Ice Crystals - I remember when this stuff used to be fun....

11:18 am June 25th, 2009




			Ice Crystals - I remember when this stuff used to be fun.... Thoughts Frozen In Time

lassarina


	I remember when this stuff used to be fun....
	I really miss the feeling of wanting to write. I have ideas, and I'm excited about them, but i just feel like I'm sick of writing. I'm not sure if this is a function of getyourwordsout or just me being cantankerous, but I'm hoping it fades. I need to be on my game for November. Part of the reason I joined GWYO was because I wanted something to encourage me to actually write, instead of to say "oh hey that's a good idea" and then never do anything about it. I figured that NaNoWriMo works very effectively for me as a motivator, and a year-long less-stressful (ha!) NaNo would be just the thing to see that I get more done. I don't think it's quite working out that way. We're nearing the end of June and I am quite behind. Aaaargh. Oh, also, just my two cents on the fandom warning debate: Your ~artistic integrity~ does not trump someone else's mental health. Warning takes five seconds. Shut up and do it and stop behaving like an asshat. Spoiler-code it if you MUST to protect THE SURPRISE that is so much more important to you than other people's well-being. In short, DON'T BE A JERK. I thought I had more to say but apparently I am just a grumpy curmudgeon this morning. Tags: fandom wank, gywo, writing process Feeling: annoyed

4 ice crystals | freeze me


	Comments

	From: shanaqui	Date: June 25th, 2009 04:22 pm (UTC)		(Preserve This Crystal)

I've felt like that before. Still sometimes feel like that. And when you get behind on whatever, it really doesn't help you feel motivated and like you want to catch up because there's so much to do. Do you have a spreadsheet that tells you how many words you should do per day to catch up? When I was behind, I just tried to hit that every day instead of desperately trying to catch up all in one go.

There's a fandom warning debate? Ach. *steers clear*

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	From: lassarina	Date: June 25th, 2009 04:24 pm (UTC)		(Preserve This Crystal)

I just suck at writing every day, basically. siiiiiigh.

There is! It seems that if you are someone who might be triggered by something such as non-con/dub-con or child abuse, it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to never read anything that hasn't been pre-vetted for you, and if (God forbid) you should click on a fic that has not been festooned with warnings, and you get triggered by surprise!rape or abuse, well, you have no right to go acting all butthurt because clearly you brought it on yourself. Just like how a victim of sexual assault brought it on herself because she had a drink that night and wore a pretty dress. Yeah.

Fandom makes me angry enough to spit acid some days.

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	From: shanaqui	Date: June 25th, 2009 04:26 pm (UTC)		(Preserve This Crystal)

Maybe figure out a weekly goal? Then you don't have to write every day but every week you're getting closer?

...Awesome. That's just. Awesome.

*spits acid along with*

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	From: lassarina	Date: June 25th, 2009 04:30 pm (UTC)		(Preserve This Crystal)

I think a week is too long, if that makes sense. Or alternately I just suck at this. XD

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