about the drabbles.
Beverly - Apr 20, 2004 9:09:25 pm PDT #4141 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
100 words. This week's challenge is "A Place". No limit on how many 100-worders you can write, at least until there are a million of us and we're doing 50 drabbles each per challenge.
The community on LJ is great_write_way . You can do it.
deborah grabien - Apr 20, 2004 9:35:05 pm PDT #4142 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Just write. Teppy sets the theme for the week every Monday, since she founded the community. 100 words, on that theme.
Nilly - Apr 20, 2004 10:02:37 pm PDT #4143 of 10001
Swouncing
deb, great news. Congratulations!
Theodosia - Apr 21, 2004 2:44:57 am PDT #4144 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
connie -- all writing is writing, and I'll be happy to swear on a stack of bibles that it's just as difficult to write good fanfic as it is to write good profic. The differences that I'm pretty sure about are
a) one success marker that profic has (that fanfic doesn't) is $$$ as an indicator
b) profic is more likely to end up in libraries
c) profic is more likely to be accorded respect
d) profic is usually original (except for licensed work-for-hire) and thus the author has copyright/creation privileges.
Writing fanfic doesn't make you a lesser writer (imho) but it does make you a writer who doesn't have access to the privileges of profic.
victor infante - Apr 21, 2004 4:06:36 am PDT #4145 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
The differences that I'm pretty sure about are...
Well, and then there's that whole not having to make up original characters thing. (:
victor infante - Apr 21, 2004 4:07:00 am PDT #4146 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Dana - Apr 21, 2004 4:25:40 am PDT #4147 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
There's plenty of fanfic that creates original characters. Just ask Theo, who's practically a legend in X-Men fandom.
victor infante - Apr 21, 2004 4:35:49 am PDT #4148 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
There's plenty of fanfic that creates original characters. Just ask Theo, who's practically a legend in X-Men fandom.There's plenty of fanfic that creates original characters. Just ask Theo, who's practically a legend in X-Men fandom.
I'm joking, for the most part. I've written a fair amount of it myself. And no, writing it has nothing to do with writing well or otherwise. Hell, Neil Gaiman's up for a Hugo for what amounts to the same thing. (Sherlock Holmes in the world of H.P. Lovecraft!)
That being said, I've never sat down to write one of these things without the full knowledge that I'm playing with other people's toys, and sometimes that takes a wee bit of pressure off. And adds different sorts of pleasure.
ETA: Huh. Meant to say "adds different sort of pressure," but pleasure works too.