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Writing Meme
May. 22nd, 2014 10:48 pmRedoing this meme from 2007. What's interesting is how much some of my answers have changed.
What do you find _______ about writing?
Hardest?
I'm a very visual writer, quite often my fics start when I get an image of what's going on, and I then try and put that into words. That normally leads to issues with me missing important details, like say that there is a knife, because *of course* everyone can see the knife, can't they? This is why gaps between writing and posting are important.
Easiest?
Actually having the ideas in the first place. Turning those ideas into something on the page, not so much.
Most fun?
This hasn't changed. >>When the writing just comes, like you start, and then when you look again its an hour later and you've written 3 pages, because you've not been writing it, you've just been describing what's happening in your head.<<
Most Tedious?
Also unchanged >>In nearly every fic there's one scene. And you can see it clearly in your head, but you just can't get it down in writing, and you don't know if it's the words, or the action, or that you're not conveying the mood or feelings or emotions. And then you spend 3 weeks stuck on that one scene. Annoyingly, quite often its a pivotal scene, and you know that the minute it's done the rest of the fic will come along nicely, but you just can't get through this bit and you've been staring at the same fic for 1/2 an hour and nothing's changed.<<
I'd also like to add linking scenes here. Those horrible little not fully fledged things where you need to go from character A and character B being in place one and you need to get them to place two but at the same time something needs to happen to give them a reason for that and you just can't think what that reason could be.
Coolest?
Finding out other people enjoy it. Okay, so I know I'm supposed to be in this for myself, but dudes, it's is indeed totally cool to find out other people like my stuff.
Least cool? The fact that I keep having really good ideas that I know I'm not a good enough writer (and may never be a good enough writer) to write well. I find it frustrating.
Best? Looking over things I've written, after a suitable cooling off period and being able to say, yes, I am satisfied with that.
Worst? Those fics, where it just doesn't come off, and you've tried your best, you really have. And possibly worse, you don't know why it didn't work, so it's not like there's something you can work on improving.
What do you find _______ about writing?
Hardest?
I'm a very visual writer, quite often my fics start when I get an image of what's going on, and I then try and put that into words. That normally leads to issues with me missing important details, like say that there is a knife, because *of course* everyone can see the knife, can't they? This is why gaps between writing and posting are important.
Easiest?
Actually having the ideas in the first place. Turning those ideas into something on the page, not so much.
Most fun?
This hasn't changed. >>When the writing just comes, like you start, and then when you look again its an hour later and you've written 3 pages, because you've not been writing it, you've just been describing what's happening in your head.<<
Most Tedious?
Also unchanged >>In nearly every fic there's one scene. And you can see it clearly in your head, but you just can't get it down in writing, and you don't know if it's the words, or the action, or that you're not conveying the mood or feelings or emotions. And then you spend 3 weeks stuck on that one scene. Annoyingly, quite often its a pivotal scene, and you know that the minute it's done the rest of the fic will come along nicely, but you just can't get through this bit and you've been staring at the same fic for 1/2 an hour and nothing's changed.<<
I'd also like to add linking scenes here. Those horrible little not fully fledged things where you need to go from character A and character B being in place one and you need to get them to place two but at the same time something needs to happen to give them a reason for that and you just can't think what that reason could be.
Coolest?
Finding out other people enjoy it. Okay, so I know I'm supposed to be in this for myself, but dudes, it's is indeed totally cool to find out other people like my stuff.
Least cool? The fact that I keep having really good ideas that I know I'm not a good enough writer (and may never be a good enough writer) to write well. I find it frustrating.
Best? Looking over things I've written, after a suitable cooling off period and being able to say, yes, I am satisfied with that.
Worst? Those fics, where it just doesn't come off, and you've tried your best, you really have. And possibly worse, you don't know why it didn't work, so it's not like there's something you can work on improving.
