fanfiction fun??

[rose_griffes]

As I've been whining to daybreak777 about writing, this idea came up: I should be having fun while writing. Huh?

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I thought about letting y'all select "I reject your binary choices!" but then the choices wouldn't be binary, would they? So if you want that to be your answer, you'll just have to comment. *grins*

Writing fic is slogging through the muck of misplaced, context-less words, arranging them into some semblance of order, then hosing them down to remove the remaining debris. It's not fun, although I do sometimes find it satisfying and I nearly always like the finished product.

What about you?

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[daybreak777.livejournal.com]

In writing fanfic there are so many parts. Thinking of the idea, the initial outpouring, the first draft, discussing it with your cheerleader/beta, hashing it out on your own, polishing, posting, rereading, getting comments, rereading it again, getting late comments and then it's kind of done. But not really. ;-) Because it's still out there in the world for new people to find and read.

I do find it all fun. It's my choice. It's me wrestling with my muse and us both winning! It's sometimes not fun but it's always worth it. Sometimes it's more fun not to finish a fic. Not to have to do the slogging through but just write the bits you want that are fun. At least for me.

[rose-griffes.livejournal.com]

Sometimes it's more fun not to finish a fic. Not to have to do the slogging through but just write the bits you want that are fun. At least for me.

I write mostly because I want the story to exist... so unfinished stories irritate me, since the idea is still there but no story. :(

[daybreak777.livejournal.com]

It is frustrating. But I have to have fun with it. It's rare that I've pushed through not fun writing and and liked it just because it existed. I have to say nearly every story I've posted except for three I've really enjoyed the process of writing them.

Editing, however, is another story. Ugh. Fortunately people help me with that! They are called betas! And I like talking fic with these beta peoples so that's fun too. :-)