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[shapinglight]

Hmm.

I wonder if I'll ever write fanfic again.

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[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

I also wonder if I'll ever get back into creating icons and stuff. It seems I have lots of time, but other things keep getting in the way and inspiration eludes me.

Hope your dry spell ends soon!

[shapinglight]

Me too!

I had these big plans for at least writing a little something for sb_fag_ends every month this year, but I couldn't stick to it because I was so busy, and now my fanfic brain doesn't seem to work at all. :(

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

I also wonder if I'll ever get back into creating icons and stuff. It seems I have lots of time, but other things keep getting in the way and inspiration eludes me.

*nods* I was feeling horribly uninspired and "dried up" last week trying to make icons for btvsats20in20 - then this week I was culling through some older images for a post and they sparked new ideas. (doesn't always work that way, alas, but at least I've created something even if I don't use it for the 20in20.)

I have however pretty much given up on writing.

[rahirah]

When something hits you right, probably. I tend to go through long dry spells (years, sometimes) and then suddenly, for no reason I can see, I'm able to write again. It's weird.

[shapinglight]

I hope it works that way. I'd like to write stuff again, even if it's only drabbles.

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

I had given up hope last week, and this week I'm 11 pages into a new fic. Don't give up hope.

[shapinglight]

I won't, but if I don't manage to write anything else this year I shall fear the worst.

[ex_peasant441]

You might write something that isn't fanfic.

[kikimay]

This.

I also wonder if I'll ever get the same feeling I get when I write Buffy fics with other stuff. I wrote some Thor things and other stories, but somehow my fanfic!brain is majorly fixed with BtVS.

[shapinglight]

I've never written in another fandom, unless you count a couple of Torchwood drabbles, and even then there was a Spike connection.

[shapinglight]

I might, I suppose. I don't have any ideas, though.

[tripleransom.livejournal.com]

Don't give up! After all these years of lurking, I finally got up my nerve to enter a challenge and now I've written 5 or 6 fics.

[shapinglight]

Well done, you! :)

[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

In my (ever so exalted) opinion, I think you just Have. To. Sit. Down. And. Write.

I remember reading about renowned female authors centuries ago who did just that, with a 5,000 per day word limit - and that was in longhand!

Why not set up a drabble schedule for November, choosing a variety of emotions perhaps, as well as pairings (both friendships and sexual/romantic relationships).

XX XX (fingers and toes crossed for your endeavours)

[shapinglight]

Thanks, love. I should definitely set myself a challenge, even if it's just internal (ie. I don't sign up for anything).

I do think 5000 words a day might be a bit of a tough target, though.

[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

::giggles:: I wasn't daring you to write 5,000 words a day! It was merely an observation, probably only of historical value ... to indicate how often women had to prove their worth by exceeding the expectations of others.

[shapinglight]

Ah, I see. Misunderstood a bit.

[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

Blame Ethan for this additional exhortation!

Should any of the daily drabbles ignite your imagination, then you will already have the foundation of a longer work or series. Consider the drabble as the crucible.

[shapinglight]

Hmm, possible, though I tend to think of drabbles as being like haikus. They're exactly as long as they need to be.

[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

Well, technically, they're exactly one hundred words each, much more than a haiku. Any other short length is a "ficlet". But the reason I'm recommending drabbles is that there IS room to create a short story. Or a scene. Or a conversation. Etc., etc.

[shapinglight]

I may actually have some time to think about this tomorrow.

Maybe even write something, who knows?

[chasingdemons.livejournal.com]

I do hope so!

[shapinglight]

Thanks, love. :)

[lyr]

Right there with you. But I like to think we will, just not until the mojo comes back. I hope we both get there soon.

[shapinglight]

Yes, definitely, and :hugs:.

[lyr]

*hugs*

[singedbylife.livejournal.com]

Like everyone else, I certainly hope so. :)

I do agree with helenkacan's comments, however 5,000 words are a lot. My daily goal is simply to write 300 words a day and I almost succeed every day.

[shapinglight]

That's great. I should try to do the same.

Except I don't have a clue what to write about. :(

[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

Eek! I was NOT daring her to write 5,000 words a day. Only 100.

[singedbylife.livejournal.com]

:)

[sibilant.livejournal.com]

Even if you don't, you've created a great body of interesting, quirky work - adventures, horrors, comedies, character studies, dramas and thrillers.

But I think you will - even when you're doing photo captions you have a lively turn of phrase and a desire to create drama. I think you're just tuckered out - it's been what one might call an eventful year for you.

Have a Giles for naughty fun!

[shapinglight]

Ooh, isn't he lovely? Thank you!

Sexy Giles right back at you.