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moragmacpherson) wrote2011-05-01 11:52 am
moragmacpherson) wrote2011-05-01 11:52 am
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May Writing Meme: Day 1
Seeing as I'm not accomplishing much writing lately (not technically true: I'm writing lots, but the deadlines keep wooshing by without me) I may as well write about writing and count that as an accomplishment. This meme is courtesy of my beloved jjhunter , and the full list of questions can be found at her original post, here.
Day 1: Why do you write?
Shortest Answer: For cheap thrills.*
Underlying Answer: My mind holds me hostage.
Pithy Answer: I love reading and words breed words.
Short TMI Answer: I don't deal with my issues: I take them out on fictional characters.
Standard Short Answer: Because otherwise I can't stop thinking about the damn stories in my head. If I didn't write, I wouldn't be able to sleep at night.**
Long Answer: Despite my recent output of Supernatural porn, my primary fandom function is crossover author. Crossovers are a love 'em/hate 'em genre, but they're also the one kind of fanfic*** that virtually everyone (including non-fandom folks) at least thinks about when they're a kid, the basic plot being a variation on: "What would happen if [Superman] met [Captain America]?"
My brain simply never grew out of this habit. Any time I discover/fall in love with a new canon/character, that corner of my brain starts plotting out scenarios against every other canon that I already love. It's a vicious cycle: frankly the rate at which I consume fiction (and non-fiction too) approaches the obscene. From time to time, a scenario churns up to my conscious mind: those are the ones that keep me up at night. If I'm really lucky, I even finish them.
* Poorly Concealed Answer: For the comments
** I haven't been getting much sleep recently. Hmmm... which is the cart and which is the horse?
*** The chief competition is self-insert fix-it fic. Yes, I wrote one. No, that hard drive doesn't exist any more and it's not on the Way Back Machine.
jjhunter , and the full list of questions can be found at her original post, here. Day 1: Why do you write?
Shortest Answer: For cheap thrills.*
Underlying Answer: My mind holds me hostage.
Pithy Answer: I love reading and words breed words.
Short TMI Answer: I don't deal with my issues: I take them out on fictional characters.
Standard Short Answer: Because otherwise I can't stop thinking about the damn stories in my head. If I didn't write, I wouldn't be able to sleep at night.**
Long Answer: Despite my recent output of Supernatural porn, my primary fandom function is crossover author. Crossovers are a love 'em/hate 'em genre, but they're also the one kind of fanfic*** that virtually everyone (including non-fandom folks) at least thinks about when they're a kid, the basic plot being a variation on: "What would happen if [Superman] met [Captain America]?"
My brain simply never grew out of this habit. Any time I discover/fall in love with a new canon/character, that corner of my brain starts plotting out scenarios against every other canon that I already love. It's a vicious cycle: frankly the rate at which I consume fiction (and non-fiction too) approaches the obscene. From time to time, a scenario churns up to my conscious mind: those are the ones that keep me up at night. If I'm really lucky, I even finish them.
* Poorly Concealed Answer: For the comments
** I haven't been getting much sleep recently. Hmmm... which is the cart and which is the horse?
*** The chief competition is self-insert fix-it fic. Yes, I wrote one. No, that hard drive doesn't exist any more and it's not on the Way Back Machine.
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I'd venture a guess that just about anyone who posts things publicly does it at least in part for the theoretical comments. Writing is about communication, and communication is something that happens between people and, in its most awesome form, goes both ways.
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I'm right there with you. Except the deadline part. I'm writing lots; it's just not all in one story. There're like 10 documents open on my computer right now and none of them are close to being done (or actually what I need to be focusing on at all.) XD
Also, very true about the crossovers. I never really thought about my what-if X met Z curiosity being crossover material in the making, way back when, but that's totally what it was.:D