If I just keep writing about the same show and same characters, is it going to be the same thing over and over again? I have similar fears, but I can say with confidence that your brain is way too interesting for repetition to ever set in.
Do you make an effort for variety in your writing, even if that's not where your primary interest lies? Or do you just write whatever you feel like? Both! *g*
That's not very helpful, but it's the truth. I know that I *don't* want to write the same story over and over (I understand that some people do, but that's just not where my interest lies), so I do try to keep things mixed up - both by moving among characters and among fandoms. At the same time, however, the writing that works the best for me, the kind that flows and gives me a sense of accomplishment, is that where I write what I feel like. In the past 48 hours, for instance, I've become obsessed with an idea about Remus, and I don't know what to do -- I have a long Firefly fic I thought was going to get finished this week and an older WiP about Xander that just needs *one* more chapter to be finished. I hate it when I get to this point and have too much on my plate -- it makes me feel all undisciplined and flibbertigibety. I'm still looking for that balance.
I suppose this all comes down to what I want to get out of my fannish writing I think it does. At least it does for me - if I wanted loads of feedback, I know what I'd write, but that bores me to tears. I've got to stick to what's exciting me and lighting a fire under my ass.
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I have similar fears, but I can say with confidence that your brain is way too interesting for repetition to ever set in.
Do you make an effort for variety in your writing, even if that's not where your primary interest lies? Or do you just write whatever you feel like?
Both! *g*
That's not very helpful, but it's the truth. I know that I *don't* want to write the same story over and over (I understand that some people do, but that's just not where my interest lies), so I do try to keep things mixed up - both by moving among characters and among fandoms. At the same time, however, the writing that works the best for me, the kind that flows and gives me a sense of accomplishment, is that where I write what I feel like. In the past 48 hours, for instance, I've become obsessed with an idea about Remus, and I don't know what to do -- I have a long Firefly fic I thought was going to get finished this week and an older WiP about Xander that just needs *one* more chapter to be finished. I hate it when I get to this point and have too much on my plate -- it makes me feel all undisciplined and flibbertigibety. I'm still looking for that balance.
I suppose this all comes down to what I want to get out of my fannish writing
I think it does. At least it does for me - if I wanted loads of feedback, I know what I'd write, but that bores me to tears. I've got to stick to what's exciting me and lighting a fire under my ass.