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?

[Poll #1789400]

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?

Comments

[daybreak777.livejournal.com]

Hee! I like your categories. They made me giggle. I have similar categories for vidding. (Which is why I make so few vids. And why I make more vidlets than full-length vids.)

Fandom is like cotton candy to me, most days. But I don't create very serious things, no. That's for real life.

I'm trying to think of my most serious fanworks. But even those had moments of glee and giggles in them. Most of 'em anyway. :-)

[rose-griffes.livejournal.com]

Categories, yes!

Fic that I feel I am writing because it should exist, because no one else will do it if I don't, is almost never fun, though sometimes I try to write it anyway because it ought to exist.

With me it's usually that I want it to exist because I like my idea, enough to keep writing even past the easy stuff.