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Omg, I totally just squeed. I love this guild SO MUCH, I can't even say how happy I am to have found you guys! I've been sort of wondering around trying to bounce ideas off my semi-illiterate friends for so long now, and it just is such a boundless relief to have people who at least appreciate my helpless lust for writing!!! whee

Thank you so much!!!!! heart heart

SO.... yeah, I was sitting here messing around in my e-mail, and I was looking over all the messages I'd gotten from fanfiction.net favoriting my 1 story, or adding me as an author to their favorites list. And I was like, "These poor people actually expect me to write something else!"

And then I was like, "Ohhh... I did write something else. In may. Maybe I should finish it."

So that's the plan for now. ATM, it's 6,109 words, which is like, accomplishment city for me; The one I finished and posted is only 2,951 words, and, I think, like the only thing I've ever finished. I forget to mention it a lot because it's fanfiction and it's so short anyway, and I wrote it when I was like, hallucinating in Spain. I don't really remember writing it, just that I did, with a blanket over my head so that the light of the computer wouldn't keep my parents up. I was like deathly ill and couldn't sleep anyway, so I was like, "I'm going to f**king write something and try and distract myself."

Apparently it worked out pretty well for me. *shrugs*

Anyway, later, in May, I wrote another story, or started to, anyway. Same fandom (South Park), different pairing... and I got pretty far on it before I wondered away. I posted what I had like a month or two ago for my friends, and they were all pretty positive about it, so I figure that I might as well give it a shot!


So this is basically me, in public, pledging to finish the damn thing.

Gurren Lagann? Not quite. It's South Park slash; actuallyyyyy..... I haven't finished watching TTGL because I was too emotionally destroyed after episode 8. I have since vowed to watch the rest of it, but since that was like two days ago, I've been a bit distracted in the meanwhile XD

This is a personal note NOT TO THROW IT AWAY BECAUSE PARTS OF IT ANNOY ME. THAT IS WHAT EDITING IS FOR. /end note

This kind of thing stresses me out. They always say not to chuck it, but the first time I wrote it, I got stuck and chucked half of it. That was 4,764 words. I deleted 1,759 words and started over. Apparently it worked out pretty well, until now, although now that I'm sitting here, I don't know if I actually did any good either way. I don't really like either version. I think I'm too picky, but I don't know...

I've decided the fic's theme song for today is Freak by Emily Haines (formerly lead singer of Metric)

It's okay to feel stressed out about it, and it's okay to have the urge to go back and re-write or edit what you've already written, but I guerentee that it's going to be ten times harder for you to get it done.

I had this problem for a while, going back and editing every chapter before I started the next one, and it absolutely slows you down. Here's the reason why:

As time goes by, you mature, and every day that passes, your writing gets that much better. Honestly, you don't even have to write to see a change. For example - if you write a chapter, then don't write anything for a month, then come back to it and try to continue by re-reading what you write, it's extremely hard to continue, because you find so many mistakes in what you've already written, and it's almost instinct to go back and fix it. And I'm not just talking spelling errors or whatever, I'm also talking about your style of writing.

See, for that whole month, your brain matured, and now looking back at your writing, you cringe - how could you have possibly written such crap?- and it forces you to need to fix it so you're not embarrassed by it.

Totally had that problem for the longest time.

Now, however, I've learned a really important lesson: When writing (especially something long, like, I dunno, a novel?), just write the whole damn thing out. From beginning to end (or skipping around, but just get it all done!), before you go back. That way, you feel like you've reached a goal: A hurdle. Not only will you be less stressed out about finishing an entire novel (you just did!), but fixing it up won't take nearly as much time, plus without the added stress, it will fly by much faster (and your family will be happy that you're not snapping at them angrily!), AND your edits will all kind of come together and make more sense as one. It's easier to sync up a novel to make sense if you're not scattered around.

Now, after typing all that up (while I should be writing, no less!), it's safe to say that this doesn't work for everyone, but I can say with assurance that every professional that I've ever asked has given me the above answer. ^.^

I know it's a hard habit to brea, but you just have to force yourself out of it.

What I did, was tell myself that once I got 10,000 words done, I could go back and read what I wrote, make notes about them, and then continue on. With the next 10,000, I could do the same, and again, the same. Setting goals and limits is a great way to help yourself, and pick rewards for yourself at the end. It does wonders!



Don't worry about being unobservent like that. It's actually really good that you've realized it - now it's time to fix it.

I've become obsessed with studying people. Really, it's actually very rude, but now I don't even realize that I'm doing it - I actually stare at people when I go out into public - I study their habits. I watch them talk, watch them move, try to hear their tone of voice or inflection. And then I obsess about why they act the way they do. What drives them forward? Why do they respond to people, or why don't they?

And why not use your best friend? Ask her (very nicely and respectfully) if she can tell you why she says certain things the way she does? Ask her to dig deep and get to the bottom of it. Why did she reply that way? Why did she ask that question? If it's too personal, that's okay, and sometimes, people just don't know. ^.^

Wow! Thank you, Sugar. That was MOST inspirational.

Carnemire, that's because it's all true XD.

I've posted about this in other journals, but my theory of getting work done is "YOU DON'T = IT WON'T". You don't write it, it won't get done. End of story. Literally.

Everyone writes for difference reasons. I get angry that the things I want to read don't exist. So, I write them.

Some things in life, you don't have to know WHY. Writing, you kind of do. If you know why you're writing something as a whole, you can determine the reasons for everything that happens.

AND ANY TIME YOU NEED A PEP TALK YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND US.

Hi there!


... And, strangely enough that's all I can think of to say. XD I was just stopping by to say hello, and by the time I got here I'd completely forgotten what else I was going to say. (I blame the fact that I have to leave for the second half of my school day in fifteen minutes, the stress is addling my brain). So, rather than wait until I remember what else I was going to say, I'm going to do a very Kitty-ish thing and just jump straight in and post anyway. Nothing like a Big Hello from crazy maniac with amnesia, right? mrgreen

So... Now, you have a random greeting to clutter up your thread. I apologise in advance. XD

And, hello. xd

*bows* I have my (rare) moments. xd



This is true. Savin is like, the all-mighty being of pep-talks. Fo' real.



Lol. I wrote epic stories about Inuyasha. And before that it was Gundam Wing and Sailor Moon. My mom used to give me crap. She'd read them and say: "Honey, this is so great! Why aren't you writing original stuff? You're wasting your time and talent!"

And then I'd say: "Foo, Mom! I get attention from fanfiction!" And then I'd hog up the family computer.