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I don't know why, but for the last couple days trying to write has been like sticking something sharp in my eyeballs. And not even write write, but typing a couple sentences on msn, or filling out a survey about summer classes. Or right now, trying to put together a coherent LJ post.
I would very much like to write something. There's the depressing fic, of course, and something that snuck into my head which is nominally another Sandman/GO crossover... but those aren't even important.
This has absolutely nothing to do with my current muzziness, but I was thinking about other reasons I can't do writing. It's actually kind of odd. Usually, when I get writers block, it's because I read something really great. And, in that case, I'm totally okay with it.
I've written a couple decent things, things which make me say to myself: "I could be this. Author-ish." But, unfortunately, being a professional writer has less to do with writing a couple decent things than with writing consistently decent things. Shrug.
The thing is, sometimes I glance through a novel or a published collection of short stories or some such, and it's horrible. And that's usually when I get workable ideas. Not out of so much a "If they can do it, anyone can!" but, I don't know, a sort of embarrassment, almost. But after I read something really great it's like, oh, well, that's okay then. And it is.
And that doesn't make much sense, but it's as coherent as I feel right now. It's taken me an insane amount of time to get this far, and I apologize to anyone who was hoping to read something interesting.
Oh, there's one other random thought in my head. And it's fandom related (yay!) which was the point of having a journal. It occurred to me that Those Who Favour Fire would be a cool title of an John-centric x-men movieverse fic. And it's such an obvious idea that it must have been done before... but I can't find any. It's odd. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places.
If it doesn't exist, I'll have to write it myself. Except, well, not right now. Or maybe I'll poke![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
trismegistus with it, as he's in the right fandom and has talent and has of late been offering to write things. Or maybe I won't, 'cause he's semi-promised me a Pietro fic and I wouldn't want to distract him... ;)
And now I'm happy again. I'll have to change my mood icon...
I would very much like to write something. There's the depressing fic, of course, and something that snuck into my head which is nominally another Sandman/GO crossover... but those aren't even important.
This has absolutely nothing to do with my current muzziness, but I was thinking about other reasons I can't do writing. It's actually kind of odd. Usually, when I get writers block, it's because I read something really great. And, in that case, I'm totally okay with it.
I've written a couple decent things, things which make me say to myself: "I could be this. Author-ish." But, unfortunately, being a professional writer has less to do with writing a couple decent things than with writing consistently decent things. Shrug.
The thing is, sometimes I glance through a novel or a published collection of short stories or some such, and it's horrible. And that's usually when I get workable ideas. Not out of so much a "If they can do it, anyone can!" but, I don't know, a sort of embarrassment, almost. But after I read something really great it's like, oh, well, that's okay then. And it is.
And that doesn't make much sense, but it's as coherent as I feel right now. It's taken me an insane amount of time to get this far, and I apologize to anyone who was hoping to read something interesting.
Oh, there's one other random thought in my head. And it's fandom related (yay!) which was the point of having a journal. It occurred to me that Those Who Favour Fire would be a cool title of an John-centric x-men movieverse fic. And it's such an obvious idea that it must have been done before... but I can't find any. It's odd. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places.
If it doesn't exist, I'll have to write it myself. Except, well, not right now. Or maybe I'll poke
trismegistus with it, as he's in the right fandom and has talent and has of late been offering to write things. Or maybe I won't, 'cause he's semi-promised me a Pietro fic and I wouldn't want to distract him... ;)And now I'm happy again. I'll have to change my mood icon...
