A puzzlement
Aug. 18th, 2005 10:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vr_trakowskiOut of all possibilities, why do I write fanfiction? I did original for many years, until fic sucked my attention completely away; I wrote adventure and romance and drama and even dabbled in horror (silly, because I won't read it) and the occasional piece of poetry, but now it seems I do nothing but mess around with other people's characters.
Is it because of the near-instant feedback? Is it because it's easier to write about characters already formed and described? Am I just lazy, preferring the situation-on-a-platter that fanfiction offers?
Someone important to me believes that I am cheating myself by writing fic, that I should concentrate on original stories, and while I don't agree with her entirely I can see her point. I hate disappointing her.
And yet, the muse leads me into the TV screen instead of back into my head. Relatively speaking. Who am I, to refuse inspiration? And yet, maybe I should...
Is it because of the near-instant feedback? Is it because it's easier to write about characters already formed and described? Am I just lazy, preferring the situation-on-a-platter that fanfiction offers?
Someone important to me believes that I am cheating myself by writing fic, that I should concentrate on original stories, and while I don't agree with her entirely I can see her point. I hate disappointing her.
And yet, the muse leads me into the TV screen instead of back into my head. Relatively speaking. Who am I, to refuse inspiration? And yet, maybe I should...
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Date: 2005-09-17 09:49 pm (UTC)Yes. That's it. It's almost like testing the waters before plunging in with an actual book publishing quest.